Updates:
- This is probably a bad idea, but I'm going to link to a pretty much uncensored album of AdamPhotos and not-polished YouTube set of AdamPianoPlaying right off the bat.
- In the last few months, I've been to Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam and now I'm looking forward to staying home for a while!
- Except when traveling, I'm now in SF nearly every weekend to visit friends, eat, hit up museums, whatever :).

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A friend and yoga teacher of mine recently mused, "Adam, you are one of the most human people I know." I was very honored.

Others have noted that I'm particularly transparent; I'm hardly emo, but I share my thoughts and feelings pretty openly and -- for better or worse -- I'm apparently pretty easy to read.

And, like, many of us, I'm full of contradictions. Most people see me as a gregarious extrovert, but in reality there's a lot of introvert in me, and I much prefer small gatherings to large parties. I worry about the human race, yet I generally assume the best of every individual I meet.

Okay, enough of the deep stuff! Here's some more concrete info about what I like and what makes me tick:

- DANCE: I love lindy hop (swing dancing)! The music, the people, and the lessons I've gotten in confidence, listening, posture, and more... all awesome!

- MUSIC: I am a longtime albeit somewhat-lapsed musician... a pianist and composer.

- TRAVEL: I am grateful to have been able to travel a ton these last few years, and have now visited over 30 countries and taken thousands of photos. I travel less than I used to, but in my new role at work I get to meet up with a great group of colleagues every quarter or so in Beijing, China, and that's pretty exciting. I'm also hoping to visit New Zealand one of these days for hiking / kayaking / relaxing.

- CURIOSITY: I am never bored, and in fact, cannot honestly ever remember being bored in my life. There's always too much going on in my head... ideas, dance steps, musical phrases, dreams, and a never-ending to-do list.

- FOOD: I love food! I mean, I seriously get excited thinking about different flavors and textures. In this way I'm like Remy in Ratatouille (but alas without the same culinary talents).

I am warm, logical, and undefinable

Living it!

Okay, more specifically...

- Kickboxing, yoga'ing and more at the gym 2-3 days a week
- Dancing at lindy hop (swing dancing) events
- UPDATE: Just started practicing piano again. Almost finished learning one very fun piece ("All of Me" by Jon Schmidt), and both dreading and gleefully anticipating tackling a crazy-hard one ("Green Tea Farm" by Hiromi) later this year.
- Reading stuff (online and offline). Mostly magazines nowadays. Economist, why must you be so dense and exhausting yet fulfilling?!
- Hanging out with friends and catching up on sleep
- Traveling to different countries to meet with colleagues and/or friends.
- Serving as a Program Manager for Google, working on GeoPhotos stuff, including Panoramio, Photo Sphere, and Secret Project(tm). I used to be Google's smartest and best looking "Search Evangelist," and, okay, admittedly also the only Search Evangelist at the company.

Keeping track of things and people, packing strategically, making friends when traveling, playing by ear, listening to people and music, remaining optimistic even when times are crappy, and cheering people up.

I'm easily distracted, yet paradoxically focused. I walk fast.

I spend more time reading magazines (culture, health, technology) than books nowadays, a fact I'm neither terribly proud of nor ashamed of.

I am not a big movie buff, but I did join Netflix and I'm enjoying that. I like sci-fi movies without lots of car chases. Let me know if you come across one -- they're sadly a rarity.

[UPDATE: I found a non-car-chase sci-fi movie: Primer. Very cool film, but ow, my over-timeline'd head!]

I love music and tend to have quirky tastes. I typically disdain most popular groups not because I think it's trendy to be independent, but because so many modern singers and music composers really suck. I'm particularly fond of schlocky 80's pop (which at least had no pretenses of being meaningful art), funny and complex and soulful a cappella, intricate musicals, and lots more.

Foodwise... oh wow, what DON'T I love! And not just the food itself, but the whole (natural) "process" of sharing food with others; one of my favorite things in the whole world is sitting down to a really really long meal with a group of friends, including fine wine, desserts, coffee, and lots of conversation!

With the understanding that people are not things...
A music keyboard. Chocolate. Bodies of water (I love lakes and streams!) Tea. The human touch. Dancing.

how I can quiet my mind and not think about things for a bit.

Twenty-four hours past Thursday night.

Something I really shouldn't.

UPDATED TO ADD:
Okay, if you're a musician, I would especially love to hear from you! I've always had a thing for female vocalists and instrumentalists. And could use someone to accompany on piano :-).

OTHER STUFF:
- You have passions (no, working / drinking / watching TV aren't sufficient).
- We have at least some interests in common.
- You are generally a positive person.
- You appreciate creativity and activeness.
- You don't mind that my hair's more gray than it appears in my pics (even the very recent ones). Too lazy to color it.

P.S.:
At risk of mimicking the clichéd "Equal Opportunity" employment fine print, I am indeed open to women of different ethnicities, ages, heights, etc. :)