Profile v3.5:

I've been in NC for over a year now. I'm liking the place. It's great.

I'm a video game developer. I think it's pretty awesome. If I weren't doing that, I'd be teaching, which I have a lot of fun with.

Aspiring drummer. I wail nightly. I don't know if I'm getting better, but occasionally I like the sound of some of my creations. I have a guitar, but I play considerably less, and I am very, very bad.

Amateur magician. Very amateur. I haven't been doing this as much as I'd like lately, but every now and then I'll pick up a book and start shuffling cards or doing things with coins.

I write sometimes. More than I read. I've always got a story in my head, always. I usually don't transcribe them very well, and most of my writing ends up short and incomplete; regardless, I often get very excited about my ideas and will babble on endlessly if you let me.

I'm a movie lover and enjoy a handful of good TV shows. I also make my own movies when I come up with a good idea and can get a cast together (tricky, that bit is). I'm proud of a few of them.

I have a bit of a board game addiction. The common stuff like Scrabble and Chess, but also the esoteric stuff like Last Night on Earth and Arkham Horror.

I spend way too much time in coffee shops.

Other than the above, I'm a bit all over the place as far as things I enjoy. I jump between fascinations pretty regularly.

I'm looking for friends. People to play games with or meet in cheesy diners in the wee hours of the morning or just generally putz around with. More interested in people who want to meet offline, as I think it's a lot more valuable than internet message tag.

I'm currently "between jobs," which is the nice cushy way of saying newly unemployed.

Holding down a few hobby projects. Trying to get some of my more promising projects in a position to sell them while I have the opportunity.

Toying with the idea of pursuing a PhD.

Mad science.
Thinking up stories. Some are good, some are bad.
Being very patient.

Nobody's ever really mentioned anything, so I'll take a few wild guesses:
My affinity for seamlessly shifting between extremely quiet and extremely energetic.
That I often look like an academic professor.
It can sometimes be hard to pinpoint when I'm serious versus when I'm not. People get it wrong frequently.

Books: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Terry Pratchett's Discworld, the Premiere Press Game Development series, His Dark Materials, Stranger in a Strange Land, Anansi Boys, American Gods, Fragile Things, Smoke and Mirrors

Movies: Shawshank Redemption, Cowboy Bebop, Biozombie, Eternal Sunshine, Amelie, Life Aquatic, Shaolin Soccer, Hot Fuzz

Music: Guns 'N Roses, Linkin' Park, Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, Electric Six, Freezepop, Coheed and Cambria

Foods: Pizza, Japanese, Fantastic salads

I'm adding these next two sections, because, well, I enjoy these things.

TV: Carnivale, Weeds, 30 Rock, The Office, Firefly, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Boston Legal, Battlestar Galactica, Veronica Mars, Dexter, House, Sliders, Lost, Six Feet Under

Games: Gears 2, Fallout 3, Final Fantasy 4-8, Chrono Trigger, Rock Band, Half-Life & TF2, Disagaea, Xenosaga, Kingdom Hearts, Smash, Mario Kart, Stuntman, Bioshock, Resident Evil 4

(1)My laptop. I'm constantly engaged in some kind of computer-related project.

(2)Food. I love food. I don't mean that I have a deep fondness for foreign cuisine. I mean I get excited about every meal.

(3)A pen and some paper to write/draw on.

That's all I've got for now.

Random technical solutions. Stories that I'd like to put into a game/movie of some kind. The funniest way to tell a relatively mundane story. Lyrics to songs that I don't know the lyrics to. Ways to better myself. Philosophies and religions. How people do really neat things.

Relaxing at a local coffee shop or watching a movie. Or banging my head against a computer trying to figure out why something won't work.
Sometimes all of the above. Also potentially playing a game or hacking around with some new project. Or just sitting around, thinking.

(1) You want a pal to see live music with. I've been meaning to go to more shows.

(2)You want to go head-to-head in Chess or Scrabble. It's so hard to find a good opponent. Online or offline.

(3)You're dying to play co-op Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead, or Fable 2. Or Rock Band, Mario Kart, or Smash Brothers. Video games are more fun multiplayer.

(4)You have an affinity for DVD box sets and a great show you'd like to show me.

(5)You're an artist who'd like to work with me on a Big Game Idea.

(6)You want someone to jam with. My drum talents aren't great, but I'm learning.

(7)You know some great coin/card tricks. It's hard to find the really cool stuff in books.

(8)You like sitting in coffee shops having long conversations about... stuff.

(9)You want to show me something lovely and fun not in the above list. I'm not picky.

I don't often message people. Not because you're not perfectly wonderful, but because few respond. I guess I'm not pretty enough? I don't know. I do respond to nearly 100% of all messages sent my way, so feel free.