I moved out here from DC about a year ago to work in the entertainment industry, and I love everything about this place (except traffic and gas prices). I'm giving online dating a try to get to know more people out here!

Actually, I've never really liked the term "online dating" because, well, can our interactions on here count as dates? Are we dating if I send you a "wink," or have we hooked up if I send you a "poke" (yeah, I know that's a Facebook thing)? Can we say we've gone out for coffee if I e-mail you a coupon for a free tall drink at Starbucks? Or have we taken in a movie together if I send you a link to an online screener? I prefer "online meeting" or "online socializing" or even "social screening." But hey, that's just me.

Hmm, I guess I am pretty traditional when it comes to dates, at least initially. I'd probably suggest meeting for a drink first, then maybe drinks and dinner for date two, then maybe drinks, dinner, and a movie, and as (if?) we get more comfortable we can talk about switching it up. I dunno...too boring?

Trying to carve out a living while enjoying life in L.A., duh. I've got a TV commercial production background, and lived and worked in New York for about three years (I LOOOOVE NYC, but man, is it expensive!) before moving back to DC. I came out here to hopefully parlay that background and experience into a film career. I love the creative aspects of filmmaking, but since I've been here have been focusing on the nuts and bolts of the business end. I do some marketing work for Freshology's health food delivery program (not very stimulating personally, but it allows me to pay the rent), and I'm also working with a couple of friends to get a small marketing company of our own off the ground. When I'm not doing that, I'm watching movies and reviewing them for a couple different websites (I'm a ridiculously huge horror geek, so if you can talk about them - or just movies in general - I will be super impressed). So somewhere in there I find time to eat, go to the gym, and sleep. I'd like to start make some dating time, though!

Hugging; Kissing (yeah, I know everyone thinks that about themselves - but there's only one way to find out, if you're curious); Writing (I've loved doing it my whole life, and I'll silently judge your misspelings and improper grammar); Reciting as many movie lines as possible; Listening (kinda cheesy, but it's true); Cooking (I'm no Top Chef, but know my way around a kitchen, and am always looking for new recipes to master); Mixing drinks (always a hit at parties, although actual bartending was a lot harder)

They probably notice I'm actually putting effort into getting to know them, because I love to meet new people. Hmm...I guess I'm tall, so they probably notice that. People tell me I have nice hair. And smell good. And have a funny laugh. I dunno, you tell me!

Books:
The Catcher In the Rye
All Quiet On the Western Front
Skeleton Crew
A Drink Before the War
Darkness, Take My Hand
Shock Value (great non-fiction book about the evolution of horror films and filmmakers from the late 60s - early 80s)
Rebels On the Backlot (great non-fiction book about the criss-crossing careers of several indie filmmakers like Fincher, Tarantino, and Soderbergh)

Movies:
The Shining
Halloween
The Usual Suspects
Memento
Clerks
500 Days of Summer (and a few more romantic comedies I won't publicly list here)
Out of Sight
Die Hard
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Reservoir Dogs
District 9
Raising Arizona (and pretty much all things Coen Brothers)
...oh, there are plenty more, believe me.

TV Shows:
Breaking Bad
The Walking Dead
The Shield
Rescue Me
How I Met Your Mother
Party Down
The Office (the Steve Carell years)
Entourage
The Larry Sanders Show (a little before our time, but caught the whole series on Netflix, and it's hilarious)
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
American Horror Story

Music:
I'm open to pretty much everything except country and house music, but I gravitate more towards modern hard rock (not metal, but more like Staind, Evans Blue, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin), 90s rock (loooove me some old Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, and all the one hit wonders) and old school rap before it started sucking (Das Efx, N.W.A., Run DMC). I love my satellite radio.

Food:
PIZZA! (I am desperately missing NY pizza)
Italian
Mexican
Thai
Japanese
Chocolate chip pancakes
And strawberry-rhubarb pie

-My smart phone (sorry, I am one of those people)
-Movies (what the hell am I supposed to talk about without them?! Kidding - I CAN hold a conversation.)
-Music (what the hell am I supposed to ask you to slow dance to without it?!)
-My health
-Expletives (I do tend to swear a lot - it may sound angry but it almost never is. If you hear it it's just a sign that I am comfortable around you, but I'm aware it can seem very unattractive, so I'll of course tone it down if it offends you)
-The love of at least one person

What I can do to satisfactorily remedy my chronic singleness. And why sweetness, smarts and sexiness so rarely seem to all come in the same package. Oh, and why so many girls on here condemn the notorious cell phone/mirror pose pic, but then post three of their own. And whether or not I've included too much information in this profile.

Out with my friends getting drinks or in watching a movie.

I'm scared to sleep in a room with an open closet door...I dunno about scared actually, but I can't do it.

If you've found anything in this profile interesting at all. If you're interested in meeting up for coffee/drinks, talking about movies, seeing the city, etc. If Halloween and/or Saint Patrick's Day are your favorite days of the year (yes, before Christmas). And also, if you have any pictures other than your two touched up, pouty-lipped headshots. You're great to look at, but I doubt that's what I'll be waking up to (hopefully) in the morning...

Oh, and to a lot of the jaded girls on here who think guys don't pay attention to anything on their profile beyond the photos, I always read through the questions/explanations before I click through the pictures.