I am apathetic, enthusiastic, and contradictory.
My Self-Summary
I am a firm believer that if you haven't fixed a problem with
brute force,
you haven't used enough.
I am fairly mechanically inclined with a decent sense of what is
and isn't going to work. I inherited my fathers ability to start a
project, do well at it, and want to stop 90% of the way through
because finishing isn't as appealing as improving. He's grown out
of it, but I still get the urge from time to time.
I can pack a car to the brim, and then some, with frozen pretzels.
I drive a
Volkswagen. I'm all about driving. I
would rather drive than be a passenger. I would rather drive than
fly. I'm all about weekend roadtrips and I love going new places.
What I’m doing with my life
Changing everything. Getting over a two year relationship, making
new friends, and overall trying to recover from bad choices I've
made that
have left
me more cynical and jaded.
I've gotten more into the aesthetics of cars than I used to be, and
my friends are starting to bring me out to the car show scene.
Can't say I dislike it.
I’m really good at
giving directions, breaking
things that shouldn't be broken, fixing
things, finding answers, humor. I'm really good at knowing words
that have no bearing on life whatsoever (i.e. sesquicentennial) but
then stumbling and forgetting simple words mid sentence. I'm also
good at making people say the word I can't think of (i.e. I forgot
casket, so I said "death furniture")
The first things people usually notice about me
I'm not a small dude. I stick out like a sore thumb because I'm
tall, heavy, and ginger. I
counteract that initial impact by
being loud. Wait. Wrong word. Compound.
I have a somewhat drastic sense of humor, which people pick up on
fairly quickly, but that's not the first thing... just plays into
the initial impression.
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
Plates, Pad Thai and
Top Gear. I guess I could survive on
those for at least a month.
I make a point of reading as little fiction as possible, because
there are too many people who spout off with a played platitude
about books being better. I do like to read technical things
though. And I love reading blogs from people I know, especially if
they don't know I read them.
Driving as much as I do, I tend to listen to pop all day. When I
have a choice in the
matter, I will sway more towards hip hop,
or techno. I've got such an eclectic taste in music, and my car has
a 6 cd changer. Ride with me and tell me you like what we're
listening to, and I'll likely pull the cd out and give it to you
when I drop you off.
The six things I could never do without
Watch, Cell, Wallet, Car. Those four make everything else possible.
I guess
Wegmans
and the Internet should be my 5th and 6th, as I love shopping for
random things at wegmans, and without the internet, I would have
less to waste my time on.
I spend a lot of time thinking about
Time travel, feasibility of intergalactic communication,
probability for intergalactic war over a typo... you know, the
common stuff.
I will spend all day doing math in my head, then come home or call
my father to check it on a
calculator. I like to believe that
mental math and playing solitaire on my phone keep my mind
exercised.
On a typical Friday night I am
Out. Usually with friends, usually involving beer and cars. That's
saturdays, too.
The most private thing I’m willing to admit here
I don't eat cheese except on pizza. In fact, I have a long list of
foods I dislike,
almost all with an exception.
You should message me if
You're single and looking for anything from dinner with a weirdo,
to getting into a relationship with somebody who opens doors and
offers his coat when it rains.
Also, I communicate online in weird ways. No sense getting life
stories and deep conversation involved. Then what would we
awkwardly muddle through if/when we actually meet?