(as a heads-up, I don't think I've edited this since posting)

I think it's easy to nitpick qualities you want in other people; I prefer to be careful of what I wish for lest I get it in heaps.

What am I looking for? Well, In the words of Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart: "I know it when I see it". He was referring to obscenity, but I digress.

I'll stick to that I know: describing me. I'm a single dad. My interests range from political science to philosophy, from film to Pacific Rim dishes, from history to, well you get the idea.

There's not much I enjoy doing that the kids can't do. I'm big on conversation and people who have well formed opinions. Avid reader. Not so prolific writer. I love sports, geekery and tightening up my golf game. I would like to think I'm an affable enough fellow; easy to approach and low maintenance.

Those that know me will tell you that as much as I enjoy cutting up I enjoy being focused and intense as well. "He's a multi-faceted guy. A veritable walking swiss army knife."

Caveat Emptor: I'm liable to ask and answer anything.

I'm not interested in discrimination disguised as preference or based on the superficial and solely physical. I enjoy people who are intelligent, progressive and thoughtful in how they approach life and value those same attributes in others. I've found those qualities more rewarding and difficult to come by.

(<--edit by darkmoonmagick)

I wish we could bottle some of this guy up and sell it in a package because he's just amazing. And we'd make a helluva a profit. (<-edit by freckleface1217)

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• freckleface1217

Everything I can to frustrate eyesofury and leave her wondering...

(<--smart assed comment by eyesofury)

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• eyesofury

See above...

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• eyesofury

I'm quite the cut up.

Books: The big three are The Illuminatus! Trilogy, The Solitaire Mystery and To Reign In Hell. Other examples: Watchmen, Stranger In A Strange Land, The Bluest Eye, Thorns, Red Storm Rising, Mumbo Jumbo, Breakfast of Champions, The Divine Comedy (Dante is my hero), Sophie's World, Critique of Pure Reason, The Rise and Fall of The Third Reich, Where The Wild Things Are, The Elegant Universe, Welcome To The Monkeyhouse(Vonnegut), The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Invisible Man (Ellison), I Am Legend, The Lucifer Principle, The White Plague (Herbert), The Culture of Make Believe, V For Vendetta, Day One, Surrender The Pink, Heart Of Darkness, The Difference Engine, Hyperion (Dan Simmons), Mayday (Mike Beshloss; excellent book on the U2 Crisis), The Woman Warrior, Earth Abides(Stewart)... on and on.

Movies: Testament (my favorite), Apocalypse Now, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Goldfinger, Like Water for Chocolate, Memento, Pulp Fiction, Ran, The Apartment, Vertigo, Rear Window, Logan's Run, Tie Me Up Tie Me Down, Shaft, The Rapture, Cabin in The Sky, Dr. Strangelove, American Pimp, The Believer, The Stranger, The Seventh Seal (Bergman), The Day The Earth Stood Still, The Hidden Fortress, Goodfellas, La Jetee', Rope (Hitchcock), Harvey (for all you Donnie Darko lovers, you might wanna see La Jetee' and Harvey at some time in your lives.), Superfly (hell, any blaxpoitation flick), City of Lost Children, Der Undergang, Four Weddings And Funeral, Raising Arizona, Blazing Saddles, Ben Hur, In The Heat of The Night, The Longest Day, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind. I could go on.

Music: Anything, as long as it's well composed and/or the lyrics are grand. I guess one could say my tastes are not defined by genre.

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• darkmoonmagick

Daughter
iPod
Stimulation
Laptop
Library
Coffee

-The fragility and wonder of existence.
-Accommodating my fellow man.
-The two manuscripts I can't seem to finish.
-If I could ever score a film using MF Doom cuts.
-Why stereoscopic 3D gaming hasn't taken off.
-That apparently I'm an ENTP.

Watching a film with the spawn, out with a few friends or possibly here. If you see me logged in feel free to shout. I'm sure I'll respond.

Ask. If you are willing to converse, I am willing to share.

I'm a bookshelf voyeur. Ask me if you don't understand.

And that I operate within a time dilation field.

One of these kinds o' people:

People who ask why because it matters. People who are interesting in lasting ways (intellect, sincerity, depth, warmth...). People without vapid glam shots and are not obsessed with their appearance. People who actually know what intelligent conversation is. People who like Scrabble. People who know enough to make sure their profiles are Safari friendly. People who know what Safari is. People who read/think/live outside the box. People who are not dismissive and discourteous.

Those whom desire engagement and understand what I mean by that.