I think I'm a pretty normal person but also a unique special snowflake in my own way. I'm fun and very laid-back. I don't believe in making a big deal out of everything and just going with the flow. I'm a pretty good conversationalist and have a dry/sarcastic sense of humor. I try to be a fairly positive about things though I am not always successful.

I'm here looking for friends or casual dating or serious dating if we really click. Primary motivation is to meet people outside of my own grad program.

I'm a graduate student at University of Michigan. I will be graduating in April. After that, who knows?

talking, computery things, playing games, coding, making a fool of myself (both intentionally and unintentionally), not believing that narwhals were real things until I was 20.

I'm also a pretty good teacher. People tend to understand new things that I explain to them.

My complexion. I'm half-Lebanese and half-German, though people tend to guess Jewish when the topic comes up.

Alternatively, I smirk a lot. I find mundane things ironic or humorous, especially when I'm around new people.

Honestly, I'm not really sure what the first thing most people notice about me is. If you meet me, let me know.

I have a wide variety of tastes but for some reason can never remember lots of examples at once. So here's a smattering:

TV: Arrested Development, Archer, Boardwalk Empire, Its Always Sunny, HIMYM, Trailer Park Boys, Wilfred, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, Battlestar Galactica, Mad Men, The Last Airbender

Books: Hitchhikers Guide, Dresden Files, Name of the Wind, Ender's Game

Movies: Fargo, Aladdin, Pulp Fiction, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Kill Bill

Music: Coldplay, Snow Patrol, The Beatles, Dave Matthews, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Killers, Radiohead, Muse, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Weird Al, various a capella

Guilty Pleasures: All pop music, Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, Katy Perry, Rebecca Black, etc.

Food: Yankee Pot Roast at Sidetrack in Ypsi. More generally, pastas, sandwiches, burgers, chicken and turkey but not steak really, and things with peanut sauce.

A good bed
Friends and Family (is this two things?)
Travel
Netflix
Laughter
Wikipedia

What I'm going to do once I graduate. So many options.

Trying and failing to find something to do that isn't work or sitting at home.

Since I started living alone, I stopped closing the bathroom door.

you think I am interesting / you are interesting / you like the cut of my jib / you want to chat about anything / you have read this far

I will respond to almost any message from long thought out letters to simple questions.

P.S. If you're visiting my profile because I visited yours, and I if didn't send you a message, don't take that to mean you shouldn't send me one! I like messages and derive all of my self-worth from them.