Tall, Dark and Handsome.

Okay, so I match 2 of those after a heavy surfing season. As for the tall part? Ever see a tall Kung Fu action star, Navy Seal, or Ninja? You'd probably be dead if you saw the last one. The immortal Chuck Norris is 5'7" so I ask against overwhelming evidence, is height really important? I think I can deal with those days when you purposely chose to wear 5" heels, although, running shoes will tone sexy legs and a nice butt, always. Oh yeah, I left out Kermit the Frog who is, I might add. with a tall blonde with a mean Karate chop.

I won't say I'm honest/trustworthy but considering lies can really bite you in the ass and are more trouble than they're worth, is it worth it to lie when the truth can be so much easier? I suppose the downside to this is that if your dress/hair/etc. is hideous, I will hesitantly tell you and I expect the same from you. It beats the embarrassment of finding out later, right?

If there is one thing you should know about me, it is that you will constantly be surprised by what I consider ordinary.. I often hear, "how did you do that?!?" The thing is, it's either trained or a result of years of experience doing something similar. I'm really not trying to 'toot my own horn' per say, but I hear this enough to make it noteworthy. I will let your imagination wander where it wants but I can't be held accountable if it gets lost.

I'm not sarcastic and I am either naive or I simply don't understand it; I must be culturally challenged.

I, like all guys have a 'rating' system of 1-10. Yet, the highest you will ever be is a 8.5-9 with me unless your heart/personality are a match.

I'm NOT on this site for sex or a sexual LTR. I am turned on by friendship first and the respect, drive and dedication towards being friends first before anything else happened.. I'm looking for Love and not another person to sleep with.

A favorite quote that holds me together on those lonely days:
"Right now, someone you haven't met is out there wondering what it would be like to meet someone like you" ~Anon

I have a hard time opening my heart to people but I stick around people I like. I really do put up my unguarded self on this site while, in life outside the internet I'm cool, calm and I can actually appear uncaring/aloof. I don't want to put up a false side of who I am and while I pour my heart out here, I also don't fear heartbreak since I'm writing for myself. I have experienced a lot in life and I surround myself with people who improve my life and walk away from those who take away. The thing is, I'm not here to waste time so if I message you, I saw something that impressed me and if I rated you 4 stars or more, then I see something but I hesitate because I'm waiting for you to add more to your profile. I'm very picky in matters of the heart and I am not impressed by appearance alone. We all look different and we are all our own brand of beautiful so let your inner-self shine.

I have a plan to live 120 years under my own steam. Age to me is almost irrelevant with the one exception that you must be able to keep up with me if you want to include yourself in my life. I try anything new and I push my physical and mental limits to their breaking point, a lot. I am looking for a friend I can very seriously see myself falling in love with over time. I work really hard given what my life has given and I won't stop until I have exceeded what everyone else considers success because I'm better than that (see my 'dirty little secret' section for why I feel this way).

I am moving to Half Moon Bay in February so I look forward to getting to know some great people. I want to work for the Surfrider Foundation in some regard while I look for a paying job. The thing is, I thrive on being active, helping people and the community at large because it makes me feel awesome. I am working on a degree, and more if you know me, money doesn't motivate me so I've dabbled in a lot of things to earn life experience. My life improves drastically each day and, I have a knack for making the best out of any situation while surrounding myself with awesome people who all want to make the world a better place.

Physical contact is important to me. A hug, holding hands, cuddling, or closeness are big for me. If you thinking holding my hand is PDA, we're not a match.

I have to stay active or I get sad :*(

Why am I on this site? I knew love, I embraced true love very much like the Princess Bride. She passed away and I am left with a void.. I am not trying to fill it, I just hope to someday, find someone who can bring that wholeness in their own way because we're all different and I will never give up until I experience the love that creates inseparable 'retardedness' again. I am done looking to the past, I see forward to the future.

I know what love feels like and I know it's possible again. I was dancing with a friend at a gas station parking lot after the right song started playing on the radio. I reached my hand out to her, she giggled and we had a waltz and everything seemed to stop around us. She wiped away a tear and so did I as we caught our breathe. I started to slip up and say.. but she put her finger on my mouth and said, "no, you can't". I almost said the word and remembered that she is asexual so I stopped myself.. I know I can love someone again and the feeling is like a drug. I feel that I've stopped looking but my heart won't stop searching so I'll continually put myself out in the world, hope someone's heart hooks mine and I fall stupidly in love with someone I've never met. Hopeless romantic? Absolutely. Bleeding Heart? Definitely. I wear on my heart on my sleeve? Totally. If you think I'm desperate, I don't care.

After lucrative careers for others in Emergency Medicine and Industrial Electrical Construction, I decided, at the behest of my indomitable drive that I should attend school to earn a little piece of paper that says I'm more than a specialty labor practice. I respect my background and it has shaped who I am but when I see a glass ceiling, I get fidgety.

I have been bodyboarding and surfing for most of my life. I'm also an avid cyclist and longboarder. I have lots of experience with anything human powered and I've only ridden harness trained horses while here and overseas.. I would like to remedy that, horses are awesome.

I'm clinging to a dream of owning a sailboat/catamaran to live on and charter while I'm away so I can save for a worldwide surfing trip around the world. I hope this ties into my career plans but I'll make everything work.

I'm going to use my time in Half Moon Bay to continue to be the best person I can. I love my friends with all of my heart, show kindness to strangers and if I see someone crying somewhere, I will watch them for a brief moment and by god, if there's a cafe nearby, I will give them a cup of hot cocoa and walk away.. why? Because we all want to feel loved and I can only hope they return that favor later on for someone else. Love makes the world go round, right?

I'm back in school to earn a degree in Global Studies/International relations to pursue a dream of helping people. I want to work for the UN or some other charity so I don't expect to earn much money but I will make a difference in people's lives. I understand that there are a lot of people in the States that can use my heart for what I'm told is the most beautiful thing people have seen (I hide it a lot for fear of getting hurt) but, I have a passion for international travel yet I think entirely too much and research everything that comes to my attention. I'm not wishy-washy, I'm adaptable.

I enjoy learning, reading, and exercising while finding a way to update this profile which satisfies any underlying future progress that may exist in some unknown future. I might delete it someday to start anew but I seriously hope that the only change I make is from "single" to "seeing someone". I'm tired of revising this profile to explain that I am a multifaceted and in the words of many friends, a Renaissance man so just read this and if we meet, don't be surprised if I know something that you didn't expect me to know.

I've had to learn bits of languages to communicate with people through time yet, for my major, I'm making an effort to learn a few fluently (not listed). I love to walk into any random store and start speaking to the staff in sign language but I find broken Dutch works too.. I suppose language learning is career advancement and bucket list agenda material for me yet serves little purpose aside from making more friends with a worldly understand not my own.

I am planning on buying a sailboat/catamaran after College to live on. The idea of a house sounds too settled and you really can't charter out a home for whale watching tours or the like so hey, I just plan on living an active life while I plan on a voyage around the world. This is a goal I have had for about 3 years now and counting so I'll give it more time and if it's still in my heart, I'll go find a boat. :)

You can find me on Facebook to see what I post publicly, it's normally inspirational: http://www.facebook.com/bryon.wright

Learning. Growing. Living. Loving.

I never talk about myself in the positive, I hate putting myself on a pedestal so if there's anything in this profile resembling that, it's because someone else has said it about me. See my "private thing I'm willing to admit" section for the reason why. I'm different but I'm certainly no better than anyone else. I lift myself up by treating people the way I expect to be treated and smile through it all (despite my profile picture, I was attempting 'aloof/serious'

Being the toast at private parties due in part to my varied educational, career and life experiences.. Once I get past being shy.

Attracting drunk people with problems or for that matter, anyone with problems and coincidentally, the reason why I am on this site. I'm a listener and empathetic and although I have my own problems, I'd rather find someone with compatible neuroses.

I suppose I attract a lot of young women too and it's really something I wish I could change but I look really young and I have a childlike innocence about me while being really wise.. I just admit that in this crazy world, we can't possibly know everything and arrogance is a big turn off to me.

Avoiding death, I apparently have a talent for that. A first aid kit is always nearby just in case.

I have a bubble butt? I have no idea really and I don't pay attention.

I'm a brat. I like to tease people in a playful way and will do something stupid to cheer people up.. ever see a guy intentionally walk into a pole for a laugh? Yeah, that's me.

I laugh too much, smile too much and that I'm not afraid to cry.

I randomly dance wherever. Grocery store? Movie theater? Walking down the street? Nothing is safe from my killer corny dance moves.

I've been called a Spelling Nazi but the politically correct term is, Orthographer. I wonder what a Grammar Nazi is called...

I'm being told by people who thought I died in High School (it was a rumor clearly) that I'm hotter now, uh.. thank you? I guess I'm one of those guys that looks better as I get older or so it was explained to me but I don't understand.

Books: Anything I don't feel a need to take a red pen to.

Movies: Anything that can elicit an emotional response.

Shows: not much, I won't commit myself to a couch. Put a bird on it.

Music: Moves me and if it's not made to sell out, I might actually enjoy it. My Youtube Playlist which is constantly evolving and growing.

Food: my favorites are not served in chain restaurants.

We all have interests, a first date would be extraordinarily boring if this is all we have to talk about. I think we'll find a way to work our passions in somehow.

Food, Water, Shelter, Toothbrush, Surfboard, Wetsuit.

where my life will lead. can single males adopt? what is the meaning of life? is the answer to the ultimate question really 42? How can I improve something?

I think about a lot.

hiding. I usually keep to myself and never approach anyone; I'm fairly shy. If you see a lone surfer on the beach, it might be me. Or a lone jogger, or.. you get the idea. :)

I'm a photographer, so if you see some guy with a big camera, it might be me trying to capture that perfect sunset, wave or nature shot, who knows? I also have a few waterproof cameras so I'll take those out when I'm surfing too. I would love to have a portrait shot of me taken by someone I care for deeply, someday.

I took a swim class and found I had more scars than the combined class of 35.

In actuality, I am legally handicapped with a condition called Hydrocephalus. 1/1000 kids are born with it and 2% of those, when I was born were able to continue leading a normal life, if this is normal. I've had an extremely difficult and trying life and it directly reflects in what people see in me.

I'm the strong, caring, compassion, loving, introspective, serious, silly, goofy guy with the childlike nature and wisdom of someone well beyond their years and it's probably a direct result of being bullied, being different and being left finding myself constantly climbing a proverbial hill. I actually try extremely hard to not look down on people who've had it much easier than me and sure, I understand we're all unique so hey, when days really suck, I smile all the harder and make what trivial frivolities vanish into thin air. My friends call me amazing, they say I have the biggest heart they know and that I'm the most dedicated/determined guy they've met so hey, I have something going for me.

Most days, I don't see my condition and on all days, no one sees it until I point it out because no matter how much I'm puking one day from a headache, I never belittle anyone and I find comfort in taking care of people to take away from my own personal problems/pain.

To kids that were jealous that I was allowed to wear a hat in school, I was a moron and retard (despite having a genius level IQ, go figure). To adults I'm the miracle baby and to those who understand the absolute shitfest my life has been, I'm told I'm the strongest/most amazing person they've met.

I've spoken to children in hospitals, I've experienced loss early on when my friend with terminal cancer (and roommate) disappeared suddenly when I was 6. I have dedicated my life to loving people who have been pushed down or who can't help who they are and to help those who question why they're alive... it's simple. We live to prove everyone wrong by being the strongest people we can be. I give hope to those with no hope and I inspire those who write to me through email or regular mail correspondence.. all of this because I was born different. I didn't ask for this but it has fallen on my shoulders to be a pillar in people's lives.

Doctors hate me because they've told me to never do something and I've done it anyway to prove them wrong and in fact, that's how I face life. If I die, I'm going out doing something I love and no one is going to dictate how I should live my life because it is mine to live.

Not sure what Hydrocephalus is? Google it.

you would like, we all have common interests and after 5 minutes of conversation will decide whether we should continue or not.

you see this going beyond an online profile.

you would like a certified pain in the ass in your life (not CPA, genuine pain in the ass.. I'm bonafide).