I'm a left-handed Florida native who never goes to the beach. I like to read. I prefer quality over quantity, function over form and am quiet until I have something to say.
I have two cats (Pan and Loki) which provide constant amusement and affection (when it's time to be fed). They are the latest in a long line of cats all of whom have been named after literary, legendary or mythological people.
I like to go camping and canoeing (as long as it's with the current). I think I've canoed on every major Florida river, especially the ones with rope swings.
One of my annual rituals is watching the Perseid and Orionid meteor showers, mosquitoes permitting.
I love to travel. I lived in Switzerland for two years, spent some time in Saudi Arabia and have travelled in Italy, Austria, Germany, Greece, England and Wales.
There's more, but that's enough to start with.

I maintain an even strain.
I've been a bookseller part time for ten years (gotta finance my reading addiction somehow!) and am also working for an office supply company utilizing my remarkable organizational skills and passion for detail.

lots of different things; here are some of them:
sewing, pastry baking, creating medieval costumes, calligraphy, graphology, gardening, cake decorating, Dungeon Mastering, flower arranging and cat taming. I'm also a fount of useless trivia, having written and run games for an internet chat room for several years. If you ever want the names of the first 4 groups of astronauts along with the names of their spacecraft listed in order of their flights, I'm the one you want.
I also memorized Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" after having read it once and can trot it out given little or no provocation.

is my hair; it's really curly and beyond redemption.

I always need something to read (backs of cereal boxes, company bulletin boards, whatever). My favourite books are The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny, The Dark Tower by Stephen King, American Gods by Neil Gaiman, Isaac Asimov's autobiographies and The Complete Far Side Collection by Gary Larson. I also love the Harry Potter books and have a large collection of books by or about astronauts/NASA (the best ones are Carrying the Fire by Michael Collins, and Riding Rockets by Mike Mullane).

Favourite filmmakers are Tim Burton, Mel Brooks, Quentin Tarantino, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones.
I like period dramas and Star Trek, also.

My taste in music ranges from Aerosmith to Frank Zappa and just about anything in between. Putting my iPod on random just now, the first 5 songs that appeared in the playlist are by Weird Al Yankovic, Dave Matthews, Sibelius, Kamelot, and Linkin Park.

If awaiting execution, my last meal would be a rare filet mignon smothered in sauteed mushrooms, a baked potato smothered in cheddar, bacon, sour cream and chives, and mint chocolate chip ice cream smothered in toasted almonds and hot sauce.
But I don't have a suffocation fetish. Really.

A book to read, a pot of coffee and a pack of cigarettes is about all it takes to maintain my equilibrium throughout the day. I also never leave the house without a pack of cards and a set of dice. Oh, and my glasses, without which I am not licensed to operate any heavy machinery.

shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings, of why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings.
Truthfully, I have a fairly short attention span unless something really catches my interest fully. The trouble is, I think many things are interesting which leads to an immense complicated convoluted train of thought at any given moment.

probably at home with a book unless my musician buddies are playing locally; then I'll be rocking out with them and collecting broken guitar strings.

is probably nowhere nearly as weird as what you're thinking. Guess and I'll tell you if you're right.

you have a great book to recommend, want to try out a local coffee shop or get snookered playing pool.
I am rabid about correct spelling and punctuation (discounting the occasional typo); if you can't be bothered to spell out what you want to say, you probably don't want to invest the time to get to know me.

I don't respond well to IMs because I cannot lie quickly under pressure.