Hi, I'm Sef.

I spend the majority of my time running around for friends, enjoying myself at clubs or social events, and trying to learn new things.

I enjoy a fantastic social life and have a large number of wonderful friends who in return know they can call on me at all hours for a bloody good drink and a chat. I've been known to do all sorts of things for my friends, but a lot more for my partners.

My main passtimes are watching films, drinking whisky, riding a motorbike and practising martial arts (both western and eastern), but I have a wide variety of other skills and interests which you'd have to ask about more personally.

What I'm looking for is someone who can accomodate my social life in return for a true gentleman who will put every bit as much effort into a relationship.

I am dashing, courageous, and resourceful

Currently I'm looking for different ways to save the world. I've had a load of different jobs recently although I'm trained as a Chemical Engineer, and always take a job which fits around the rest of my life - I couldn't be chained to a desk, and I'd never take a job which would become the sum total of my passtime.

In the near future I'm probably going to take my bike and go around Europe for a few months on it, then come back and look into new and exciting options.

-Being there for my friends
-Having fun in the bedroom (or anywhere else)
-Learning new things, especially martial arts
-Drinking whisky and not losing control of myself
-Pulling up obscure details from films I've seen
-Recovering after falling off a motorbike (not, sadly, staying on a bike..)
-Explaining things to people
-Winning debates without steamrolling people
-Treating people well.

People tend to notice that I'm tall, and well-spoken. I can dress in a lot of black, but more often this will be augmented with subtle colours such as dark red or green.

I have a large physical presence in a room, and the same with regards to personality. People like me because I'm funny, kind, willing to pitch in, and never taken myself too seriously.

I can occasionally rub people up the wrong way on first impressions, because I can come off as loud and overbearing. This tends to change after getting to know me though.

Movies: A History of Violence, the Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended), Children of Men, Batman Begins/Dark Knight, the Last Samurai, Equilibrium, Kingdom of Heaven, the Crow, Desperado, the Prophecy Trilogy, Night Watch, Hot Fuzz.

Books: The Silmarillion and the rest of the Tolkien/Arda books, Memory, Sorrow and Thorn trilogy by Tad Williams, Hunter's Moon by David Devereux, Age of Misrule trilogy (and following books) by Mark Chadbourn, Night's Dawn trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton, the Dune series by Frank Herbert, the Redwall series by Brian Jacques, and Terry Pratchett's Discworld books (especially the Guards series).

Music is pretty damn eclectic. I tend to listen to a lot of classic rock on my motorbike, especially when I'm listening to radio rather than my mp3 player, but at home it can be anything. Favourite bands include VNV Nation, VAST, Disturbed, Foo Fighters, Manic Street Preachers, and countless others.

Food? Chinese and italian. I'm not a vegetarian and doubt I ever will be, but lately I've done well to include more vegetables into what was a pretty carbarian diet previously.

-My sword
-My motorbike
-My friends group
-My livejournal (yes, terribly sad)
-My mobile phone
-My leather trenchcoat.

My friends, what they're doing, what I can be doing with them. I'm pretty damn extroverted and like including my friends in whatever crazy adventure I'm up to this week.

I like studying martial arts as well as just practising them, and other areas of interest which I won't go into here. I also have the courage to admit I think about women a fair bit.

Hmm. Usually at an Aikido training session early evening, followed by out at a club in Manchester, or just the rock pub if there aren't any club nights on, with a bunch of friends.

I'm friendly and approachable, and if you spill my drink it'll be greeted with a smile and a laugh rather than any aggression. I'm quite philosophical, especially a few whiskies into the night.

That I'm a hopeless romantic and really do want to end up with a long-term relationship. That's not to say I expect one out of the ether, so fun and flirting is great for now.

...OR that I can tapdance. Funny how I consider this less embarrassing.

...if you think that I'm interesting and different enough to chat to.
...if you've never met someone like me before.
...if you have met someone like me before and knew what a good bloke they were.
...if you're able to accept a hectic and enjoyable social life.
...if you're willing to go along for the ride.