I'm basically an intellectual geek; I'd rather spend time working on an interesting project or reading a good book than wasting time and brain cells doing the bar-scene thing. The Myers-Briggs INTP classification fits fairly well: I'm usually friendly once approached, but not outgoing. Interests include Flight Simulator and Aviation in general, New Age Music, Mathematics, Science, and of course John Denver. I enjoyed Lord of the Rings, and am a Tolkien fan. (Languages are fascinating, I think; more so than people.)I'm interested in pretty much everything from Whalesong to Quantum Mechanics.

I'm a Libertarian, but vote Democrat -- and I get more liberal each year.

I am intellectual, introverted, and deep

Latest project is a homebuilt computer, built from scratch without a microprocessor.

Math, science, PC hardware, Flight Simulator, etc.

I have fairly long hair and tend to cultivate a unique look; sort of a cross between "Preppie" and "Hippie without the drugs". I despise Fashion in general, and have been known to wear socks with sandals because I enjoy it.

Books: Anything by Amir Aczel (science/math nonfiction); "Zero" by Charles Seife; anything by Tolkien; the "Recluce" series by L.E. Modesitt; Larry Niven's "Ringworld" series; pretty much anything by Arthur C. Clarke or Robert L. Forward. And many others. Dr. Roger Penrose's latest book is fascinating; I'm slowly reading it a page or two at a time...

Movies: The Princess Bride, of course! Also: Wargames, and any other movies that do a good job of dealing with aviation, space travel, and/or science. No "the-aliens-are-coming-to-get-us" movies, PLEASE! (I do own "Independence Day," mostly because it's a great home-theater-test DVD.)

Music: New Age; John Denver; Jim Croce; Tom Paxton; and pretty much anything Bach or earlier. I particularly like Rameau, Scarlatti, Pachelbel, Handel, and some Telemann. Mozart, Chopin, and Debussy etc are also good, depending on my mood.

Foods: SUSHI!! Everything else is just food. I plan on founding the "Northern wind" school of Sushi: NO spices, NO soy sauce; basically fish, rice, and nori.

Flight Simulator, Sushi, books, privacy/solitude, my sweet wife Trang, and Buddy (my Basset Hound). Not in that order.

Many things. Including thinking about what I'm thinking about, at times. Or thinking about that. ("To know recursion, you must first know recursion!")

Reading a book, working on a project, or listening to a whalesong CD I bought. (There's a language there; maybe someday we'll be able to understand it!)

I'm studying Engineering, but would like to be a fantasy/sci-fi writer someday.

You're interested in an intellectual, platonic friendship. (I already have a wonderful wife, thank you!) 8-)