I'm hard-pressed to describe myself fully; by and large, I just am. But stick with me a while and I can at least let you know some of what you're getting into.

I enjoy being here and meeting new people. I'm essentially an open book, and a fairly entertaining read. I'm snarky, loyal, intellectual, empathetic, humorous, loquacious, geeky, laid-back, and eccentric – in short, awkward and awesome.

Mostly nocturnal, but been getting up earlier recently.

If you want to know how I think, then by and large you're in the right place. I change as I learn and consider things, but put my thoughts more accurately into written words than spoken ones.

Unfortunately, if you want to know how fun I can be, you'll have to meet me in person instead. Online, I can be a bit dry. Plus, I use a lot of over-expressive body postures and hand gestures when I talk, so really, you're missing out.

I'm certainly not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm still damn tasty.

Searching for adventure. There's a lot out there that I want to experience, but haven't. I'm sure almost everyone can say that - except for perhaps Bruce Willis, James Bond, and that guy from the Dos Equis commercials - but as someone who at heart longs to be a storyteller, it'd be nice to pick up more stories.

My big dream in life is making video games. I want to work on developing games as an entertaining artistic medium. It's a long road and I've got many miles yet to travel on it, so for now I'm collecting info, practicing, and biding my time.

I've got five goals that I want to meet this year, ranging from clearing my credit card debt to losing weight to playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl at a competitive level. I've been blogging about the results weekly – mostly because the more people know about the goals, the more motivated I am to stay on track. You can look at http://deadmangetslegit.blogspot.com/ to see how I'm doing so far.

Over-analyzing. Wearing fedoras and open button-downs, just because. Talking in more-or-less complete sentences and using more-or-less proper grammar, barring here. Puns, innuendo, double entendres, witticisms, sarcasm, and – rarely – something that's ACTUALLY funny. Or perhaps that should be noted as a self-effacing sense of humor. You're the audience, you tell me.

I'm a proud nerd. I like knowing things, and being able to apply those things, although I learn much just for the sake of it. I get lost in Wikipedia and TVTropes.Org. I also seek to ask and answer lots of questions in the hope they'll provoke thought and insight – hence why I've got some several thousand answered here on OKC.

As side effects of my life goals, I'm well-versed in games of all sorts (especially old-school video games) and computers. I also try to keep up with the gaming industry as a whole when I can, and I try to study the medium of video games itself.

Enjoy doodling from time to time.

Have an on-again, off-again desire to learn to really play my guitars, instead of just plucking them occasionally.

The hat. Most people tend to pick me out of a crowd by following the fedora.

Also, my height. Or, more accurately, the distinct lack thereof. Really, it's no big deal.

Every one of my tastes in entertainment is some kind of eclectic mix. Whenever I write about this it degenerates into a lot of lists and name-dropping that goes on far too long, so here I'm just going to give generalizations. I'll list examples in my Journal for the curious.

I'm a fan of sci-fi, thrillers, mysteries, some limited fantasy stuff, comedy, and informative and/or thought-provoking works (bonus points for covering technology, logic, dreams, the mind, psychology, sociology, theology, and the world at large). This is medium-independent; be it book, movie, comic/graphic novel, TV show, video game, what have you – as long as you can vaguely describe it using at least one of these terms I'll give anything its fair shake.

For films in particular I'm less inclined towards horror unless it either has a psychological spin or comedy. Cheap scares (or gorn masquerading as cheap scares, or summer slashers stuffed full of idiots failing miserably at cheap scares) bore the hell out of me. Generally horror in any other medium has to do more than just go "boo," which means I'm far less reserved about it.

And by and large, "romantic," regardless of what medium it's using, isn't that intriguing to me.

Musically, I listen to mostly rock, though at times I'm a jazz soul with hip-hop sensibilities. I also dabble in trance, electronica, and folk stuff. And for a guy who can't pick, the more you blend it all up, the better.

I'm less likely to listen to pop and I'm especially unlikely to listen to country, although I don't usually outright dislike either one.

I'm especially fond of seafood and cheese.

Let's assume the basics of food/shelter/water are cleared.

Computer. Can't program without it.
Friends and family. I enjoy company.
Things to think about. Thankfully, we've got that in droves.
Music. Silence drives me nuts.
Stationery. For doodles, notes, and more.
A sixth thing. The other five were getting lonely.

My mind wanders frequently. Personal projects, philosophy, numbers, the world, things. It's always very different with me.

Playing games. Hanging out with friends, online or off. Doodling on post-its. Expanding my mental horizons. Trying to figure out my next meal (not that I don't have anything, I'm just indecisive).

Every time I actually bother to type out "haha," hehe," "heh," or some variant on the above, really, truly, deep down inside, I wanted to type "lol." Then I refused to, trying to show class however begrudgingly accurate (and simple) "lol" might have been.

I used to frequent dollar store book sections for my pulp fix. Once, I cleaned out every interesting book from a Jeffersonville Dollar General, leaving nothing but copies of the novel adaptation of Showgirls behind.

I neglect this profile heavily. For example, when there were lists in the favorite media stuffs section, I wanted to list the glory that is Transmetropolitan...and accidentally ended up typing Cosmetropolitan. There is no Cosmetropolitan per se, but it's unfortunately reminiscent of a certain magazine with a seemingly endless supply of style and sex tips. This then went promptly unnoticed. For six months.

Can't overstate how important it is to just chat me up, folks. That kind of crap doesn't happen when you do.

I'm cool being friends with just about anybody and everybody. I've hung out with all sorts, and don't regret a thing. So if you're looking for someone to kill time with, well, don't hesitate, initiate.

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I've put a lot of thought into what I'd like out of my next relationship, but I'm having trouble describing it in any organized way. Feel free to pry it out of me, though.