I am boring, stupid, and ugly.
My Self-Summary
Welcome to my all new profile page. I decided to change the last
one because although it amused me (which is really the most
important thing in life), it made me look quite insane, and it
normally takes people at least a couple of weeks to figure out I'm
bat-shit crazy. That and the joke had worn thin for me, and as I'm
not in the most smart-ass of moods at the moment, I figured I'd do
a relatively straight-forward profile and even get past my paranoia
to include a picture where you can kinda even see my face.
Anyhow, the main reason I'm here is to find pen pals in countries I
am either planning to visit or would like to visit someday, so if
you're wondering why you have a message in your inbox from some
dude thousands of miles away, that would be the reason. If I run
across the profile of someone cute and interesting that's closer
by, I might drop them a line too, but please understand that is not
my primary objective for being here. Mostly I'd like to make
friends in places far away that I've never been to. Oh, and the
tests of course-- fuckin love the tests.
What I’m doing with my life
I'm a union rep and organizer. My job takes me on the road a lot,
so I'm relatively well-traveled as far as areas where my union has
members. The entire Northeast Corridor I know like the back of my
hand, and occasionally I get sent to more exotic locations like
West Virginia or Moline, IL :)
Internationally, however, I'm not nearly as well-traveled as I'd
like to be. I've been to Canada and Mexico many times, been to the
UK twice, and to Venezuela once, but that's about it. I have a fair
amount of interest in the politics and history of other countries,
so I'd like to travel more. Specifically, I'm gonna see if I can
get some extended leave on top of my vacation time to visit the
following within a year or so-- the former Yugoslavia (specifically
Bosnia, Croatia, and/or Serbia/Montenegro, maybe Kosovo too),
Albania, Moscow, the North Caucasus (specifically South Ossetia).
Given my limited finances and time, I'm sure I won't be able to
actually hit all those places in one trip, and I'm the kind of
traveler who likes to spend a lot of time in one place, rather than
going to a bunch of different places in one shot, so I guess you
could say that's my short list of places to visit soon.
Besides traveling, I collect and shoot guns, just for the hell of
it, really. Also planning on starting hunting soon. Although I'll
probably go deer hunting this season with a rifle or crossbow, I
would like to try hunting using primitive methods (e.g. hunting
wild boar with nothing but a knife)-- there's a school in Jersey
that teaches this kind of stuff, and a place in Texas that arranges
those kinds of hunting trips (and they're cheap), so I might be
doing that this fall.
I’m really good at
Lots of stuff, but nothing off the top of my head that could easily
be explained here or would make for interesting profile material. I
mean, I'm good at thinking, writing, litigating, debating, and
organizing (people, not things, my house is a mess)-- for whatever
that's worth.
The first things people usually notice about me
My eyes and my hats. I'm a big hat guy-- no, it's not because I'm
going bald, it's just kinda my style. I've got over a dozen Kangols
and scally caps, three fedoras, two big furry ushankas, and over
half a dozen ball caps. And there's probably some stuff I'm leaving
out.
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
My tastes in this stuff is so broad that I'm not even gonna bother
wasting my time on a list that will only capture part of it. It's
probably safe to say that when it comes to music, I'm mostly a rock
fan, especially old-school punk rock, but I also like pop,
old-school country, old-school rap, opera-- like I said it would
take a long time to list everything I like out-- same when it comes
to movies and food. Books I mostly stick with non-fiction,
particularly politics and history.
The six things I could never do without
This question really doesn't interest me.
I spend a lot of time thinking about
Politics, history, other countries, zombie attacks, general
daydreaming.
On a typical Friday night I am
Either sitting at home like a slug, out drinking with my buddies,
cleaning my house or working. Who the hell knows? Depends on what
I've got goin on that Friday and what kinda mood I'm in.
The most private thing I’m willing to admit here
Uhhhhhh....I dunno
You should message me if
You want to. Yeah, not very original answer, but honest and direct.