i am pretty quiet at first, but absolutely goofy once i open up. i'm driven by a mix of logic and doing-the-right-thing. i have a tendency to meander a bit when talking, but i usually have a good point by the end of it. i am good at a lot of things but a master at none. i am very even keeled and i would be so bold as to say that my friends would proclaim me steady, reliable, able to see all sides of an arguement, a good mediator and facilitator, and always there in need.

all that being said, i am terribly far from perfect. i try to be self aware and to self actualize, but i am still a work in progress.

some things that make me happy: food, restaurants, The South, bicycles, gregory house, whiskey, thunderstorms, talking in funny voices, books, sleep, mac computers, shoes, anthony bourdain, cats, TV, hot dogs, guitars, blue jeans, gadgets of all types, Vermont, western european cooking techniques, tattoos, road trips, puppies, Kid Dynamite, lifehacker, mac chef knives, military time, BEER!, walkie-talkies, patton oswalt, cowboy shirts, FARK, coffee, pvponline, spoons, sad country music, funky glasses, curse words, misanthropy, and whipped cream.

some things that bum me out: sports fanatics, people who don't read, self-righteous vegan's (though level-headed vegans are absolutely welcome), bugs, jobs with dress clothes, the Real Housewives of anywhere, MTV, sarah palin, shitty comic book movies, dane cook, creationists, people who claim diet dr. pepper tastes just like regular dr. pepper, and raisins in anything but cereal or trail mix.

an amalgamation of math, food, and booze in varying proportions with a little bike riding and some "what the fuck?" thrown in for good measure.

eating an entire cupcake in a single bite.

that i have, in fact, just eaten an entire cupcake in a single bite.

this is a tough section. i really like a wide range of things and am always interested in anything new. i generally have much stronger feelings regarding things i DON'T like. for instance: Dan Brown, chick flicks, Black Eyed Peas - "I Gotta Feeling," and....well i'll eat pretty much anything.

pork products.
hooded sweatshirts.
refreshing beverages of all types.
weekends.
road trips.
irony.

what i'm going to eat next, which is a glorious way to go through life if you really think about it.

most likely at a restaurant. from $5 noodle-soup at some asian place to $100 tasting menu at a white-table-cloth joint, i love it all.

i've found it really hard to meet and make friends here in Boston.

if you generally have your shit together, are passionate about something in life and moving forward with it, have opinions and can back them up with science/reason/intelligent thought instead of rhetorical garbage, actively read (children's books don't count, you're an adult so put down the sparkly vampire book and pick up some adult reading material), are fairly independent but looking for a partner in crime.

oh, and if you can quote Patton Oswalt and/or know where the three adjectives i used to describe myself come from, i will love you.

and i know, i know. the above paragraph can make me seem like an asshole. i'm not an asshole, i am a great guy. just one who knows what he wants.