Debauchery. Wit. Charm. Coffee. If these words interest you, read on...

I was a student, a drop-out, a drop-in, and was pretty excited about academia... It became clear to me that a break was in order and I've once again left the path towards a PhD, but I feel pretty good about that departure... I am a poet who has stopped writing poetry and an embracer of revelry. I am smart enough to know how stupid I can be at times and I laugh at people who think "queer" is an insult... I am probably too in love with ellipses, but I don't much mind... Right now I write for money and read obnoxiously intellectual writing about enjoying low brow pleasures. Somehow I've managed to make an adult living off of it. How the hell did that happen?!

When I'm not reading and writing, I engage in such diversions as flirtation, caffeine, and stronger drink besides. I love indulging in passion, intimacy, and the company of good friends...

Be bold and write me.

Also, I realize this area is supposed to be a SELF-summary, but my dear friend grace_too would like to jump in for just a moment to inform you that I'm big in Japan. I have to correct her, though... I was big in Japan.

I am passionate, insightful, and deliciously fun...

(And I am parenthetically sad that these three words are no longer a more pronounced part of the profile; I think they were a great way to acquire that extra smidge of differentiation...)

I'm hunting down the American Dream with my lawyer friend. Oh, wait... That was a movie I saw. I'm excited about the possibilities of making a life out of my joys instead of grinding it out at a shitty day job. I get to have fun with some wonderful friends between trying to hit my deadlines for writing geeky articles and the like. Also, there is booze and other debauchery...

Coming up with a great idea; talking about nearly anything; having fun; giving people insights about the people in their life; putting words together nice; and speaking of nice: nice shoes...

I would imagine this would completely depend on what people tend to perceive. I, for example, notice hair, walk, and talk. Maybe they'll notice my personable attitude or my sarcasm. Maybe my bold glasses or my ass. Who knows?

Favorite books? How about authors? Milan Kundera, Andrew Vachss, Orson Scott Card, and Carol Queen come to mind...

Movies? Good lord. Why not just ask me about which organs are my favorites? (Though, to be fair, Shortbus manages to embody parts of my version of utopia...)

Music? Well, last.fm tells me that my most listened to music of this year is, in order: PJ Harvey, Tom Waits, Bishop Allen, Man or Astro-Man?, Missy Elliott, Pixies, Ani DiFranco, Morphine, Liz Phair, Angelo Badalementi, Tegan and Sara, Pixies, Screamin' Cyn Cyn and the Pons, Mates of State, Depeche Mode, Dirty Projectors, Pinback, Heavy Vegetable, and Nine Inch Nails...

Food? See movies. I do enjoy me a nice Pad Thai, though...

The people I love and care about, my lovely home, the computer, cards, pen and paper, and my wits...

What I would be able to accomplish if procrastination wasn't so hard-wired into me. And lately, stress and frustration about the aftermath of grad school. Ah, stupid thinking... why must I always be thinking?

Sometimes, when I'm traveling, I find myself wondering what the hell I'll do if a zombie apocalypse breaks out. (I feel pretty okay if I'm at home, but out in the world, so many unknowns!)

And then Russ. Good, god. Russ. And more recently, Walker. Fuck. Fuck Walker. And, generally speaking, Wisconsin. I'm still trying to sort out what it is going to be like to clean up the mess that we've got here, now.

Privilege. Neo-liberalism. Post-positivism. Situated Knowledge. Narrowcasting.

(And, more randomly, what does "Short-term dating" mean to people? It seems fairly ambiguous...)

Hanging out with friends playing cards, out in a bar, lazing in bed with good food and a movie... basically anywhere where one might find good company...

How about a few?

My AIM nick is HedonistPoet as well.

I also met one of my best friends, wildenights, here on OkC, so perhaps my expectations of what could be possible on this site are fairly high...

People keep telling me I'd make a great Companion (a la Inara)... I take that as a high compliment.

Finally, I once was mistakenly taken for a secret agent, and as a result, had crazy adventures that ranged from the UN Building in NYC to Mount Rushmore. Oh, wait... That was a movie I saw, nevermind...

(And, I thought I'd also write a nicer version of something I once saw in another person's profile: this section's question is giving you an opportunity to let us know who you are. It is asking you what the most private thing you are willing to admit is, not what your most private thing is. Help us all figure out who you are by sharing something, even if it is just that you really love spaghetti.)

* You are the kind of person that views yourself as a stand-out.
* You are queer-identified (or understand what that framing means).
* You have an excellent grasp of social rules so that you know just how to break those rules when it counts.
* You are smart and can be challenging without being obstinate.
* You like to give yourself little treats.
* You don't expect getting involved with someone means that planning a marriage is in the cards.
* You don't assume that something fun and casual can't also be rich and deep.
* You rock.

Or, in other words:
*** strong guts (that act), warm heart (that feels), bright eyes (that see), sharp mind (that whirrs), hot loins (that need)... hopefully, all in the same package, though others may apply...