I'm a relatively laid back guy who loves the outdoors. I'm in grad school at the moment, but when I'm not busy with that I like to hike, mountain bike, Ski Tahoe (winter), hit the beach (summer) or just relax with a couple beers and a couple buddies. Just looking to meet some new people and make some new friends.

Like I said, I'm in grad school. I'm working towards a PhD in economics, and I'm currently really interested in the economics of Health Care and Health Insurance.

Not taking myself too seriously.

Probably my sarcastic sense of humor.

I really like the Song of Ice and Fire book series and I'm a huge a fan of Kurt Vonnegut. Catch-22 is probably my all time favorite book though.

Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, True Blood (whatever I'm not ashamed). South Park, It's Always Sunny, Workaholics, Archer and also pretty excited that they're finally bringing back Arrested Development.

Music is my favorite thing so I won't attempt to name all of it. All time favorites are Modest Mouse and Pearl Jam.

Music
My family
Good friends who don't take things too seriously
Outdoor Activities of some kind or another
India Pale Ale
Skiing (I know I said outdoor activities but skiing counts double)

All of the things that I should be thinking about, but am not (research sucks sometimes).

Knocking back a few beers with my friends, hitting the bars in the exciting down-town Palo Alto, or just chilling in watching a movie if it's been a long week.

I read the Hunger Games, and I really liked it.

You want to chat, I guess. What kind of a question is this, anyways? The whole point of this site is to message people, so why do I need to come up with some set of conditions for when you're allowed to do it?