I am well-aware of my intellectual snobbery. To some degree it is an amusing pose, but it would be dishonest to deny that some is real. I love film, literature, music, philosophy, science and theology. I do not love parties, and I should not love alcohol - but I am somewhat fond of it nonetheless. I am psychotically hostile to smoking. You'd have to know me better to know whether I have any other psychoses.

I am bright, hesitant and thoughtful.

growing older without getting much wisdom.

speaking convincingly about subjects beyond my expertise. I might be able to fool you for quite a while.

discussing Chinese and Japanese film (this is not entirely beyond my expertise, see above). You will hear more about Kobayashi Masaki than you might prefer.

remembering my dreams. I am not always good at picking up cues to stop recounting them, but some of them are rather good.

extraordinarily good long term memory, but erratic short term. (I am terrible at memorization, but excellent at recalling whatever has finally sifted down to my long term memory banks.)

my voice: Many say it is pleasant, but when I hear a recording of myself I think I sound affected and smug. I am from Maryland, but my accent is harder to place - Mid-Atlantic, perhaps, but certainly not Baltimore. I was extremely tall for my age until junior high school, but a lot of people caught up with me after that, so I don't stand out that way as an adult. I haven't lost much of my hair, and it's just now starting to gray (except for my beard, which went white several years ago). I can be very clever with friends, but appear rather shy with new people.

Books/ the works of Mark Twain, Herman Melville, Henry James and William Faulkner. Movies/ the works of Masaki Kobayashi, Akira Kurosawa, Chang Cheh and Lau Kar-leung. Music/ classical, blues and jazz. Food/ Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Thai.

Books/ the works of Mark Twain, Herman Melville, Henry James and William Faulkner. Movies/ the works of Masaki Kobayashi, Akira Kurosawa, Chang Cheh and Lau Kar-leung. Music/ classical, blues and jazz. Food/ Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Thai.

those failings I have best concealed from others. I also spend a lot of time thinking about how long I will be able to conceal these things.

reading or watching a film - mostly on DVD. My collection is excessively large, but not full of popular hits.

that I am a rather private person.

you don't mind not receiving a response. I use OKC almost exclusively for the tests, and am not looking for love.