Just graduated Georgia Tech with a BSECE. I start working pretty soon. I surprisingly opted to stay in Atlanta because I like the company I'm working for. I definitely don't want to stay though.

I love the outdoors. I like to stay fit. I play soccer all the time and I love snowboarding. Some more irregular activities I enjoy: kayaking, hiking, and--yes--going to the beach. I have a decent survival story. I also want to get or rent a motorcycle so bad!

I like talking to random people I meet despite being pretty shy. I'm not being glib, this does make sense... somehow.

I've never understood the difference which people claim exists between geek and nerd. I prefer the term boffin. It sounds more bad-ass. I like learning and thinking about things. I fit in pretty well at GATech.

I like movies, anime, strategy and rpg games. I have a long way to go to becoming an otakku. My friend somehow made me feel bad about this when I went to my first anime convention. I didn't recognize half of the costumes. He said a girl would cry if I asked who she was supposed to be... after he told me I should ask. -.-
Update: I love Momocon! The people are so friendly. I dressed as Heiwajima Shizuo. I've never gotten so many hugs in my life.

Working on a device which will hopefully spark a surge in pharmacological development and help improve biological, specifically medical, knowledge. I'm also starting to learn about photography.

being bad. Okay, now I am being glib, or rather facetious.

Some comment on my eyes. Others concentrate on my facial features; some are surprised I'm American.

Books: Noble House, Shogun, Time Enough for Love, 1984, The Road to Gandolfo

Okay. I watch a unhealthy amount of stuff. Or maybe I just filter things out so that I only usually watch stuff I really like. Anyway, I've tried to list a few of my favorites and give a good genre spread.

Movies: Three Days of the Condor, Seven Years in Tibet, Office Space, Dr. Strangelove, Pink Panther (with Peter Sellers), Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Name of the Rose, The Beat My Heart Skipped, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Diva, Airplane

TV: Sherlock, Dexter, Top Gear, House, Game of Thrones, Archer, Doctor Who

Anime: Spirited Away, Mitsudomoe, Code Geass, Death Note, Planet ES, Full Metal Panic!, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Durarara!, Great Teacher Onizuka

Music:
Nicola Conte, Yppah, America, Miles Davis, Thievery Corp., Curtis Mayfield, Friendly Fires, Jack White, Karminsky Experience Inc., Nujabes, Led Zeppelin, Gregory Alan Isakov, The Black Keys, Radical Face, Dr. John, WAR, Carlos Santana, Aim, America, MGMT, SRV, The Fratellis, Tower of Powe, Dave Brubeck, Dimitri from Paris are among artists I like.

Food: I'm a foodie. Great food can be better than bad sex.

I should include that I've listened to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio broadcastings, which I loved, but have not felt the desire to read the books, as I imagine they are very much the same. The movie sucked by the way.

Games: Portal, Guild Wars 2, Shogun 2: Total War are my favorites by far

Ethics--philosophy, not feely-weely type of stuff. I espouse good philosophy in the hopes of advancing a stateless, voluntary society.

with my friends eating, hanging out, occasionally partying, playing soccer, or just relaxing.

you're an alien, time traveler, esper, or something. No normal humans.
you share any interests (such as philosophy)
you think I'm smart/interesting
you think I'm cute
you feel like it
by the way, it's alright if you're a normal human

(Please say more than just "hey, what's up?" I don't know how to respond to this.)