The Cliffs Notes: artistic/musical gamer geek with an iconoclastic streak and single father seeks similarly nerdy lady for adventure times.

I'm not shy about being a geek. It's probably my most defining characteristic. However, don't think for a minute that this means I'm a timid person. I'm something of a firebrand, trying to rouse those around me from their ruts. I try not to see the world and its people as they are, but rather as they could be.

The moral of the story; life is too short to be boring or petty.

In life: Spending as much time as possible with my daughter. She's turning into a little movie geek, even going so far as to say she wants to work at Pixar when she grows up. (Note: don't worry, I'm not looking for a new mom for her. She has a mom. A good one. Just not good for me.)

In job: I work in a machine shop to pay the bills. Whoop-de-doo. But for real, I am a musician. A lyricist, really. A rapper, if you want to get technical. My work tends toward the nerdy side; I suppose you could call it nerdcore. I've started playing gigs all around the north shore, and even had a show up in Portland!

In leisure: I'm a huge movie geek, although I've watched way too much MST3K, and as such I will frequently riff on whatever I watch, whether it's a good movie or not (occasionally to the dismay of those watching with me). I consider myself a gamer, too, but I'm more into board, card, and roleplaying games than video games. I like a good video game, too, but given the option, I'll pick tabletop any day.

Playing as the zombies in Last Night On Earth.
Analyzing cinematic subtext.
I would say "dropping dope rhymes" here, but I think that's up to you whether or not I'm any good at that.

"You're tall!" and "What's with the tape on the glasses?" are what usually come out first.

Books-- The usual geek-favorite authors; Douglas Adams, H.P. Lovecraft, Isaac Asimov, Bruce Campbell. As for non-fiction, I love Anthony Bourdain, Hunter S. Thompson, and Harvey Pekar. I'm a big comic book fan, too, and I wish Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, and Brian K. Vaughn would write more books. V For Vendetta, Transmetropolitan, and Allan Heinberg's Young Avengers are some all-time faves (although Children's Crusade was shit), but the only one I really follow religiously right now is Saga.

Movies-- Yeesh. I don't so much watch movies as I rely on them for sustenance. Anything made by Guillermo del Toro, Terry Gilliam, Michel Gondry, or the Coen Brothers are must-sees for me. I like Guy Ritchie a lot when he's not pandering to American audiences (translation: Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels > Snatch), and John Woo when he's allowed to whole-heartedly do his thing; if you can get your hands on the original, 5-hour-long Chinese version of Red Cliff, watch it (or just ask me, since I have it). I've also recently learned of the genius that was Charlie Chaplin.
Yeah. I love movies.

Shows-- I love British television. I would move to England for the TV. Doctor Who, Torchwood, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, The IT Crowd, Being Human... it's all brilliant. There isn't a lot of domestic stuff that I watch that's still on the air. I dig Firefly, Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Tick in all of his incarnations, and various Star Treks. Once Upon a Time is my big guilty pleasure right now. Do web shows count? I suppose I should put Wil Wheaton's Tabletop, Nostalgia Critic, and Epic Rap Battles of History in this category.

Music-- I listen to nerdcore/underground/old school hip-hop (with a few modern mainstream guilty pleasures), 2nd- and 3rd-wave ska, 8-bit/chiptune, quirky/funny pop/rock... seriously, I can, will, and love to talk about music for hours; if you want details, just ask.
All-time faves: Tom Waits, Jurassic 5, Sage Francis, Eels
Recent faves: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (yeah, I got sucked in), Anamanaguchi, MF Doom.

Food-- Cajun will always be my first culinary love. Sushi comes a very close second, though. I'm also a fan of Mexican, German, and British pub grub (if you've never had a Scotch Egg, you don't know what you're missing). I will eat anything that comes out of the ocean.

Eschewing the obvious (friends, family, internet, etc.)...
-music (I know, everyone says that...)
-good coffee (if the best part of waking up is the Folgers in your cup, you may have depression.)
-a notebook
-a nice cafe or pub where I can relax and write
-breakfast foods
-craft beer

Cheese and lobster; like who was the first person to say "I am so damn hungry, I am going to eat this chunk of curdled milk/this bug I found in the ocean."

Friday is frequently game night, but barring that, I try to find a show that can capture my attention, or at least a bar that ISN'T playing a sporting event on the TVs there.

I'm a pretty open book, so I'm gonna hit you scattershot with "private" stuff.
-I hate baseball. Other professional sports I can sort of ignore like background noise, but baseball kills me. (Sorry, Red Sox gals)
-The death of Harvey Pekar is one of the great tragedies in my life.
-I think "A Good Man Goes To War" is a better Doctor Who episode than "Blink".
-I wear tape on my glasses mostly because that's how they're held together, but I also kinda like the way it looks.
-I enjoy professional wrestling in concept. The idea of people putting on this theatrical play-fight and coming up with really flashy moves and personalities is a really cool idea; sadly, in execution, it's pretty lame.

Brutal honesty time: I'm not really looking for anything seriously romantic right now. Between my daughter and my music, I don't have much energy left to devote to a long-term relationship; I've used the expression "married to the music" with not all that much exaggeration. I am, however, always looking for new friends. I'd be open to friends with benefits, but there has to be that friendly connection first and foremost. Translation: I am NOT looking for just a hook-up. We need to be able to do activities besides the horizontal mambo.

Also, I feel like "activity partners" should be the first on the list. Hit me up if any of the following sound like fun:
-watching old Charlie Chaplin movies
-wandering the streets of Greater Boston looking for good street art
-playing a board game, card game, or pencil-and-paper role-playing game
-going to a beer tasting or wine pairing
-listening to and casually analyzing hip-hop lyrics