People often get butterflies in my presence. If that comes across as arrogant, perhaps you take me a bit too figuratively.

I get along best with kids who call me up asking what I'm doing right now and who aren't often falling asleep before 2am. Planning and waking up before noon are challenges I struggle with only when necessary.

My favorite activities involve friends and some combination of music, stories, sweat, or body contact.

I type dvorak. I compose programs, mostly using coffeescript these days, but some perl, Ruby, and Javascript. I'm also familiar with some other formalisms. I really want to get my brain raped by Haskell. I love open source software and anything in the Creative Commons. I am a transhumanist and would eventually like to find some way to do my part to bring about my future technotopia.

NeonTigerOnTop says my bites are magical. Or mundane. The difference seems to be how they develop. She also says I call her "incredibly open". She's right; it's not credible. I prefer to think she's relentlessly explicit.

I just got out of a seven year relationship with the city of Chicago. I'm still in love, but I've quite a crush on San Francisco right now too. I live in Cole Valley with a pair of cats named Guenhwyvar and Nova.

Recommending a free song every day to whoever cares. Going to shows. Having strangers crash in my space. Reading books. Drinking delicious beers.

I'm working on building an online course platform for free Cognitive Behavioral Therapy classes. I think it has the potential to help a lot of people, and to improve research into effective interventions.

I'm getting the urge to play sf0 again. Anyone care to join me for a Dérive?

Analyzing an argument. Being cute. Talking in statistics. Thinking in abstractions. Hedging and qualifying.

I've been told I turn making out into an art form.
I've independently been told that I "make making out more fun than it's supposed to be." To the point where it harms reproductive fitness.

If you meet me, you may notice some potent combination of advanced height, enthusiastic exegesis, gangly limbs, or curly brown hair with hands frequently moving through it.

Books
Fiction
** The Sandman by Neil Gaiman. This is my favorite work of fiction in any format.
** Lost Girls by Alan Moore
** Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell.
** The Lathe of Heaven and Four Ways to Forgiveness by Ursula Le Guin.
** The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone and Mike Smollin. This was my favorite when I was five.

Philosophy
** A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
** Ontological Relativity and Other Essays by WV Quine

Programming
** Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! by Miran Lipovača.
** Test Driven Development by Example by Kent Beck.

Roleplaying
** Sorcerer by Ron Edwards
** Universalis by Ralph Mazza and Mike Holmes

Currently Reading:
Kestrels, Quirky Birds, and Hopeless Egocentricity by Reginald Braithwaite.
The Ways of Paradox and other essays by WV Quine.
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Movies
Mononoke Hime
Blade Runner
The Fountain

I've watched these talks more than most of my favorite movies:
Escape From the Ivory Tower: The Haskell Journey, From 1990 to 2011 by Simon Peyton Jones.
Are we in control of our decisions? by Dan Ariely.
Are droids taking our jobs? by Andrew McAfee.

Music
Genres: mostly indie rock/pop, a good amount of jazz, abstract contemporary chamber music stuff, some electronic/ambient/house, some hip hop, a little classical, a little metal. For more specifics consult last.fm or my daily download recommendations.

Most of the live music I experience seems to be classical, jazz, or experimental.

Here are some free songs that sometimes cause my brain to leak:
* The Motorist by Arms and Sleepers.
* Spanish Gold, 2044 and A Hand At Dusk by Swan Lake
* State of Non-Return by Om.
* Lemonade by CocoRosie
* Cloud of Evil by Blackout Beach
* Artsy by edIT and The Grouch
* Cold Cold Water by Mirah
* My Favorite Mutiny by The Coup.
* Straw Man, Anomaly, and Let's Get Bloody by State Shirt. That last tune is entirely performed live by one person.
* Winged/Wicked Things by Sunset Rubdown.
* Move by Sol Seppy
* P.O.S. Is Ruining My Life by P.O.S.
* Bicycle by Memory Tapes.
* Hero and Nothing To Me by Jeris.

Streaming stuff worth listening to:
Still Life by Opeth is one of my favorite albums to make out to.
Híbakúsja by Ben Frost is one of most intense aural experiences I've found.
Ornithopters by The Whiskers is the sort of song I'd like to sing karaoke.

Food
Eating is a consistent hassle I would be happy to do away with.

• my math-engine slave who makes this possible, or one to take his place
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• abstraction, patterns, theories, and meta-thinking
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• those funny little grunts cats make
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• that beat that I already got all up in my ear
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• words strung together in a thoughtful or amusing manner
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• allies in the common cause of companionship

Everything is hilarious. naming tells me this, and I believe that he is wise in this manner.

The future. This can mean: figuring out how I'm going to accomplish all the shit I gotta do, wondering how I should amuse myself tonight, speculating about those around me, or pondering where technological advancement, social trends, and our own spending/eating/breeding habits might lead us.

lately, enjoying mostly pleasant solitude. Or working up a sweat, moving in time.

Many many Saturdays ago I helped mereconsequence orchestrate a Robot Apocalypse Journey to the End of the Night. I played an evil professor scientist who got murdered on stage by a revenge-seeking daughter who snuck on to our escaping airship as an android. It was obscenely fun.

OkCupid is a Skinnerian box and I've been hammering away at this lever for years. Maybe next time I'll get my pellet.

People occasionally mistakenly think I wear makeup. I find makeup unattractive on myself and on others, so I don't wear any unless I'm in costume (and rarely then).

You are interested in playing Sorcerer or Universalis.

You'd like to point me at an awesome concert. Even better if it's a regular series. Extra bonus if you take me to shows by ensembles who perform Xenakis, Reich, &ct, or performers who sound like Sten Sandell or Frank Rosaly. No genres excluded.

Bisexual, Switch, 25-40, and non-monogamous is optimal.

You don't need certainty. I may be allergic to it. I suspect a large part of the skill of living is managing uncertainty.

You want to find yourself in the park when it is pitch dark and make out like the sparks are the only thing saving you from the slavering jaws of a wandering grue.

I prefer people who are complex, so if your real or imaginary parts are zero, you might look elsewhere. Unless they're both zero. I like that kind of originality.

I want to meet folks in person. I'm much more likely to respond if you are in reach of BART, or at least willing to meet me places that are in reach of BART.

Also, straight boys, lesbians, and those with no interest in dating should not shy away. I appreciate hearing from you.