I moved to Portland from Wisconsin in 2011 because I felt it was time to finally get out here and start anew. So far, things are going well, and I'm establishing a pretty comfortable life. And I always felt that experiencing things with the right person/people made things better.
I'm not necessarily looking ONLY for a romantic relationship. If things are more suited for friendship, I'm not the type to get emotional and profess my love like life is one big Nicholas Sparks movie. I carry myself like a man, and I act accordingly.
I'm into a pretty wide variety of activities. If I'm not at work or asleep, mostly you'll find me reading, writing, playing guitar, or adventuring. I like the city life, but I'm also a fan of getting away for a weekend and going camping, as well as rafting/climbing/hiking/biking.
I do enjoy wandering and discovering new places downtown. I'm really into music, so I try to attend a show/concert at least once a month.
An individual showing respect and compassion for others turns me on. Not in a sexual way. I've done it, I continue to do it, and I don't like rude people. I'm kind of like Hannibal Lecter like that, only I don't eat people. Because that's just flat out rude. In short, if you're a mean person or use "retard" or "gay" as an insult or in any other similar negative context, I'm not going to be wasting much more of my time talking to you.

Currently, I'm spending most of my time working during the week, and going out on the weekends. Going to attend classes in the spring.

Correct use of the Oxford comma, as well as punctuation. Seriously, if you type in meme speak, I'm going to assume you are an autistic sociopath from a foreign country who speaks only broken English. A little mean, I know, but I like reading to INCREASE my intelligence, not lower it.

It's a mix of either my height, my eyes (bright green/blue mix), or my tattoos (current count is six: two music-related on my left forearm, tri-force on my right wrist, a Ben Templesmith piece on my neck, a fountain pen on my right forearm, and a keyboard [not finished yet] on my right side)

Before I start listing my favorite books, I want to make one thing clear: literature is a very serious passion for me. I am pursuing a career in writing with greater frequency as the years go on, and I use a quote by John Waters as a basis of life: "We need to make books cool again. If you go home with someone and they don't own any books, don't fuck them". I broke that rule once. The relationship was entirely one sided. It is one of two mistakes I do not intend on repeating.
That being said, here are a few of my favorites:
Most Chuck Palahniuk (especially 'Survivor'), 'Hater' by David Moody, 'The Mist' by Stephen King, some Irvine Welsh (my favorite by him is 'Glue'), 'American Gods' by Neil Gaiman, 'Heart Shaped Box' by Joe Hill. I enjoyed the two books I've read by Chad Kultgen (The Average American Male/Marriage) with an extreme tongue in cheek.
I also read comics quite regularly. Marvel is killing it right now! I also read/have read most titles by Matt Fraction, Scott Pilgrim series, Sin City, Locke and Key, anything illustrated by Ben Templesmith, 'I Kill Giants', 'The Walking Dead', 'Y: The Last Man', most Jonathan Hickman books... (yeah, I'm a bit of a nerd.)

Movies: mostly horror or independent. I'm a fan of Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Guillermo del Toro, Christopher Nolan, Wes Anderson, Sam Raimi... as you probably noticed, I see movies based on who directs them. But I will go see any movie with Gary Oldman or Bruce Campbell in it.
It's not really a requirement that you watch foreign films, but if you do, there is a requirement that you watch them in the original language with the subtitles on.
As far as television: Californication, Weeds, Dexter, The Venture Bros. MST3K, Breaking Bad, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who...

Here's a list of all the bands who have released albums that I own. For the sake of argument:
.357 String Band
A perfect Circle
Against me
Alkaline Trio/Matt Skiba
At the Drive-In
Bad Religion
Banner Pilot
Beastie Boys
The Beatles (of course)
Beck
Big John Bates
The Black Keys
Blur
The Breeders
The Bronx/Mariachi el Bronx (my favorite band, and they put on a fucking awesome live show)
Brand New
The Celebrated Working Man
The Championship
The Clash
Company of Thieves
The Cribs
Damien Rice
The Dead Weather/The Kills/The White Stripes/Jack White
Death From Above 1979
Deftones
The Distillers
Dropkick Murphys
Elliott Smith
The Evening Rig
Everclear
The Farewell Circuit
Five Iron Frenzy
The Flaming Lips
Fugazi
The Gallows
The Goddamn Gallows
Green Day
Ha Ha Tonka
The Heavy
The Hives
Holly and the Nice Lions
Interpol
Invade Rome
Jimmie's Chicken Shack
Jimmy Eat World
Joe Buck Yourself
John the Savage
Jonathan Coulton
The Joy Formidable
Local H
Lucero
The Melismatics
Modest Mouse
Murder by Death
My Chemical Romance
The National
Neutral Milk Hotel
Nico Vega
A Night in the Box
Nine Black Alps
Nine Inch Nails/Trent Reznor/How to Destroy Angels
Nirvana
Le Tigre
Norma Jean
Off With Their Heads
One Day as a Lion/Rage Against the Machine
The Pack A.D.
Pavement
Pixies
PJ Harvey
Placebo
Poe
Pretty Boy Thorson & the Fallen Angles/The Slow Death
Pulp
Queens of the Stone Age/Them Crooked Vultures
Quinn Scharber and the...
Refused
The Replacements
The Response
The Rikters
Rise Against
Saves the Day
Sawyer Family
Say Anything
The Sex Pistols
She Wants Revenge
Sick of Sarah
Silverchair
Silversun Pickups
Sleater-Kinney/Wild Flag
Sleigh Bells
Smashing Pumpkins
Smoking Popes
Social Distortion
Sonic Youth
Spirit of '76
The Stone Roses
Stone Temple Pilots
The Subways
Taking Back Sunday
The Thermals
Thursday
Toadies
Tom Waits
Typhoon
The Velvet Underground
Viva la Vox
The Wallflowers
The Weakerthans
Weezer
The Who
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

My guitars
Typewriter (or other writing implements)
Books
Little things
Music/concerts (tying back into my guitars)
Deep introspective/philosophical discussions

My next story idea, and any lines that would work in it.
A melody for a good song to write.
What I should do in the next 5 minutes to 5 months.
Honestly, beyond that, I couldn't tell you. My mind races so much, I'm surprised I'm as sane as I am. I keep meaning to sit down with an empty notebook on a day that I have nothing to do and just write down the shit that pops into my head until the book is full. Depending on how fast I can free hand, it should only take about 3 hours.

I'll get back to you on this one.
But what I would like to do is go out and make an honest attempt to meet people. Also, try to find those that play any instruments. If you've got a friend who can sound like Kim Deal and plays bass, we should talk.

(Too bad the heading isn't 'Things', plural)
I still buy CDs. A lot of them. I buy anywhere between 5 and 20 a month.
I'm totally an animal lover, but I'm not too fond of toy dogs. And pugs. In my opinion, the world's smallest dog is a beagle. Anything else is some variation of rodent.
I don't see the necessity for marriage. I agree with the married lifestyle, i.e., kids, house, soccer practice, mortgage, car payments, pets, all that stuff. But I don't see the reason why you NEED to get married to stay with someone.

You enjoy reading
You want to share a pint or several
You like shopping in book stores
You don't care how mature you appear as long as you're happy and having fun
You like being intimate regardless of whether or not you're in a relationship
You understand that intimacy does not require you to be naked
You just like good conversation
You have the mental capacity of an adult
You understand and appreciate the importance of respect
You want to join me in being a drunken Irish hoodlum or hockey nut
You would like to help organize a NERF war or go disc golfing