Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known. ~ Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

I'm a caring person. Friends have described me as: nice, happy, easy-going, patient, kind, and funny. I think I have a good sense of humor, pretty thick skin, and the ability to find the best of nearly any situation.

I love the outdoors in the summer and fall, but I'm not a fan of snow. I like board and card games, not into the video game culture, though I play when I'm visiting friends for Wii or Rock Band, or if there's absolutely nothing else to do. I love to create with words or through art. I find most stand-up comedy to be hilarious. I enjoy horror and action movies the most, though there are a few dramatic films I've deeply enjoyed.

Teaching delinquent teens... I'm part baby sitter, part moving target, and some small fraction of an English teacher.

Playing cards, writing poetry and fiction, picking up heavy things and putting them back down.

Creative expression, off-color wit, silence, catching fish, lots of luck (good and bad, but either way, there's a lot of it).

My smile, my horrible jokes, or my legs.

Movies: Iron Man 1 & 2, The Avengers, 28 Days Later, Pan's Labyrinth, Dumb & Dumber, The Quest for the Holy Grail.

Books: Shakespeare, Frost, Keats, Hemmingway, George R.R. Martin, Stephen King, Benjamin Hoff, Lau Tzu, Sun Tzu.

Shows: Game of Thrones, NFL Football, The Simpsons, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, 30 Rock, Big Bang Theory, Archer.

Music: Korn, 3 Days Grace, 3 Doors Down, Willie Nelson, John Michael Montgomery, Lady Antebellum.

Food: Oriental, Italian, American. Sushi, seafood... I like spices and meat, and mixing them together to be devoured with chopsticks and sake is fantastic!

1. The letter "B."
2. My silent, invisible flying car.
3. Dreams.
4. Platinum.
5. Something to chuckle about.
6. Sarcasm.

That thing I should've said when that thing happened that nobody expected. Another story or poem I should write. Lesson plans. Fishing. Football.

Not at home.

I have a fear of a pretty harmless thing.

Looking for someone who understands that I'm in my 30s, thinning hair, workout out to control the waistline. Is fine with the fact that I don't want kids, who likes sports and is at least a bit nerdy.