It always seems like there is a balance we have to strike between being ourselves and being socially accepted. That's why I always feel like when someone says, "always be yourself" that it's sort of a platitude. Instead, I feel it's better to say, always be honest to yourself and others. This doesn't mean blabbing about every little thing including what you ate for breakfast or the color of the squirrel your dog chased after on his morning walk but to be honest where it's important and when it counts.

That being said, I want to be honest what I'm looking for. I've been burned a few times with women who wish to circular date or maybe wasn't ready for dating, where I misunderstood and ran in headlong so I've backed away from the dating scene in a way. I want a friend first and foremost. Yeah, eventually, I would like to have a long-term relationship and settle down but for now it seems all about improving me, enjoying myself while I do so and making lots of friends. And, who knows, maybe one friend will become something more like a girlfriend.

I'm not rushing that right now. I just want to make a note that I'm not promiscuous either. When I find that special someone, then maybe we'll decide to give our hearts and maybe bodies to one-another but as for the moment I'm simply looking to live, love life and share in all of that experience.

I enjoy sandbox computer and video games, currently a bit addicted to Minecraft and Sims3 but I'm willing to try any game just once. This is the same for food, music, movies, etc.

My dream is to find a woman who is interested in a wide variety of things to and enjoys a bit of computer gaming. I'm not interested in meeting someone who does nothing but play computer games because, hey, there's an outside too!

I'm finishing up my bachelor's degree at ASU (or GRU if you prefer), one more semester and I'm pretty stoked about that. I'm taking English and I've completed my minor in German.

I'm taking a photography class and really interested in the art of photography.

I have a lot of irons in the fire such as a side project of making a tiny sound studio and incorporating synthesizer/digital music with natural music (vocals and recorder) and finding my own aesthetic for that to share with people in open mic nights and perhaps even independent gigs. I also am trying to get a business going. I have a friend who works at a both at the flea market and I may share the booth with him, doing digitally manipulated portraits.

Also, I spend a great deal of time helping my family, specifically my mother with taking care of her horses and animals.

I've recently gotten more into camping. I have my own camping gear and a two-person tent. I'm an avid fan of the meetup groups. It really helps me with finding interesting photographs when I'm out having adventures.

digital art, photography, step sequencing, making a fool of myself and being a good sport about it, being a mess but knowing how to clean up(albeit temporarily), cooking creatively, finding things and losing them.

[em]Online:[/em] I think I come off as pretentious at times.

[em]In person:[/em]

I shake, I have a tremor to my hands. I'm often asked if I've had too much coffee or if I'm nervous for some reason. Nope, I just shake. Don't worry, it's not contagious.

The following are only a few examples not an exhaustive list:

(a) Books: Good Omens, Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Gunslinger Series from Steven King, American Gods, House of Leaves.
(b) Movies: What Dreams May Come, Time Bandits, The Neverending Story, Pan's Labyrinth, City of Lost Children
(c) Music: VNV Nation, Iris (the band, not the song), Queensryche, Wolfsheim, Seabound, Abney Park, Moody Blues, Aeronautalis, POS, Owl City (or any Adam Young project for that matter), J. Arthur Keenes Band, DJ Robin Skouteris as a mixer (because I prefer most of my pop blended and regurgitated), Schiller mit anyone, Wolfsheim, Deine Lakaien, Cruxshadows.
(d) Foods: Tofu! Sushi (esp. vegetarian kinds), Hummus, Eggplant Parmigiana, Fried Mushrooms, Fries with nearly anything, and vegetarian pizza with nearly nothing. (being surrounded by meat-eaters I am not judgmental of those of the more carnivorous nature as long as I'm not faced with judgment).

I don't know if I could do without ideas, a loyal animal companion (currently my best friend, Toby), a way to express myself (such as with pencil and paper or a computer or an instrument of some sort), good music (even though I know "good music" is a very subjective term, I mean music that keeps base speech to a minimum and intellectual and artistic quality to the forefront).

how if more people were open-minded, their lives would be enrichened ten-fold. How I'd love to just scrap it all, buy an RV or even a pup-tent and strike out across this beautiful land. Just me, my dog and the open road. But I also think about the responsibility of formal education despite the debt it could be causing.

I think about what responsibility means to me and not how my choices affect me but how it may affect those dear to me.

I guess I tend to stay at home studying or whatnot because it saves money. When at home, I watch movies and t.v. shows, busy myself on photography and music and occaisionally play minecraft or Sims.

but I do so enjoy going out to play DDR, dancing in clubs, karaoke, camping, visiting other cities, wherever the wind and my financial means take me.

I've killed an hour before. Not accidentally nor sadly. I've killed hours with premeditation and calculating coldness. Once I did, there was never evidence nor a body (hours don't have bodies); only the empty feeling that something was lost. -- (Stolen unabashedly from Danielewsky's House of Leaves)

You are open-minded and aren't judgmental or critical of others and you don't mind having return messages that are miles long.

Especially message me if you play Minecraft or don't mind geeks.