*So, I'm noticing that most people don't take note of the "seeing someone" at the top of the page. I'm glad to talk to anyone, but I am very much taken (thanks OKCupid!). Please, only friend type messages, thanks ;)*

Ya know, my first thought about looking towards internet dating as an actual option was that it was somehow an acceptance of failure in making something substantial happen in the "real world".
That, if I was looking for someone online, somehow my ability to find someone of substance between bar and bookstore must be inherently flawed.

Screw that noise.

I'm owning this decision.

Bars are horrible places to meet people of integrity and when I'm at a bookstore, I'm there to buy books, not to hit on randoms.
I don't have high hopes for this particular dating venture, but damnit, here I am!

The last three years of my life have been filled with airplanes and exploring random countries on a whim. 297 flights and 30 countries later, my passion for travel has been grudgingly replaced by a passion for working out on a daily basis and furthering my career as a music producer/engineer.
My weekend trips to London are now replaced with searching MySpace in an effort to find new bands to whore myself out to.
The week long Hawaiian trips are now spent working hard in the recording studio.

Things do change, I suppose.

I'm currently in the process of accepting said changes ;)

Trying to avoid the same-ole. And scheming up new ways to move out of the country again.

writing down what I'm really good at.

My height, I assume. And probably the knots in my hair.

Movies - Shawshank Redemption, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fight Club, The Princess Bride

Music - Anything that moves me. I try to keep my music listening as eclectic as possible.

Lately, my CD rotation has been a lot of: Imogen Heap, Amos Lee, Justin Timberlake, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Project 86, Norah Jones, mix CD's of some great world music, Ours, Gomez, American Head Charge, Sigur Ros, Tool, etc, etc.

Some are guilty pleasures, but pleasures nonetheless.

Books - Currently rocking some books about religion and trying to convince myself to keep reading my old French textbooks. Oui!

Music, Airplanes, ProTools, A daily workout.

I'll have to get back to ya on the other two.

jet lag and language barriers.

either in or out. Lately more out than in, but that's likely to change at a moment's notice. I'm perfectly content staying in with good company, a bottle of wine, and a home-cooked meal.

With that said, I don't mind trying my social butterfly wings on at the local (or not so local) club/bar.

is that, no matter how many times I look them up, I just can't remember how to spell "desperate" or "separate" (totally had to look those up right now).

you're not crazy or socially retarded. Seriously.

I'm glad to talk to whoever, but some people just don't get human interaction. I spend enough time avoiding such people in the real world; I would rather not have to deal with them here, as well.

Thanks in advance ;)