::Update March 2013:: Greetings, OkCommunity. My dance card's a bit full to actively consider new accounts right now. Perhaps that will change in time, but for now, I don't see myself going out of my way to contact anyone new. Best wishes to you all in your search.
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I'm not God's Gift to Women, but I'm probably one of Her messengers.

Over brunch, a dear former lover once told me I'm like Zooey Deschanel's character in 500 Days of Summer, heavily re-imagined for a female target market. (edit: I just saw this movie, and I think I prefer to be compared to Kirsten Dunst in Elizabethtown). As Jason Webley put is, "I'm not your Lover; I'm the map you use to find him." Or her. Or Them. Whatever.

We are all in one stage of transition or another. It just so happens that one way or another, those in a romantic sort of change process and I tend to cross paths, learn from one another, and usually end up more or less friends afterwards.

Anyway, aside from the role I play romantically, I'm also a fanatic about Green Business and Systems-thinking, a part-time baker, and an unapologetic geek. We are all so much more than can be summarized, aren't we?

I am Aces, Swift, and Five-by-five

The work at the bank has run its course. Right now, I'm doing some consulting in Project Management, and looking into Green Business Efficiency Audits and Gamification.

I also *just* finished my MBA with a focus on Green Business (June 2012). It took longer than I'd planned, but I think I learned more than I would have otherwise. Now to figure out what my next trick is going to be. Any suggestions?

Personally, I'm fond of what Nietzsche wrote about "Becoming more of what you are." Right now, that's largely about dancing, cooking, negotiating (B-school), and generally getting to know this beautiful city of ours.

I'm stellar at figuring out who I know who would like other people I know. I build networks. I engineer social capital.

Oh, and I'm still a little rusty at Lindy Hop, but I'm getting much better.

Cooking: I'm terrifyingly good at improvising meals from things I find in my fridge. I'm also kind of on a kick of learning how to make stuff I normally either buy at the store or get at restaurants. Recent/current experiments include: quiche, home-made english muffins and this summer: crepes!

Tall guy, long hair, darned good-looking. Humble, too. Terribly, terribly humble.

Truth be told, I'm also probably the guy in the top coat and fedora. They keep the sun off in the summer and the rain off in the winter. Besides, I also look good in them, so what does it hurt?

Fiction: I'm really digging the "Occult Noir" genre lately; Constantine, Dresden Files, et c. I admit to a general appreciation for general modern/urban fantasy (read: anything Neil Gaiman does or would approve-of). And yeah... I'm kind of a role-playing geek, but the good kind. If that scares you off now, you probably would have found out eventually.

Otherwise, I try to balance fiction (to keep my language skills sharp) with a mixture of crunchy business/finance stuff and pseudo-subversive, eco-hippy-commie diatribes and the like.

Oh, and so it's said, I've really enjoyed the TED Talks series. I know a guy who was in one.

My Nerve: Ever heard someone say "You've got some nerve...?" I think if I were reduced to one attribute, one thing I had going for me to fill in the following blank, it'd be nerve: "[Blank]? All I've got left is [Blank]..." (Also, see Henley's poem, "Invictus.")

My fedora: See above about "The first thing(s) people usually notice about me," but yeah, I'm awfully fond of my hat.

My Gmail account: Its spam filters are great and it's great not having to delete anything. That means when my grandpa mails me family photos, I can Archive them and then find them years later. Thank you, Google.

Mass Transit: Austin was fun, but I really missed a competent bus system. It's a more relaxing way to start the day, to say the least. Getting stuck in evening rush hour just means that I have a little extra time to curl up with whatever book I'm reading. I can go clubbing downtown, knowing that even if I over-do the drinks (which happens, if rarely), I'll still get home, safe as houses. Finally, taking the bus, you're surrounded by people, not cars. I'll take the crazy guy in the next seat over the crazy guy in the next lane any day.

My CSA Membership: [Update] Doh. I did the math on a certain local CSA and found out just how much I was getting over-charged for literally the same vegetables I could get a block away at PCC. Hmmm... Need to go find a new one, I think.

My little black cat and the great big ginger one that tries to keep her company: Sorry, girls. If you can't handle a guy with a couple of cats, I'll suggest you move on to the next profile. :)

Systems, and the like, sure. I dig systems; how they work, how to improve them, and, when necessary, how to break them. And yes, I'm increasingly thinking about The Dating System, and how mental models, assumptions, biology, and a thousand other factors influence human behavior in a romantic setting.

Ph'o. I can pretty much take it or leave it, sure. Thing is, it's positioned ideally to be in this coming decade what Chinese food was in the 80's, Japanese was in the 90's and Thai was this last decade, so I might as well develop a taste for the stuff.

Oh, and it's also fair to say I spend at least some time pondering how to state someplace on here my solid pro-curves aesthetic preferences without coming across like a superficial ass. Oh well. Much love to my fellow ectomorphs, but hips more narrow than mine will probably be a deal-breaker...

Not sure... ::checks Google Calendar:: Probably hitting one club or another, or possibly a party. After a long week, I do like to cut lose.

Fun Fact: Friday is the day of Friga, Norse goddess of love. So, in a sense, it's kind of a sacred act to go enjoy oneself on Friday night. Additionally, my Jewish roommate tells me that it's a mitzvah to do leisurely, enjoyable things on the Sabbath. Bonus!

I already knew about "Alignment" before taking the test on here. Drop me a line if you knew what it was too.

And I know it's total heresy in the Pacific NW, but i don't really like coffee... I'll probably order a chai or tea or Italian soda when we meet up at a cafe.

A couple of weeks ago, I noticed that I'd answered 666 questions on this site. It was a *complete* accident/coincidence (if you believe those exist), but now I'm kind of hesitant to answer more, lest the number change...

My Dating Status: [Edit/update] I'm learning what it is to have a Primary, how that relates to other parts of dating, and a great deal of completely personal stuff, besides. Oh, and as above, I'm not in the market to expand my dance card at this time.

However, if you'd just like to add another friend to your retinue, let's talk. It always pays to know people.