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I've recently come to the (long overdue) realization I'm not really interested in romantic relationships at this point in my life. I essentially just want to meet some new people to hang out and have fun with. I'm pretty laid back and a bit of a homebody; I don't dislike going out (though I'm not keen on the bar/club scene), but given the choice I usually prefer to stay in and hang out with a few friends.

I want to not only see, but experience as much of the world as possible. I love the exposure to other cultures one can get just here in the states, and I'd really like to carry that further and see what it's like in other nations and on other continents.

I rather enjoy dancing. I'm afraid I don't know many styles yet (a bit of cha-cha and some very basic waltz, fox trot and east coast swing), but I'd like to learn more.

There's something about a girl wearing a ball cap that makes my knees ever so slightly more susceptible to the influence of gravity.

I'm more than a bit of an introvert, and have been known to be rather shy (on several occasions), which doesn't exactly make me the life of any party I go to. In fact, it sometimes gives people who don't know me the false impression of being emotionless and aloof. I'll admit I'm probably not the most empathetic person you're ever likely to meet, but I promise I'm not an actual robot. Despite sometimes kinda' wishing I were. How awesome would that be? Anyway, the point being, I generally like people, I'm just not particularly good at approaching them.

I have a healthy degree of cynicism accompanied by a very dry, sarcastic sense of humor, often tinged a bit black. This sometimes seems to give people the unfortunate impression I'm not a very nice person. I'm probably not a very good person, to be sure, but I do try to be nice about it.

I'm an information junkie. I like keeping abreast of current events via NPR/PRI and the BBC, and I practically worship at the altar of wikipedia. I sometimes wonder if there's a term for going to wikipedia to look up one or two articles and spending the next 4+ hours descending ever deeper into the rabbit hole. If so, I've a textbook case of it.

I'm also a huge geek. Or nerd, if you prefer. Either way, the adjective remains unchanged. We're talkin' HUGE.

Working on getting to the good parts of it. I want to do a lot of things. Live abroad, learn several additional languages, eat all the things the average American gets nauseous just thinking about, pick up an Irish accent, ride a motorcycle across Eurasia... The list goes on. Endlessly.

'Til then, I'm working as an aide in the business lab at SLCC, and trying to figure out a way to make an associate's degree enough to get me out of the country so I don't have to spend another 2 years underachieving my way to a bachelor's.

Typing, writing, organizing and thinking "way too much." I like to think I'm good at discussion and debate. Of course, in correlation to that, it must be said I also have rather a keen taste for crow.

I'm fairly good at pool (or billiards, if you prefer), though not necessarily any kind of hot shot.

I've been told several times I have nice eyes. Personally, I don't see what all the fuss is about (points if you get the joke there, double points if you groaned).

I like to think it's the hair. It's growing back nicely, and before it got cut a while back, my buddies and family used to half-jokingly compare me to David Hasselhoff. I can't help but think it takes a special kind of person to actually be a little proud of that comparison, but I have my doubts about it being the good kind of "special."

If they don't see me first, perhaps my laugh. I'm told it's quite evil-sounding at times, to the extent my roommate nicknamed me Cackles a little while after I moved in. The best is when I laugh and someone gets kinda' creeped out and tells me to stop. This, of course, only makes me laugh more, which in turn gets them even more creeped out. It's like a perpetual motion machine of evil humor.

I refuse to be so droll as to list the mundane necessities of physical life here. I know perfectly well I could survive without most/all of these things (can't quite bring myself to call that "living"), but that's beside the point. It's the spirit of the question, people!

Imagination. Despite the common misconception, a great deal of animals are intelligent enough to think. What sets humans and certain other animals apart from the rest of them (aside from opposable thumbs) is our ability to think "beyond," as it were.

Good books. Few are the joys in life which can match curling up under a blanket with a steaming mug of hot cocoa and an interesting organization of several thousand words on a cold winter night. Or in a hammock with a cold juice (or possibly beer) on a hot summer day. Or any other variation of location, beverage and season.

Intellectual stimulation. Though it's not actually a muscle, at least as far as I'm aware, I'm convinced the brain is just like one in that one who doesn't regularly exercise it loses out on its full potential functionality. Even if that's not the case, what possible reason could a person have for not wanting to learn something new whenever the opportunity arises?

Videogames and table-top RPGs. This is where I get geeky. Mount&Blade has been dominating my time lately. It's like a history buff gamer's wet dream come true. I used to play WoW, but it didn't consume my life, and I didn't quit because I playing an unhealthy amount. I just got to the point at which I'm done with the game for the time being. Once I've saved enough to build a new PC, I plan to give WAR a shot. I also play D&D (though I personally prefer Earthdawn), 7th Sea, d6 Star Wars and various other table-top games. It's a great excuse to get together and hang out with some buddies I don't get to see very often, it's a great exercise for the imagination, and it's just a lot of fun. I've heard good things about the new LotR game. I plan to check it out soon, and hopefully will get to try it out in the next month or two.

Freedom of movement, and the independence to make use of it. I hate depending on other people for transportation. Which is not to say I'm morally opposed to getting a ride from someone or taking the bus, I'd just prefer to take my own car or bike. Chalk it up to my being phenomenally stubborn.

My motorcycle. She may be just a little thing as far as bikes go, but since getting that Rebel three years ago I've put well over ten thousand miles on her, which is more than can be said for my car.

Why so many fantasy fans seem to love elves so much. Don't they know elves cause cancer?

Seriously, though? Just about everything. This brain never quits--even when it probably should.

At or hosting the occasional house party. Hanging out with my buddy playing videogames. Gathering with my RP group for a table-top session.

As for general downtime (as, let's be honest, that's what this question is really asking about anyway), I spend a good amount of time perusing various online discussion forums, playing videogames and reading.

I had skin cancer when I was 21. Still not entirely sure how I managed to court melanoma, given I'm not exactly the poster child for spending too much time out in the sun, but the chest scars I got out of the surgery to remove it are pretty cool, in a 6th grade mentality kind of way.

I also have hobbit feet. Not inasmuch as they're unusually large, but they have a somewhat dense patch of hair atop them.

You like geeks with gnarly chest scars.

Or if you think having a motorcycle makes me sexy. Or just cool. Or, hell, even kind of peculiar, on account of I'm not exactly the type of person one would usually expect to have a "hawg." Honestly, I feel awkward just calling it that.

Or if you're also a big fan of intellectual stimulation and want to see if you can wring some out of me. I can't promise my conversation will be anything even remotely resembling productive, but bring up science, history, sociology, religion, politics or just about any other topic not pertaining to sports scores, the weather or gossip and I'll happily talk your ear off (and be nice enough to put it back on afterward).

Or if, you know, you actually find me interesting. It's like seeing a clown get raped; you know it's wrong, but you just can't look away. (I did mention the black humor, yes?)