I grew up in the South, so people say I have good manners (I think so too). I lived in Europe during my teenage years, spent 4 years in the Marines, worked in Latin America for a couple of years, even a little time in Japan, then started my own company. Throw a bunch of college into the mix and there's my justification for claiming I'm intelligent and ambitious.

I have this refreshing quality of WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get). I'm the definition of an open book and very easy going.

The two most pivotal times in my life were the Marines (I didn't realize it at the time, but I did later) and the first couple of years starting my company (talk about putting yourself out there).

As the face of a consulting firm I'm usually walking around during the week in overpriced suits, but I'm hardly metro-sexual, so if you're into feminine guys then look elsewhere. I work on my own cars, spent 4 years as a grunt in the Marines, love steak and football. I don't walk around scratching myself and farting all day, but I am very much a man's man. That being said, I'm very much a romantic. I was raised by a single mom and admire and respect an independent woman as much as anyone, but I enjoy the role of being a romantic man. If I really like you then I want to spoil you, it's just the way I was raised and who I am.

I believe one of the greatest things a man can ever do for his children is to love their mother. I don't think enough children see a good model of that these days.

Oh, and I'm an ENTJ (Myers-Briggs personality type).

I moved to WA to start a second company in a different industry and this is my first year here. I'm very much the typical entrepreneur. I love working but partly because I am working towards a goal. This life has so many wonderful things for us to experience and I'm trying to set myself up to be able to quasi-retire before I get very old. I don't have a specific age I'm shooting for as I think it will depend on the needs of my family at the time (the "family" part is an assumption, but I hope a realistic one).

Other than work, I stay busy with a few hobbies. I'm a big sports fan and try to go to the games. I'm a certified divemaster and love to travel and scuba dive. I love the water and outdoors.

Part of my job is focused on the travel/resort industry, so my favorite perk of the job is that I get to travel to some very cool places for work and my clients generally take very good care of me.

I do a lot of business in Mexico and I'm active in the Eagles Wing Foundation in Puerto Vallarta. I don't run a non-profit organization; however, we are very active with the two orphanages the foundation works with there (Casa Hogar and Casa Esperanza). This is something I'm passionate about and would love to be in a position later in life to be able to do more work like this.

BBQing! I can grill like a champ! I even amaze myself sometimes, but all that confidence ends when you put me in a kitchen. I can't explain it, but God has seen fit to curse my cooking skills when I enter the kitchen. I am quite simply: awful. All the smoke detectors in my place have the batteries removed because I kept setting them off when burning (aka cooking).

I get compliments on my eyes a lot (they change from blue to green all the time), but I'm not sure if that's the first thing people notice. I'm a good dresser I guess, a lot of people comment on that too, but it's mostly because I'm in the marketing industry and have to look the part. I'm actually more comfortable in jeans and Carhartts or if I'm by the water I'm sporting flip flops (because mine have a bottle opener in the sole)

I read a lot to keep me current with my profession. I like most of the classics in literature and have a small collection of works I've read over the years.

I'm in love with good food. God blessed me with taste buds that literally love almost everything that touches them. I'm not exaggerating, I sit down at every meal and think it's the greatest thing I've ever eaten and the spicier the better.

Family
Food
Passport
LSU football
Conversation
A comfortable bed

Work. I wish I spent less time thinking about it, but when you have a lot invested in your job I think it's only natural that you think about it a lot. I'm working on trying to shut it off though.

Food. I'm a total food whore. I can't cook to save my life, so my friends wives always invite me over and feed me. I go to the friend's house that has the wife that can cook the best, thus I'm a food whore.

I'm a young, healthy, male, and not a prude so what do you think I think about?

Wow, work, food, and sex, men really are simple creatures. I promise I'm a little deeper than this, but in the beginning I said I was honest so there you have it.

Who knows, my Friday nights are fairly unpredictable. I may go out of town for the weekend, so if I do I'll usually leave Friday. If I'm meeting clients then I'm probably having martinis downtown, but if I'm with friends its a couple beers in a local dive bar. I'm low maintenance, so it doesn't take much for me to be occupied and happy on a Friday night.

I was emancipated at 13 years old.

I'm not overly concerned with your age, but I need to be able to have an intelligent conversation with you or I'll lose interest. Not to sound like an ass, but: I can spot a gold digger a mile away, so don't waste my time and find a guy that doesn't care about your motivation. Also, I've got my life together and although I'm not requiring you to have a perfect life, I am asking that you not bring any drama into mine.

Thanks.