I'm sure this will be full of cliches like everyone else's, and there's nothing to be done for it. Here goes:

I am happiest while flying over rocks and through the woods on my bicycle. I do it early and I do it often. It is where I feel most natural.

I would like to travel and take vacations. I could not do either before, so I'm trying to figure it out. Perhaps someone more experienced could help? I'm drawn to Spain, Russia and Vietnam.

I have been making homemade marinara sauce lately. I'm trying to just randomly pick up lots of vegetables at the farmer's market and figure out what to do with them later. Ideas for Japanese sweet potatoes?

I probably work too much and I'm trying to cut down. I was once asked on a date if I was a workaholic, and I had to think about it. While thinking about it, I realized that if you have to think about it then you're a workaholic. Its hard because at work we are kicking ass and taking names, which feels good.

My sense of humor tends toward the dry, and sometimes toward the completely inappropriate. I can't help but think I'll be at some board meeting some day and blurt out a "that's what she said" without thinking.

I'm trying to go to crossfit more often. I'd like to be able to do more pushups than when I was 19 and deadlift 300lbs. Silly, I know, but its something for me to work towards.

Lately I've been good about getting outside, but mostly on my bicycles. I'm looking to pick up non-cycling related hobbies, as I sometimes feel like a one trick pony. I believe diversity is a good idea, so I'm working on it.

My education is in linguistics. (Scrabble, anyone?) Unfortunately, I hate sitting in front of a computer screen, so instead I work in retail management. I love cycling and bicycles and people who enjoy both, so I run a bike shop.

As far as my career goes, I have a plan but it is half formed. So far it has been working brilliantly, so I'm going to keep doing it. It includes a comfortable living, really great people, and chances to evolve/grow. I sometimes wish it included more of an intellectual challenge, but no job is perfect.

I make awesome chocolate chip cookies. I'm good at scrabble and sudoku. I was a damn good linguist in college. I can pitch a mountain bike into a mean two-wheeled drift if the conditions are right.

I'm good at finding the tastiest thing on the menu. I'm good at really listening to what other people are telling me, not just the words that come from their mouths. I'm a good son, an OK brother, and a good friend.

Probably the shaved head and the beard.

Books: Dune, The Great Gatsby, Cryptonomicon, Chuck Palahniuk, PKD, Irvine Welsh, Jonathan Lethem, George Orwell.

I don't really watch TV. I have Netflix. I was recently introduced to Mad Men, and I loved it. I watched all available episodes with my roommate in the space of 3 weeks, and it made me think that maybe TV doesn't have to completely suck. She also sucked me into Sons of Anarchy, which appeals to me in a guilty pleasure kind of way.

Movies: The Usual Suspects, The Natural (weird, bc I don't like watching sports), Requiem for a Dream, A Scanner Darkly, Lawrence of Arabia, Fargo, Raising Arizona, The Royal Tenenbaums, Inception, older Tim Burton films.

A really, really sweet bicycle.
Sweat (it clears the mind)
A library card or some other way to get books.
A kitchen to play in.
The City.
The mountains.

Next cyclocross race season and that I really should train this year instead of racing straight off the couch. Should I get a season pass in Tahoe and if so, where. Whether getting another motorcycle is really a good idea. Update: Getting a cheap Honda VFR 750. Fuck it. Chez Panisse Vegetables, and how I can make more of those recipes.

Thursday is the new Friday. I'm split between going out to a restaurant I've never been to, and staying home so I can get up and go riding the next morning. I like to wake up early on my days off so I feel like I have more free time to play with.

You are kind, easy to be around and fun. You appreciate a little chivalry. You can semi-believably pretend that cycling apparel doesn't look completely ridiculous. You appreciate a little (non-chauvinistic) masculinity. You will do the dishes if I cook. You want a man who is kind and respectful.