Updated 12 Nov 2009.

Based on other people's profiles, I have a tremendous amount of text here, and I fully realize that most of you will not read it all. However, I urge you to read the results of my cacoethes scribendi. I've put a lot of energy and thought into my profile.

To attempt to synopsize, I'm a 27 year-old with a passion for words and education. I have an affinity for electronics. I am also very enthusiastic and open about sex. I love music, and usually have some playing whenever possible.

I have been down the relationship path a few times now. There are a few commonalities:
• When I love, I love completely. I overlook flaws or personality incompatibilities, no matter how egregious.
• Once I have fallen in love with someone, I do not stop loving them. Ever. I could name every woman I have truly loved, and still say with perfect honesty that I love them.
• I do not love quickly.
• I tend to fall in love with people who are unavailable to me, for one reason or another.
• When I say, "I love you," for the first time, it will always be in person.

I have a lovable ball of black and white fur with boundless energy and a taste for feathers. Her name is Trixie - short for "venatrix," which is Latin for "huntress" - and she is the cutest kitten on the entire planet.

The more I watch her around other people, the more I realize that I am her human, as much as she is my cat. She deigns demand food from others or stand still for one or two pets. For me, she sits on my shoulders and purrs. She snuggles up near me in bed at night and follows me around during the day. She mewls piteously when I leave in the morning and greets me at the door when I return home. Truly, our meeting was fortuitous, and my life would be poorer without her.

A more in-depth description of various facets of my personality:

I am a writer. I think in words, and am fairly skilled in their use, written or spoken, to communicate ideas. I write various types of short fiction and essay. I post most of my writing to my personal website. In keeping with my love of words, I have a bit of a lexical fascination: I love obscure words, long words, and strange words.

I used to be libertarian, but then I grew out of my college-freshman arrogance and greed. I would now consider myself a social liberal and progressive, but favoring social capitalism as an economic policy. I used to be a strong laissez-faire capitalist until I realized that the American deification of capitalism is probably not wise or good in the long run. Fiduciary duties and duties of care do not go together in systemic providers such as health care and education.

I was, and am, ignostic. I feel that the impossible question of God's existence is preceded by an equally impossible question of God's identity. However, these questions notwithstanding, I consider myself atheist.

I am a rabid empiricist. Rational thought and the scientific method has advanced human endeavor in nearly innumerable ways.

Philosophically, I am a physicalist, a naturalist, a monist, and a realist.

I am quite dominant, though I'm not particularly rude or domineering about getting my way in everyday social interactions. I'm moderately sadistic, though if one looks at my long-term relationships, one might conclude that I'm emotionally masochistic.

I'm extremely exhibitionist. I love to be watched, whether I'm being sexual, doing daily activities, or even sound asleep.

I used to be polyamorous, then I was a swinger, now I'm not sure what I am. I know that much of my life's search has been devoted to finding someone with whom I can partner, someone who is my complement. I am not sure that I will ever find such a person, should he or she even exist. In the mean-time, I seek relationships that are open, honest, emotional, and joyful.

I am a highly sexual person, and this is another field in which I've been down the path quite a few times. I've had numerous partners, and pretty much every fantasy I can realistically expect to fulfill, I've fulfilled. Curiously enough, this has resulted in a very laid-back attitude towards sex, in general. If it happens, I enjoy it immensely, but I'm not nearly as focused on it as one might think, given my history. Whether or not we can sleep next to each other and feel rested in the morning is much more indicative of compatibility and trust than the expertise with which we can trade orgasms.

The more I have explored, the more I think I may be bisexual, but it's an avenue I have not felt compelled to explore, yet. Maybe heteroflexible is the best word to use here?

Since being out of college and underemployed, I've been experimenting with body-building. The more I work at it, the more I understand that real career bodybuilders are another manifestation (perhaps a more masculine, testosterone-fueled one?) of anorexia nervosa. All the really "successful" ones say the same things: that no matter how much they work on their body, no matter how massive and ripped they get, there are always imperfections, and they train for basically their entire waking life to remove these tiny imperfections. I strain not to fall into that trap, but at the same time, it is amazing to watch one's own body alter in response to stresses.

I am myopic and esophoric, meaning I can not function effectively without my glasses. While either eye surgery or contact lenses could correct the myopia, the esophoria is a neuromuscular condition and must be externally corrected. The progress of the disorder appears to have been arrested by the prismatic lenses I wear, but it may resume degenerating at any time. I savor every second I can see clearly.

I am transhumanist. Having mitigated natural selection's influence on our species to nearly zero, we must now replace it with our own actions if we wish to advance. Feel free to ask me about it.

I am passionate and informed about the growing global energy crisis. Fossil fuel production is peaking, but renewable sources of energy are not being implemented in sufficient quantities or at sufficient speeds to meet current demand for energy, let alone the rapidly growing hunger we currently exhibit. The future of technological civilization is at risk, and no one seems willing to discuss it. Global climate change is obviously a huge part of this.

I am likewise very passionate about intellectual property law. Copyright and patents are broken in fundamental (though different) ways in our legal system, and it stifles innovation and art in ways both subtle and gross. I support movements like copyleft and open-source. I donate to the EFF. And yes, I use linux wherever possible.

I understand generative grammars.

I do not really like riddles. They generally revolve around hiding one or more crucial pieces of information by either leaving it out completely or using obtuse language, and are thus fairly boring. A good problem, on the other hand, can captivate me for hours. Examples of those include the Hundred Prisoner Problem and the Green-Eyed Guru.

I've been told by various people in my life that I can be abrasive in my interpersonal interactions. I'm working on it, but you have fair warning.

One way this manifests is sarcasm. I am very frequently sarcastic. I have a very dry, cynical, and snarky sense of humor. With friends and family, I will frequently engage in a social game I call "sarcasm chicken."

I have a fairly good memory for conversations; I can often repeat conversations nearly verbatim from weeks or months ago. However, I am absolutely terrible at matching faces with names at first. I attach names as signifiers to personalities, not to appearances. Until I get to know you, I will forget your name. Frequently. Sorry.

I love Diet Coke.

I value honesty and bravery highly, and correspondingly, I despise deceit and cowardice. If you want to impress me, stand up for your principles, keep your promises, and tell hard truths. If you habitually dissemble or equivocate, I'm really not interested.

My journal can be found here. It is a very good way to get to know about me, other than, well, talking to me. You will need to register (and request access) to see much of the "juicy stuff." Please note, this is not my OkCupid journal, which I use mainly to kvetch about OkCupid's attempt to break each and every feature I like or about a particular match questions's meaninglessness, in the Ayersian sense.

Above all, I believe that happiness is something you make, not something you have. Despite the hurts I have been given, earned or unearned, I make an effort every minute of every day to be happy.

I graduated from CSU: East Bay with a Bachelor's Degree in English, specializing in Language and Discourse. I am now considering where to go for my post-grad degree(s). It appears that I will be attending San Francisco State University, beginning in the fall semester of 2010, but that is still not nailed down for certain. I just want to get into the classroom teaching as soon as possible.

In the mean-time, I'm working as an independent contractor doing transcription, copy-editing, and sundry text-related tasks. I'm also looking into full-time content creation and editing jobs. Given the economy, I'm also doing IT consulting, and looking for full-time work in that field.

Two things I love to do are writing and teaching. Since I seem to possess a skill for both, in addition to the desire, this has led me to think that's what I should do with my life. I believe that every human has the capability to communicate clearly and effectively, but that capacity goes largely untapped in most. I aim to do what I can to make sure that every student who passes through my classroom can be a competent communicator.

My knowledge of English syntax, diction, spelling, etymology, and grammar could conservatively be called cavernous.

As a general rule, I choose not to nitpick over grammatical errors in others' profiles or casual communication. If it is comprehensible, that is enough for me, by and large. When bored, and strictly to keep my editing abilities finely-tuned, I will WikiProfile someone at random. Try to take my suggestions in the positive spirit in which they are intended.

I am also trying to have my own writing published. Given that the majority of my writing combines my love for words with my other great passion, sex, this may prove to be more difficult than one might otherwise imagine.

I also find pleasure in lambasting the stupid. Given the vast intellectual wasteland in which I live, this turns quickly into misanthropy.

I'm serious about the writing thing. I love it.

Editors

• junipurr

Writing, role-playing, sex, sarcastic wit, playing video games, Magic: the Gathering, programming, tinkering with electronics, backrubs, martial arts, photography, debate, choking, and biting. I'm getting better at swimming. I'm pretty good at Scrabble.

I'm good at calling you at 12:10 AM on your birthday to sing you the song first.

I'm quite good at self-portraiture. At least half of the pictures on my profile are self-portraits. Which ones are which is left as an exercise to the reader.

I write erotic fiction. I am very good at it. If you ask, I will show you some of my writing.

I'm getting better at cooking. Recently, I made chicken tikka masala for the first time ever from scratch. It was delicious. I cook dinner most nights these days. I make a mean chili, my chicken soup is to die for, and I specialize in making meals out of a variety of random things from the pantry.

I'm getting better and better with my shakuhachi, and I keep in practice with my guitar. I also mix trance on occasion.

I am very good at being persistent.

My eyes, pretty much. I have really startling green-grey eyes. I have a great body, but I've no idea which part of it people notice first.

Other than that, I'm not sure. Please, if you have met me, send me a message or edit this section and note down what you noticed about me first.

SoleildansunVer: "My, he's thin." The image that you presented fit the "bay area computer dabbler" mould [sic].
YraelSong: Your height or that you are usually wearing colors that stand out in a crowd. Usually black, but you wear fairly striking colors, too. The way you move.
Nika87: You're in love with yourself. In a non-deprecating way.

a) William Gibson (Neuromancer, Pattern Recognition), Spider Robinson (Deathkiller, the Callahan's Bar/Lady Sally's House series), David Weber (the Honor Harrington series), Garth Nix (Sabriel et al.), Douglar R. Hofstadter (I Am A Strange Loop, Gödel, Escher, Bach), Star Wars novels, H.P. Lovecraft, Shel Silverstein, Kahlil Gibran, Raymond Carver, D.H. Lawrence, Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, Worlds Enough and Time), Toni Morrison (LOVE), Weis & Hickman (Dragonlance), Frank Herbert (Dune), William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Johann Wolfgang van Goethe, Dante Alighieri, Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid), Raymond E. Feist, Joe Haldeman. I love to read. A lot.

Academically, communication theorists and philosophers get me hot. If you want to start a multiple-hour conversation, bring up Paul Grice, Ferdinand de Saussure, Noam Chomsky, Steven Pinker, Erving Goffman, John Locke, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Edmund Husserl, J. L. Austin, John Searle, or Ruth Millikan. If you can convince me that C. S. Peirce added anything to semiotics that wasn't said better by someone before him, you can have your choice of forfeits. Jacques Derrida likewise, with respect to Husserl. Edward Sapir, and Benjamin Whorf were hacks; don't bring them up unless you want to talk about how wrong and/or useless they are, though Sapir less so than Whorf.

You may have noticed: I am a little neurotic about the names of my favorite authors and musicians. As far as I am concerned, if you like someone's art or work enough to call them a favorite, you ought to at least be able to name them.

b) A Clockwork Orange, The Last Unicorn, Oscar, The American President, Star Wars, Memento, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and Advent Children, Fallen, The Secretary, Batman Begins, and pretty much any movie with enough explosions can be watched once without a problem.

c) A Perfect Circle, Cirque du Soleil, Tool, Orbital, Juno Reactor, Nine Inch Nails, Megaherz, Lacuna Coil, Vocal Trance, David Lanz, Eric Clapton, Aaron Copland, En Aranjuez con Tu Amor, E.S. Posthumus, Evanescence, Linkin Park, Ayla, Ace of Base, BT, Disturbed, Godsmack, Metallica, Holst, Hybrid, John Denver, Nightwish, Billy Joel, Bare Naked Ladies, Modest Mussorgsky, Joe Satriani, Andy McKee, The Dave Matthews Band, Jethro Tull, The Crystal Method, Imogen Heap (and by extension, Frou Frou), Zero 7, and more. I love music. My list of favorites is by necessity short, lest it lose meaning, but I should emphasize that there is very little music to which I will not listen.

Note: I love "Kiss From a Rose" by Seal. Though the relationship it signified has ended, the love it encapsulates remains. See the note about how I love in my self-summary.

I should also note that I absolutely love to sing along with music, especially in the car. I am not actually very good at doing so, but I do so with great enthusiasm and emotion. Be warned.

d) ravioli, sushi (especially unagi nigiri), chicken quesadillas, kung pao chicken, pizza, almond poppyseed muffins, chocolate, fresh-baked bread, pot pies, saltines, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Since working at an Indian cafe, I've discovered I like samosa and chicken tikka masala.

• Words
• Music
• Caffeine
• Voltage
• Sex
• Love (though for me, this is inextricably bound to the one above)

Where I want to go with my life. Grad school and beyond. Sex. Ideas for stories to write. What to name my children. How to be remembered. What it means for a word to mean something. How my cat manages to know every time I'm in emotional turmoil.

Half the time, I'm at home writing, playing games, or watching a movie. I could also be playing "chase the moving object" with my cat or having sex in addition to or to the exclusion of any of the above. Playing with my cat and sex are, however, mutually exclusive.

The other half, I am out and about doing whatever strikes my fancy: dancing, seeing a symphony/an opera/a play/a movie, or doing any of a dozen other things. I could also be having sex in addition to or to the exclusion of any of the above.

For the longest time, I had nothing written here, because I don't keep much, if anything private. On contemplating, I have found at least one thing that I do not reveal easily:

I fantasize about rape.

...you're interested in asking about anything I've written here.

...you have something interesting to say about anything I'm interested in, or share any of my interests.

...you'd like to play Scrabble or Chess.

...you would like a back massage.

...you need English grammar, writing, or linguistics lessons or tutoring.

...you like bacon and eggs.

...you want to send me hate mail.

...you would like to read my writing.

...you need someone to listen to your troubles.

...you want to have sex with me.