Born and raised in the county of …
Actually I was born and raised in Poland and moved to the United States when I was 14. I lived in Connecticut for a couple of years before coming to South Florida.

I’m mostly a quiet and reserved person and as a result I come across as shy. Introverted sums up my personality quite succinctly. I’m non-confrontational to a fault, rolling with the punches because life’s too short to get riled up over trivial BS. Overall I consider myself to be a chill, serene, down to earth kind of guy. However there are times when emotions get the better of me and I blow a fuse and get irate and temperamental.

I am very open-minded and non-judgmental. I always question my own opinions and get annoyed by people who tell me to "pick a side and stick with it." I'm also sentimental - I have a box full of sentimental items, like the first middle school love note I received and the first speeding ticked I received.

I'm a hopeless romantic and a believer in true love; the type of love that makes everything else so much less significant; the type of love that makes life meaningful. But I'm also a realist and realize that there is no such thing as a perfect soul mate. So instead of looking for one I'm searching for that special someone to love and be loved by. A sappy fantasy? I said I was a hopeless romantic.

When it comes to my interests and hobbies they are quite varied. I strive to be a Renaissance Man, a person with deep knowledge in a broad field of interests and activities. In fact that is the origin of my username – Renesans means Renaissance in my native Polish. I'm not there yet, so for now "jack of all trades, master of none" is a better description. Some of my interests include:
-Natural Sciences
-History
-Philosophy
-Psychology
-Astronomy
-Mythology
-College Football
-Theology
-Politics and current events
-Pop Culture

Activities I enjoy:
-Reading
-Writing
-Video games/computer games
-Running
-Mountain Hiking - sadly South Florida doesn't offer much, unless I got a gas mask and went climbing landfills.

Other likes and dislikes:
-Beach - nothing is quite as relaxing like a day at the beach.
-Roller Coasters - I've ridden almost all of the coasters in Florida and many others in other states. Kumba at Busch Gardens is my favorite.
-Cleanliness - my home and my car are always spotless.

Finally, I want to try a new hobby/activity but I can't decide between learning:
-To dance
-To play a musical instrument
-To play golf
-A new language
-Martial arts

I recently graduated from college with a degree in electrical engineering and I'm currently looking for a job in that field. As luck would have it I finished school during one of the worst job markets in years.

Organizing and Planning - "A place for everything and everything in its place." I live by that precept.

Being on Time - someone once told me that, "To be early is to be on time; to be on time is to be late; and to be late is like not showing up at all."

Cooking - in college I had to cook my own meals in order to save money. As it turned out I am a pretty decent cook (at least for my own tastes) and I even revised some of the recipes my mom gave me.

My accent; English is my second language and despite living in the States for over 10 years I still haven't gotten rid of it - not that I want to.

My eyes; people say I have pretty eyes. Narcissistic of me to say that? Maybe, but I'm just telling it like it is.

Books:
Reading is my passion and I read all sorts of books, both fiction and non-fiction. In the fiction department my favorite books of all time would probably be:
-The Catcher in the Rye
-Catch-22
-1984
-Frankenstein
-The Lord of the Rings
Besides Lord of the Rings I like a lot of other fantasy and sci-fi. My favorite authors in the genre:
-Isaac Asimov
-Orson Scott Card
-Frank Herbert
-J.K. Rowling
-George R.R. Martin
-Terry Pratchett
My other favorite authors include:
-Chuck Palahniuk
-Kurt Vonnegut
-Ernest Hemingway
-Alexandre Dumas

Movies:
Supposedly these prompts have no character limit, but if I were to start listing my favorite movies I am pretty sure I would hit that non-existent limit before I was done. But if I had to limit my choices to just three movies they would be:
Fight Club - that movie is so much more than just about guys having bare-knuckle fights.
Pulp Fiction - Tarantino at his best.
WALL-E - the most heart-warming movie of all time (eat your heart out Beauty and the Beast).
Some other favorites:
-Goodfellas
-Shawshank Redemption
-Office Space
-Three Kings
-Training Day
-12 Angry Men
-Clerks
Finishing of the category, my favorite directors/writers/producers are:
-Stanley Kubrik
-Christopher Nolan
-Quentin Tarentino
-Judd Apatow
-Charlie Kaufman
-The Coen Brothers

Music:
When it comes to music I don't restrict myself to any genre or even any particular artist. I judge each song individually. Some of my favorites are:
-Living on a Prayer (Bon Jovi)
-In the End (Linkin Park)
-Orinoco Flow (Enya)
-Dead and Gone (T.I.)
-Top Gun Anthem
-Many more...

Television:
When it comes to shows that are still on TV or have been recently, my favorite shows are Lost (hands down favorite), House, Dexter, The Office, Entourage, South Park and Battlestar Galactica (the new one). Also I liked the first season of Heroes, but subsequent seasons have been mediocre at best. CSI is a fun show as well.
I like late night comedy as well, shows like SNL, The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Chelsea Lately, Conan O'Brian and Craig Ferguson.
Older show I like include Seinfeld, Sex and the City, and older episodes of Law and Order, The Simpsons and Family Guy.

Food:
Italian and Tex-Mex are my favorite types of food. In particular fajitas is my favorite dish of all time. I also like sushi, pizza (who doesn't?) and Philly cheesesteaks.

These are things I consider luxuries that I have grown very accustomed to:

The Internet - What on Earth did I do before I got a broadband connection?!? Oh yeah, I was 15 years old and anything and everything amused me.
College Football - football is the best spectator sports of all time IMO, and college football trumps the NFL because of the traditions, pageantry and the fact that it is not a business (yeah, money is involved big time in college football, but it is not the alpha and omega like it is in the NFL). As a University of Florida alumnus my team is the Florida Gators and each year between late August to early December my mood is dictated by how the Gators did the previous Saturday.
Music - music soothes the savage beast, or so they say. I'm no savage beast in need of soothing, but I still love music.
Books - if I was the only human being alive on Earth, books would be the only reason why I would go insane in only six months, as opposed to the human average of one week.
Coke - Coca Cola in particular. I am addicted to the stuff, and no it's not a caffeine addiction - I tried living without Coke by substituting it with coffee ... I lasted one week.
Cell Phone - can you imagine a life without your TiVo, GPS, MP3 player. I can, but I can't imagine a life without cell phones. They are as essential nowadays as regular landlines were before them.

Anything and everything. My brain is always going and my thoughts often digress into wild tangents. In other words, "Life, the Universe, and Everything."

Hanging out with my friends, doing whatever...

When I have a couple of drinks I turn into a completely different person - so much so that my friends gave my drunken alter ego a name. Sad thing is that sometimes I wish I could be more like that alter ego of mine.

Let's be honest, men approach women, not the other way around (couple of exceptions only prove the rule). That's the way it is in real life and that's how it is here. It's a social norm that I wish we could do away with, but we gotta deal with reality.

So I guess you should message me if anything in my profile catches your eye, have similar interests that you would like to share, and you want to break out of the mold.