Hi there. I'm just going to praddle on here, because that's what I do. I'll be very clear upfront, I'm not the guy you are looking for. I'm the guy your profile says you are looking for, but I'm not the guy you are really looking for. You probably have said (written) you want a funny, sweet , smart guy and looks, height, physical attributes and cool factor are not really important. I am a smart, witty, honest, sweet guy with the very best of intentions toward those around me, but you don't really want that. You want the guy with "cool" factor who can bounce a quarter off his abs and has a 36" inseam. You want the guy who drives a $90K car and owes $99K on it. I'm not him. I'm the I'm the guy your mom and dad wished you'd end up with, but then you chose the tall, "dangerous" guy instead (how'd that work out for you?). This is not a monologue about life's unfairness, my bitterness or the rules of attraction. The right girl will understand my point and be relieved by the honesty, irony and my keen observational skills. I'm one of those rare people who can actually find a happy thought in even the darkest moment. I laugh at myself and would really like someone who can laugh at themselves, me and the world around us. I'm a classic romantic but not a lover of drama. This odd dichotomy leaves me wanting romance but not the drama sometimes associated with classical romantics. The best date is not a date but two people learning about each other. The best relationships start as friendships and passion is paramount... I'm looking for someone comfortable in jeans and a tshirt or sweats, but who enjoys a night out, dressed to the 9's. I'm looking for someone who undersatnds that beauty is a state of mind and not always a physical manifestation. A depth of soul is far more beautiful than shallow physical perfection.

Good:
• I’m employed gainfully (I hear that’s important) and am successful in my career with long term goals
• I try to be kind (I try because I am not yet perfect)
• I’m good with kids, dogs and cats (This is important because animals are a good judge of one’s character)
• I am a faithful guy who can love just one woman
• I can spell and grammar is important
• I want the happy endings all the old movies made us believe in
• I am accepting of people and try to allow everyone a voice
• I can fill the silence with talk
• I’m a conversationalist
• I enjoy travel
• I am extraordinarily patient
• I look for the best in people
• I see the beauty even in the ugliest situation or people
• I believe beauty is a spirit not a physical manifestation
• I make friends for life
• I am charitable with my time and money
• I’m good at my job
• I’m trying to get healthy
• I’m well adjusted and respond well to the challenges of life
• I root for the underdog

Bad:
• I’m short
• I’m sometimes a know it all (working on fixing this)
• I jump in to fix things regardless of being asked
• I’m sometimes too generous
• I assume I know things about the world that I may not
• I make assumptions
• I am sometimes opinionated
• I expect others to change my mind
• I forget that others do not always want what I have to offer
• I make lists
• I’m a romantic
• I talk too much
• I crack too many jokes
• I slip in and out of several accents at moments where I’m uncomfortable
• I chase
• I am sometimes spoiled
• I try too hard
• I can be too passionate about lost causes
• I am sometimes too patient

The Ugly
• I am judgmental
• I am short (no Napoleon complex though)
• I am a fidgeter
• I need a calculator to do elaborate math
• I try to talk my way out of trouble
• I sometimes place wants before needs
• I try to change bad people
• I try to change the world even at my own expense
• I will sometimes not admit when I’m lost
• I sometimes think of a response instead of hear
• I don’t fight fair

Simply as a social experiment I am pondering changing my picture and my stats to quite a bit more aesthetic dimensions and visualization...Thoughts?

I work full time and I am a full time student. I have returned to school after an exceptionally long break. I am constantly trying to improve myself intellectually, spirtually and most recently, physically. I like most of my generation am trying to find myself. We are somewhere lost in the post cold war - seattle grunge haze and are at the age where we look back fondly for what was probably not as good as remembered.

I'm really good at conversation. While sometimes I am shy at first and tend to blush, once I warm up I can keep a conversation going for hours. I am also very adept at empathy. I can relate to almost anyone and sense when people need a pick me up or pep talk.

Hard to say whether it is my height or my greek statue physique (so joking!).

Shows: How I met your mother, Big Bang theory, Alias, Lost, Liking...Alcatraz, Books: Anything by Hemingway, Classic Russian literature translated to English poorly (someone out there will understand this comment), Almost anything by Steinbeck or a great book on English, American, Russian or Germanic history.
Foods: Sushi #1, Pho , Anything ginger flavored, including ginger, good Thai food.
Music: Complex punk ballads and simple alternative, classical, cajun and Neil Diamond (the master of all lyrical tunes).

Iphone (Bahhhh- said the sheep)
Macbook Pro (Again...Bahhh said the sheep)
Some form of reading material
The beach (thus the ocean, I lived in Chicago-dude it's a lake not the beach)
A comfortable pair of walking shoes
Some sort of solar power to power all of my electronic leashes (i mean devices like Iphone, Laptop, etc.... not some weird sexual thing)

Politics, History, World Affairs, Social issues and really good Sushi.

Either:
A. At home recovering from work
or
B. Out near the beach with friends

I'm a weird combination of a shy, outgoing geek with a healthy splash of dork (Not that private, but really private is for later). I'm really normal, sometimes to my detriment. I suffer from nice guy syndrome and tend to be put in the "friend zone" but thats good because I have made some great friends that way.

Private: I was married and had a great relationship. The marriage was wonderful. I'll let you figure out how I'm not still married and not divorced either.

I'm extremely heterosexual and comfortable with who I am. My best friends are gay and I respect their lifestyle. They have found people to love and who cares what the hardware is. You have to be ok with this to be ok for me.

If you understand that sometimes the finest wines are in dusty, stocky bottles with tattered labels.
Can take a joke.
Can make a joke.
Aren't offended by jokes.
You understand the cosmic meaning behind the words "goodness" and "kindness" and are working towards them or ok with someone who is
Find a sense of perfection in chaos.
Agree that tomorrow is always a new day with new opportunities.