I'm just trying to be social and meet new people and if it works out to do so, get closer and maybe find someone to be with even.

I'm into learning and trying new things, while enjoying old things that I've found fun. I enjoy watching anime and other shows and movies, or just reading a book, laying out in the warm sun or the rain and enjoying the outdoors. The simple things are great, and even things that take dedication and work are well worth the effort for the rewards. So I like a challenge but also time to smell the roses, so to speak.

I've also come to realize I'm a romantic at heart with a bit of a pleaser personality. My greatest happiness is what I feel by helping others be happy, while fully engaging myself in activity (thinking, feeling, doing).

From My Facebook Profile:
I'm a bay area transplant who comes from NE Ohio where I grew up. Before I left Ohio I traveled the country training and raising big cats. I enjoy watching how life unfolds and riding whatever comes my way. It's all interesting and enjoyable from one of many points of view.
I like PlayStation 3, Tigers, Big Cats, Akitas, Dogs, Chemistry, Music, Anime, Boys, Computer sciences, Graphic design, Design, Zoology, Biology, Wildlife, Physics, Violin, Psychology, Sociology, Technology, Photography, Philosophy, Anthropology, Nature, Love, Snow Leopards, Friendship, Television, Creative arts, Sci Fi Stuff, Bobtail Old English Sheepdog, Religion Spirituality, Mechanical Stuff.

I am empathetic, strategic, and trouble

I'm currently finishing my thesis for MS degree while working for an area company in their process development area. I moved here 4 years ago originally to do my MS degree and enjoy the city. I got lucky with my life here and have both a great career and friends who are my family, just missing the 3rd part of having someone special to share these wonderful things with. So I'm always happy to meet new people and make new friends.

Being me for one, I'm an INFP or ENFP personality type and flex between them.

I am skilled at many things, the shameful part is that there isn't enough time in the day to utilize everything. So I've shifted my life focus and gone with the flow as opportunities arise.

To illustrate, I used to focus on playing violin and studio art, then photography and graphic design, which then moved to design and architecture/engineering, eventually to spend 3 years raising and training tigers and other big cats, which in turn pushed me to go into biology and the sciences, where I got bored of classic biology and went for social and physical sciences and paired that down to molecular biology and genetic engineering.

My top 5 strengths are (from StrengthFinder)
Ideation
Empathy
Strategic
Developer
Achiever

My smile, nice ass, and bouncy/enjoy life personality. Those who get close enough also say my eyes as they seem to light up when I'm happy.

Books - A Fire Upon the Deep; Sholan Alliance series; Of Wolves and Men; Lifecycles; The Chronicles Of Narnia;

Movies - Eating Out; Monty Python And The Holy Grail; Donny Darko; Blue Planet; Princess Mononoke; Final Fantasy: Advent Children;

Music - Hoobastank No Doubt, Telepopmusik, Gorillaz, Paul Oakenfold, Depeche Mode, Deepest Blue, A-bee, Paul Van Dyk, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Royksopp, System Of A Down, Tiësto, Ulrich Schnauss, Overclocked Remix, Rihanna, Freemasons, Bjork, Coldplay, Scissor Sisters, Imogen Heap, Fall Out Boy, Madonna, Mika

Food - pizza w/ pepperoni and sausage; thai; italian; sushi; mexican; and most anything else out there. Love to cook, bake and eat it. :)

From My Facebook Profile:

Books: Lifestyles, Wolves, A Separate Peace, A Fire Upon the Deep, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Sholan Alliance, Of Mice and Men.

Movies: Bbc planet earth, Princess Mononoke, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Donny Darko, Blue Planet.

TV Shows: The Big Bang Theory, Full Metal Alchemist, Robot Chicken, Eureka 7, Escaflowne, Gravitation, MythBusters, South Park.

Music: Pendulum, Bjork, Overclocked Remix, A Bee, Ulrich Schnauss, Deepest Blue, Scissor Sisters, Télépopmusik, Paul Oakenfold, Freemasons, Hoobastank, Depeche Mode, Paul Van Dyk, Imogen Heap, System of a Down, Coldplay, Tiësto, Royksopp, Madonna, Rihanna, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fall Out Boy, No Doubt, MIKA, Gorillaz.

1 - loved ones
2 - a quality kitchen to cook/bake in
3 - games (of all variety)
4 - boys to chase, tease, & cuddle (dogs too!)
5 - social connections and information (internet is a great resource)
6 - iPhone (good interface to reach most all of the above)

How the world works, why, and how I work in my own little reality. I even think about how the two different realities relate and interact.

If not those things, I think about all the other fun things of how people I care about are doing, what they are up to, what I plan to be up to or would like to do, and also just in general how the simple things in life are so amazing like the sound of rainfall or the soft moonlight of the full moon. They cost me nothing but the realization they are there to be admired, until I get wet and cold and admire a warm dry bed to curl up in.

If all of those fail, or I'm in a mood, I love to think about sex, boys, and cuddling. There's nothing quite like having someone else's warmth there to appreciate.

Getting together with friends to go out for dinner and other events. In the winter, snowboarding, and in summer camping.

If not a trip weekend, I'm with friends being social, watching movies, TV, doing food, cooking dinners and going out for walks and just other random events. Some events are just being at someone's house playing games, video games, board games, and sometimes card games. If an autocrossing event is going on nearby, I might just be there too.

I'm pretty much an open book, feel free to ask. I'm rather versatile.

You like dogs as much as I do, or just like me. Bonus if your OkCupid scores match up well and/or you're an ESFJ or ISFJ personality type.