Extraordinary Alien.

Extraordinary what? Yeah, you read it right. And it's the US government that calls me one and *they're* never wrong about anything . . . :-)

Successful entrepreneur and uber-geek. Artistic sensibilities and the well traveled disreputability of an impeccable vagabond. I've been searching the world for experiences for over fifteen years. Now I'm looking to spend a little more time in NYC and to let the world come to me instead.

I've been traveling to New York on and off for eight years. I run a successful software business and have done so from Sydney, Edinburgh, Phuket and London within the last couple of years - have MacBook Pro, will travel.

I settled in the East Village back in January, and despite a brief temptation to move to Rio to avoid the worst of a North Eastern winter, I've decided to stay here to focus on my friends, studying improv, building my business, the city, and maybe a little dating as well :-)

Luckily I'm at a place with the business where I can work moderately, do what I love, and not have to worry too much about making payroll, so I can focus on making life rock. I've been doing a bunch of improv classes. I couldn't imagine doing it for a living, but I'd love to get a regular performing gig to balance out my more technical pursuits.

If we write the stories that make up our lives, we owe it to ourselves to make them a thriller, an adventure, a grand romance and a memorable tale. I have more than a few friends in flyover country who admit privately to living vicariously through my Tweets. But then again, I like their stories of faithful hounds and suburban SUVs. It's nice to know the whole world isn't the Lower East Side . . .

I have lots of great friends that I keep in touch with on a daily or weekly basis across the globe. In 2009 I managed to build a good community of friends in the city. But I'm still looking for the one person that I can't wait to share the rest of my adventures with. No rush, no pressure. Being a single male in Manhattan is hardly a curse. But I'm looking for relationships that could have real potential - not just someone to pass a few pleasant months with . . .

Enjoying life, seeing the world, making friends, seeing the best in people and situations, debating, flirting and clearly by the length of this entry, self promotion :-)

My eyes, my smarts, my accent (mid-atlantic with a soft Scottish burr) or - on the street, that I walk really fast and seldom look where I'm going!

Books: from Shambhala to Norwegian Wood. Movies: from the Hangover to Waltz with Bashir. Music can be anything - just so as it's well executed, and for food, I crave variety, making NYC a great place to put down roots.

Friends, iPhone, sense of humor, internet access and yoga.

All kinds of different crazy stuff.

Hanging out with friends, telling old stories and creating new ones. Maybe catching a show at UCB, or now that it's winter, possibly hopping a plane to warmer climes . . .

I don't know you that well yet. But drop me a line and maybe we'll discuss it over cocktails.

Oh, it's not very private, but while I love cats, I'm impossibly allergic to them, and I'm a little allergic to dogs too. So if you have a feline (or possibly canine) companion, I guess we're just not meant to be. Move along, nothing to see here. Sorry!

you want to find out more . . .