Just when I thought I was out, OKCupid pulled me right back in! One can never have too many online profiles with their personal information showcased for the whole world to see. I double dog dare someone to steal my identity!

Let's see here. My name is Paul and I try to keep things simple. It doesn't always work that way, but it's the effort that counts. I'm pretty close with my family and have some kickass friends that somehow still want me around.

When I was a chubby little bastard of 2 or 3 I was diagnosed with a form of muscular dystrophy, meaning that I was cursed to travel the earth by means other than my feet. It's a quirk more than a hindrance and has probably factored into making me the peach of a person that I am today.

When I'm not saving elderly people from burning buildings or retrieving cats from very tall trees I'm trying very poorly to become a worthwhile writer.

...being humble about what I'm good at. Was that in itself boastful?

After they tear their eyes away from my devilishly good looks they probably notice that I am in a wheelchair - actually one of those three wheel dealies. Mine is pretty happenin' actually...well, as happenin' as those things get. A ride can be arranged if you book in advance.

Because they all blend into each other over time, here are few of my recent favorites:

Books: Of Human Bondage by Maugham, Mother Night by Vonnegut, Master and Margarita by Mikhail something or other, Born Standing Up by Steve Martin, Devil in the White City, Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie, and very secretly the Dresden books by Jim Butcher. I tend to read a lot. I mean, a lot.

Music - it takes all sorts with me. Recently additions to my iPod are A-HA's greatest hits, Best of The Alarm, Delta Spirit, The Bambi Molesters, and Morrissey's newest one. A few of my favorites - The Raveonettes, The White Stripes, Dusty Springfield, Social D, Tears for Fears, and Sam Cooke.

Movies - I had a Netflix subscription and I'm running out of movies to pick from. What does that tell you? I'd have to say Wes Anderson is my favorite director, followed closely by James Cameron. My favorite movie by far is Boner Jamz XXVII.

Food - On the 7th day God, if there is one, created margherita pizza.

Besides the stock answers -

Wireless internet.
Rain every once in a while.
Warm summer nights.
Iced tea.
Clean boxer shorts.
Basil leaves.

You, in particular.

Seeing a flick, enjoying the warm nights in Denver, watching all the crazies, going out to dinner at places besides McDonalds and Chili's, blazing through a book, watching a rental, or sometimes, perhaps even more often than not, not a damn thing.

I ripped the tags off my mattress and I almost cried at the end of Billy Elliot, almost.

You can guarantee me that we are magical soul mates and literal sparks will fly when we meet for the first time.