I'm an open-minded Christian who loves creativity and adores those who don't fit in the cultural box. I'm a big fan of visible indications of an artsy, creative personality -- for example, I love piercings, alternative styles such as those influenced by goth, and punk, and eclecticism.

I'm an odd balance between introvert and extravert, and I'm really fascinated by people, so I tend to engage in amateur sociology. It also makes me fascinated by critiquing other people's profiles.

I see potential vividly, sometimes so vividly that it makes it hard to focus on the here and now. In Myers-Briggs terms I'm an INFP with strong N and P -- that pretty much says it all. If you don't speak Meyers-Briggs, I'm an open-minded big picture thinker who's always concerned with what something means in the broader context.

I'm looking for like-minded friends first and foremost on here. Am I open to falling in love with some super-awesome woman I meet on here? Absolutely! But anything romantic would be based on friendship first, and having friends is always good anyway.

Geography's not a big deal for me in getting to know people on here, because I'm open to making OKC friends anywhere in the world, regardless of gender or status. That said, I'd also love to meet people I could actually do things with around Memphis at the moment. I'd gladly relocate (within reason) if true love developed. I do have a marked preference for cities and urban life, but that's highly negotiable.

I have lots of ambitions. The one I will soon be pursuing is to become a career adviser on a college campus. To that end, I plan to enter a graduate program in higher education in 2010. For now I'm just paying the bills as I wait to get started.

I also have a casual interest in the sociology of culture, of observing how groups of people interact with each other. At present I have no concrete plans for study of sociology, but it's crossed my mind, perhaps in conjunction with my higher ed studies.

I'm highly motivated to use my abilities to help people -- the trick is finding the right way to get there.

• learning languages - Spanish, Portuguese, a little German, and bits and pieces of half a dozen more
• poker - I love the balance of probability and psychology
• empathetic listening - Many friends sense that I can be trusted to listen without judging. This came in handy when I used to do a street outreach for homeless and alienated youth in metro Boston.

I really don't know. My height. My sense of humor, if they've known me for a while. People seem to pick up that I'm intelligent, even though I consider it a gift from God and really don't try to flaunt it.

All over the map. punk rock, goth rock, indie rock, world music (esp. Brazilian and Latin) dabbling in other genres I'd like to know more about like metal, blues, jazz, classical, on and on.

Bands: Bauhaus. Sisters of Mercy. Joy Division. The Clash. Pixies. X. Millions more.

Movies: I need to see more movies. I keep wishing I knew more about small independent films, but I don't. I like foreign stuff, too, but don't consider myself knowledgeable. I like Almodóvar. I liked Fight Club. Recently I saw Sunshine Cleaning, which was really good.

Books: Non-fiction: A New Kind of Christian by Brian McLaren. The New Christians by Tony Jones. Not all religious/ecclesiology stuff. Lots of poker books. Other stuff not coming to mind right now.

I tend to end up reading more non-fiction but I'd like to balance it out a bit, just haven't done so. I've enjoyed reading Chuck Palahniuk, Nick Hornby, Douglas Coupland, and Yann Martel.

God, creativity, non-conformist people, access to other cultures, my family, and a road atlas.

The big picture. Always the big picture.

Career stuff: How would it feel to be in a job that didn't become boring after 6 months? Should I be an entrepreneur? Where can I find the "big idea" to support me in entrepreneurship?

Armchair sociology.

Lines of fun and work have blurred a bit over the past few months as I'm following another dream of playing poker full-time. If I weren't doing it for work, I'd be doing it for fun.

I like to go out and, specifically in Memphis, want to go to more shows at the Hi-Tone, to more theater kind of stuff, to art openings, to films at Studio on the Square, to roller derby. All of these are things that I enjoy enough to do them myself, but they're much more fun to do socially.

If I can find local friends who share these interests, OKCupid will have proved its usefulness.

I'm INFP. That's a Myers-Briggs type, which means it's how a particular personality test classifies me.

We tend to be passionate, emotional people who want greatly to be liked by others. So the most private thing I'm willing to admit is, no, I don't always exude the self-confidence necessary to present myself as maximally attractive. But I'm working on it.

You're a creative person, or even if you're just in search of a supportive friend.