I'm a half hooligan, half dork who moved to Pittsburgh from Detroit in August. While the city is amazing, the process of getting to know people has been a little slow.

Outwardly, I'm very energetic, but pretty calm and laid back about things in general, almost irritatingly so, especially in arguments.

I love cooking, but find beer is the perfect pairing to almost any dish, as opposed to wine. I do like my occasional red, though.

I'm an Atheist, though if I had to find something to pray to, it would probably be pork-related, only I can't see myself yelling out "Oh Bacon!" in the throes of passion.

I'm gourmet enough to spend the money on fine cheeses, but not enough to think there's anything wrong with using them to make a grilled cheese sandwich when I want one.

I'm a voracious reader, and collect books. One room of my place is my study/library.

I love art museums, fine dining, and dive bars with good bands playing, creme brulee and Little Debbie cakes, a well-pulled pint of Guinness and Yeungling in the bottle, the perfect Chinese pressed duck and biscuits and gravy. Essentially, it doesn't have to be fancy to be good, it just has to be good.

I'm far from a negative person, but feel like posting some random OKC annoyances:
1. "I love to laugh." I hate seeing this in profiles. It's such a non-statement! Has there ever been a person alive who's said "You know what sucks? Laughter. I hate laughing."
2. "Live, Laugh, Love." Surely as a species we can do better than needlepoint-on-throwpillow philosophy.
3. "Dance like no one is watching..." See #2.

I'm not here looking for anything specific, but also not ruling out anything. I find the worst thing you can do is have a preconception of the way things ought to be, then trying to bend reality conform to your ideal.

I work as an Environmental Consultant, which I enjoy most of the time. It fits in with my politics, code of ethics and it pays the bills. Aside from that, I'm spending as much time as possible exploring my new city.

Respectful debate, smartassery, making up words.

I've been told I'm very funny.

I'm an excellent cook, at least I think so.

I have a virtually encyclopedic knowledge of useless facts.

You tell me!

I love James Joyce, Karel Capek, George Orwell, and Kurt Vonnegut. I'm also fascinated by ancient Rome, and love reading histories, plays and poetry written by the Romans.

For me to enjoy a movie, it has to be either really good or really bad. I love Akira Kurosawa, Ed Wood, classic movies, silent movies, Godzilla, zombies, and classic horror and sci fi. I'll give almost any genre a try, but making my way through a movie I don't enjoy is a miserable experience. I just watched a documentary called "Small Town Gay Bar," and highly recommend it. Gay or not, it's a must see for anyone who's ever felt like an outcast.

As far as TV, Walking Dead is an obsession. I also enjoy Mad Men, British sitcoms like the IT Crowd, Peep Show, Spaced, and the Young Ones.

Music is my life! For a while, I co-hosted a successful internet radio show. I grew up listening to punk rock, and I still love it. I also love Rockabilly, Jump Blues, Blues music in general, Otis Redding, James Brown, Parliament/Funkadelic, Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Velvet Underground, Joy Division...you get it, the list goes on and on. Essentially, if you turn on FM radio and randomly pick a station, I listen to everything but what they're playing. Ultimately, there's two types of music...good and bad. Further description just dictates the expected dress code, and who wants to do what's expected?

As for food, I'll try almost anything once. Living in Japan for three years made me very courageous in that regard. My personal favorites are Asian food in general, Caribbean, Louisiana, Southern, authentic Mexican, and Indian.

1. The basics, but I'm assuming that those are an assumption.
2. Music
3. Books
4. Humor
5. Beer
6. Intelligent people to share it all with.

From here on out, how ridiculous this question is. Thanks for that. I'm ruined now.

Making a concerted effort to keep that Friday night from being typical.

I'm maybe more than just half dork.

Wow, you read this far? You must be at least a little curious!