I enjoy witty banter, sarcasm, and bombastic parlance. I like pretending to be rich and perusing fine galleries for objets d'art, volunteerism, watching movies cuddled up on the sofa, going to shows and festivals, and watching trashy reality television in my sweat pants. I'm looking for someone who makes me laugh. I am fun-loving, and enjoy having a good time.

I like getting dirty hiking and camping, but equally love getting back, showering, and going out to dinner! I like to go out for a few days when I go camping, and hiking in far from the trailhead. I grew up in eastern North Carolina not too far from the coast, so I love being out on the water, but love getting out in the mountains (the beach is still like home). Basically, I love the outdoors. And if there's a band playing outside, even better.

I have friends all over the country (and world, for that matter), and love visiting them! Traveling is akin to breathing for me. At some point in my life I want to backpack around Europe for a couple of months. I like saving up money for a couple of months and running off to a new city for a long weekend for the hell of it. I live and work in a pretty structured environment, so spontaneity in any realm of my life is always welcome.

I'm hopeful that one day, I will find someone with whom I can fully be myself. I want someone to come home to, someone to sleep in on Saturday mornings with, someone to watch PBS with. It's not that I feel totally alone and desperate for a guy to fill some kind of void, I simply crave what has eluded me for the past 25 years-a loving relationship.

I work in everyone's favorite industry: banking.

Please don't hate me.

I'm also taking online and distance courses at Chapel Hill...after making some unwise decisions in my youth, I am resuming my education and will one day have that elusive piece of paper hanging on my wall (in an ostentatious frame with Carolina Blue matting and a little inset of the Old Well).

Making people laugh, working the room at a dinner party, singing along with every song, practicing the lost art of conversation, drinking club soda while everyone else thinks it's a G&T, and sleeping.

My hair, my accent, my smile, and my laughter.

Favorite books: A Confederacy of Dunces, Jitterbug Perfume, Run With the Horsemen, Cry, the Beloved Country, The Poisonwood Bible, To Kill a Mockingbird, Siddhartha, Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Favorite movies: The Royal Tenenbaums, The Graduate, American Psycho, The Big Chill, Election, Rushmore, Auntie Mame, Wet Hot American Summer, Grey Gardens (both the original documentary and the HBO movie)

Favorite bands: CCR, DMB, Grateful Dead, String Cheese Incident, Bela Fleck (both with and without The Flecktones), James Taylor, John Denver, Jackson Browne, Donna Summer, Simon & Garfunkel, Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young), The B-52s, The Avett Brothers, Arcade Fire, Van Morrison, pretty much everything that isn't modern-day-pop-hip-hop-py-synthesized crap.

Favorite things to eat: White lasagna, bourbon chocolate pecan pie, hot dogs & baked beans, pan-fried trout (that I just caught while camping), spicy tuna rolls (and tempura asparagus rolls for that matter), cream chipped beef on English muffins, cheese toast, pepperoni and ham pizzas, filet mignon (served VERY rare), pork chops and fried apples, and chocolate raspberry cheesecake.

Music.
Books.
Love.
Humor.
Friends.
Hope.

Leaving it all behind and backpacking around the world.

At home, recovering from working all week. I used to go out a lot, but I think those days are pretty much behind me. But if a good band is playing, I'm there. Or I might be out camping.

I'll get back to this one later...

You think I'm someone you'd like to talk to...obvi.

I am not a big fan of those whose personalities are defined by their sexuality. Yes, I am gay, but that's just a given; it does not define me in any way other than the fact that I date men. Take that for what it's worth.

Also, please be of independent means. I'm not looking to be a sugar daddy at 25. Thanks!