I'm exuberant and passionate. A teacher and a student. Ever-learning and ever-growing. I'm in love with novelty and crave new experiences, eager to meet and understand. Wordplay and social justice are equally important to me, and when asked in third grade what I wanted to be when I grew up, I answered "a Renaissance man!"

So there's that.

Planning my next adventure, whether it be to a new place or starting my own business. After working in IT for several years, I quit to follow one of my passions and currently run a craft beer store and brew for a local bar.

I take whatever opportunities I can to travel and experience new things. Sometimes, that means New Orleans or Asheville; sometimes, it means Malaysia or the Czech Republic.

Tinkering.
Understanding.
Empathy.
Decision-making.
Board games.
Social situations.

My facial hair. Or the mischievous twinkle in my eye.

Books: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, Ballad of the Whiskey Robber, Freakonomics, American Gods, Snowcrash, Ready Player One, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, The Chalice and the Blade

Movies: Brief Encounter, The Apartment, Before Sunrise, Annie Hall, O Brother Where Art Thou, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Leon, The Darjeeling Limited

TV: Peep Show, Mad Men, Eastbound and Down, 30 Rock, Archer, Breaking Bad, Arrested Development, The Walking Dead, Jeopardy

Music: Old 97's, Miike Snow, Will Quinlan and the Diviners, Matt Pond PA, Okkervil River, K'naan, Bon Iver, Lykke Li, Rasputin's Stash, Immortal Technique, The Blow, Sun Kil Moon

Good cheese.
Good beer.
New experiences.
New people.
Sources of new information.
My passport.

How I can make more money doing the things about which I'm passionate.

How to make my community a better place.

Cognates.

Making out.

Running a craft beer store and making new friends.

I tend to attract -- or am attracted to -- women who've made poor decisions with men in the past; maybe that means I make poor decisions, too.

You've got a strong sense of self and are at least a little awesome. You should also message me if you have a passion you want to share with the world.