I try to keep a balanced life outside of work. Playing sports would probably be my favorite activity. I prefer to play sports I do not totally suck at so that pretty much rules out anything with a racket. This does not mean that I would fight against being totally demolished on the court, it just isn't something that my fragile ego would be able to handle at a too-regular interval.

I have a particular talent in volleyball that is probably due to my height and moderate athletic ability.

I must have this desire to inflict pain on myself because I also volunteer with teenagers. Not having kids of my own I get some parental satisfaction out of watching them grow into themselves.

I currently work for a large consulting firm doing custom IT projects. We just launched a major product so, I have been consumed with ensuring that my part of it is going smoothly. It is a challenge and if there is anything I gravitate towards, it is a challenge.

Impulse buying. If I do not buy immediately, I just walk away. I am really good at leaving random things I was thinking about purchasing in remote areas of a store.

I can talk about pretty much anything.

I am kind of tall or my long arms are flailing around because I am telling some sort of story. If that is not the first thing you notice then you are looking for something specific.

Music
Music is good. My tastes include Rock, Jazz, Classical. Bands like The Fray, Switchfoot, Less Than Jake, and Queen. Jazz like Miles Davis, Arturo Sandoval, and Wynton Marsalis (all trumpet players). Classical like Wynton Marsalis, soundtrack music, Bach, Bethoven, and Motzart.

Books
Ender's game
Song of Ice and Fire series
The Codex of Alera,
The Mistborne Trillogy
The Storm Light Series
Troy Rising Series
Confessions of an Economic Hitman
Kingkiller Chronicle
The Lost Fleet Series

TV & Movies
Game of Thrones (It follows the spirit of the book amazingly)
Spartacus:Blood and Sand
Inception
Up
The Newsroom

Podcasts
Dan Patrick show
The Morning Stream
The Instance
Final Score
Film Sack
Current Geek

My computer
My Phone
Coke Zero
Audible.com
A really good laugh
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When did my dad become such a right wing nut job?

Ugh.. I am eating out again?

Hanging out with my roommates, going out with friends, having drinks, playing a video game, watching some movie or TV show. I just do what I feel like doing.

I just had my braces removed. Straight teeth for the first time in my life and it feels great!

If you have any semblance of an intellectual sense of humor we would click. That might include actually clever sarcasm.