I am very much a study in contradictions; I'm pro-life but pro-capital punishment (in most cases). I love kids but don't particularly want any of my own, I'm easy to care for but I will spoil rotten those I care about. I try VERY hard to be honest and avoid hypocrisy, and won't tolerate dishonesty or hypocrisy from anyone else. I demand excellence from the people in my life; you might be a garbage collector. a cat-burglar, or president of the United States, and I won't care if you're GOOD at it. I am spontaneously kind and generous, intolerant of stupidity, a cat-lover and damned good behind a steering wheel. I cry at sappy movies, laugh loudly at comedies, and find it hard to remain in my seat during a hot action flick, especially when at home. I am a carnivore, in a big and serious way. I hate to shave, but hate even more how I look with scruff. I am sort of lazy and unambitious for my own sake, but I will rigorously support and work at propping up someone I care about who's having a tough time. I am anti-materialistic and have very simple tastes, but the things I DO want....I WILL have. I am a night person who has a day job. I am an amateur comedian and a professional wise-ass. I'm fairly antagonistic to the zealously religious but respect and wish well those who quietly follow their own faith. I despise overt or flashy shows of wealth, power or fame; needless to say, celebrities, be they athletes, movie stars, or politicians, are not my favorite people.

I work for a local courier company, driving packages and documents for delivery. Like over-the-road trucking (which I have also done), just on a smaller scale. I've spent probably 80% of my adult life behind a steering wheel of some kind, and I see no reason to stop doing something I really enjoy and that I'm good at.

Driving, pretty much anything with tires. Debating. Frustrating my friends. Making women feel good about themselves. Starting conversations with total strangers. Writing (fiction, for the most part). Reading. Drinking Pepsi. Picking good movies.

My eyes, my smile (so I'm told), my wicked sense of humor, my loud laugh.

Books...wow, where do I start? Isaac Asimov, Anne Rice, Robert Jordan, Terry Pratchett. But I'll read almost anything, including the back of a cereal box at breakfast.

Movies: Fight Club was a god's work. Almost anything with precision driving, like Fast and the Furious, The Transporter and Gone in 60 Seconds. Crime stuff, too; Ocean's 11, The Saint], Thomas Crown Affair, The Italian Job.

My music tastes are pretty eclectic (for those of you without a dictionary handy, that means 'all over the place'). Linkin Park, Eminem, U2, Evanescence and Nickelback are some of my favorites. I'm a child of the 80s, too, so I love a lot of that stuff. But I have two semi-secret shames; cheesy 70s love songs, and rather pop Russian girl-group pop like Tatu and Via Gra.

My opinions
My iPod
My books
My dad
My sister
My laptop

How I could make the world better, in general. Not a like a 'la la, everybody gets along' place, but something more fair and equitable and just for everyone. Of course, it'd never happen.

Trying to desperately find SOMETHING to do. I don't really drink much, and I'm not a fan of the club scene, so St Louis may not be the best place for me...but it's where I am.

I live a rich fantasy life in my head. That's probably why I'm as good a writer as I am. And why I have yet to finish writing a book.

You like good conversation, intellectual debate, and can handle honesty without getting offended.