Greetings. I'm a full time wage slave, part time student and sometime journalist. I love reading, writing, video games of all descriptions, and I have no idea what else to write in this stark white box the internet has thrust upon me. That will have to do.

I am irreverent, verbose, and sarcastic. I own a parrot named Dickens.

I'm dating someone exclusively, and I'm not interested in messing that up in any way. A message will result in fun conversation and possible friendship, but no more than that.

I'm in school for creative writing, engineering, and whatever else takes my fancy. You don't want to hear about my job. The bills get paid.

I write articles for a few websites, and like anyone else who ever drank a craft beer, I'm working on a novel or two.

If I can toot my own horn for a moment, I'm a pretty good writer. I love challenging conversation (assuming that it's informed), and I can match wits with the best of them.

Unmitigated verbosity.

The first thing people notice about me is usually my hair; it's long, you see. The next thing they notice is my walk. I naturally strut, which leads people to believe I'm either very self assured or a complete ass. Mileage varies on that one.

I was quite a scrapper in my shameful youth. As a result, my nose, which has been broken a few times, is crooked. Not 'mutated rutabega' crooked, mind you... I'd like to believe it adds a certain rakish charm to my face, though of course I'm hardy a neutral party.

I'd like to say that the first thing people notice is my radiant aura of warmth and gentle humor, but getting that exact wording out of someone is harder than you might think, even if you've bought them dinner.

I have hundreds of books: an expensive and worthy habit. My favorite authors are Harlan Ellison, Hunter S. Thompson, Frank Herbert, Cormac McCarthy, Sam Harris, Stephen Baxter, Neal Stephenson, Richard Dawkins, Ed Morris, Christopher Hitchens, David Brin, Erik Larsen, and Chuck Palahnuik. I like the last one so much, I might even have spelled his name correctly(don't quote me on it). I skew a little towards fiction (I read to relax), but I'll read anything set in front of me.

My musical tastes are eclectic and vary with the tides and movement of celestial bodies, but the artists getting the most time on the iPod lately are Mars Volta, the Afghan Whigs, Mastodon, Sage Francis, King Crimson, Go-C-NA, Junius, Tool, Yatsunori Mitsuda, Frontline Assembly, Ani DiFranco, Marvin Gaye, Frank Zappa, Depeche Modeand The Gutter Twins.

As for movies, whatever is fine. Do you like Doctor Who? I like Doctor Who.

The fastest way to get me to eat something is if it's steak.

1) Books
2) Music
3) Coffee
4) Internet
5) Comfortable surroundings
6) Informed conversation

Every one of these "six things" lists end up looking pretty similar, don't they?

Why people act like they do, and whether anything should be done about it.

Attending a get together at a friend's house, writing something or other, sleeping, or reading.

Nothing. The internet is an outlaw wasteland, and I don't want to share anything potentially dangerous with it. I'm a fairly normal guy; I don't have much in the way of kinks or secrets.

It feels like a good idea.

Think carefully before you hit the button, though. I've referred to myself as a nerd no less than twice, and we're not even at a thousand words.