I'm an unusual mix of creative, analytical, spontaneous, thoughtful, serious, silly, and countless other adjectives.

I work in a technical field and I really enjoy the challenge of difficult problem solving and design. I come from a line of engineers on my father's side, and a line of creative types on my mother's side, so there is definitely a fusion of these aspects in my interests. Distilled down, I can design and build something that is really well crafted and aesthetically pleasing at the same time. I've been on a bit of a DIY streak the last few months, so I take on all kinds of projects around the house doing repairs, renovations, figuring out how to make my lawn and garden grow nicely. My first and foremost passion is all things digital, since I spent a lot of time in my formative years on the interwebs, even back before it was the cool thing to do.

I definitely have a nerdy and geeky side, and regularly use my crazy programming skillz like McGuiver or the Scooby gang to save the day. Just like Jesse Ventura didn't have time to bleed in the first (and best) Predator, I ain't got time to watch MTV, channel: deleted!

Somehow even without being told, I'm still totally awesome and cooler than cool... I clean up nicely and cary a conversation in any crowd. I follow cultural trends, just not the sort that would show up on the tabloid tv shows, and I'm largely ignorant of contemporary pop music, except when the "artists" do something foolish like flashing their shame getting out of the limo, and end up in the news.

One note: I've read that many men exaggerate their height in personal profiles, so I will state that I am indeed 6'1, and when I get around to it I'm going to take a photo standing next to a tape measure! If someone can't be honest about something so basic as that, then I think they really aren't worth anyone's time.

Always learning and always questioning.

Reading: Hyperion Cantos, The Culture novels, some Heinlein, biographies of intersting people, and the countless hours I spend wandering wikipedia.

Music: Amon Tobin, most trip-hop/down-tempo genre stuff, classic and modern orchestral, classic rock, Cash, CCR, random stuff.

Movies: typically anything by: Spike Jonez, Coen Bros, Eastwood, Kubrick, Ridly Scott, Terry Gilliam, and James Cameron.

That I think this question is uber kitschy and dumb.

You are the Diane to my Renton from that scene in Trainspotting where they first meet. Minus the whole heroin and school girl parts of course.