Hey y'all. I was born and raised in Texas but after finishing grad school at UPenn, I have just moved to San Diego.

What do I like? Karaoke, improv comedy, foreign languages, jazz, theater, opera, and travel. I also enjoy board game nights or restaurant trips or pub trivia with friends, or even attending a baseball game or minor-league hockey.

Outside of work I love social dance like square, contra, and line dancing as well as two-stepping. I also sing in the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus.

It would be great to make some new friends in San Diego and eventually meet a nice, sweet, handsome guy to spend time with.

Trying to figure that out! I do research in a biology lab at UC San Diego, helping to figure out how to fight off bacteria. Outside of the lab, I hope to get involved with fun, quirky activities in the city; for example, some day I hope to be in a flash mob. The dance kind, not the criminal kind back in Philly.

making you laugh with puns and references, both obscure and mainstream. It works best when I have someone to play off of, say, someone I'm on a coffee date with?

that I'm friendly, polite, and will hold a conversation with almost anybody. Despite being from Texas, I don't have an accent (but I do say "y'all", as you probably noticed in the first sentence of the profile.)

A) Books: I haven't had much time for pleasure reading lately, so here are books I have liked, so you get a general sense: the Harry Potter series, Watership Down, and the His Dark Materials trilogy (I was crying at the end of the last book). Also Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

B) Movies: Comedies, comedies, comedies! My favorite ever is Clue. Others I like include Noises Off and The Emperor's New Groove. I also enjoy Hitchcock movies like Rear Window and The Man Who Knew Too Much. And movies with Audrey Hepburn (Wait Until Dark, How To Steal a Million) or Jimmy Stewart (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington).

C) Shows: Grimm, Once Upon a Time, Archer, Glee, Chopped, Happy Endings, Drop Dead Diva, some reality shows. I also like a couple of shows from BBC America, including Doctor Who. I was a huge LOST fan.

D) Music: Pretty retro: I listen to the music of the 50's-70's. Favorite groups include The Mamas and the Papas, The Monkees, The Beach Boys, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, The Carpenters, and Simon and Garfunkel. I also follow Eurovision (crazy for an American, I know), and I try to watch the competition on the Internet. And if someone knows where to watch live bluegrass here in San Diego, please tell me. I didn't even know I liked it till I left Texas.

E) Foods: Italian, Thai, Indian, Tex-Mex, Ethiopian, among others. My favorite single dish is probably chicken satay, although the peanut sauce it comes with can make or break it.

A watch, a bus pass, my iPod, contact lenses (but I swear, one day I will get LASIK), and my friends/family

open to suggestions as to what to do in San Diego

If I'm the only one in the elevator and my iPod is playing a song I really like, I'll sing and dance until the moment the door starts opening.

you don't smoke or do drugs and if you're looking for a quality guy who is new to the scene, fun yet responsible, and nerdy in a cute way.