Babe, it's a good thing I'm an extremophile, since you're so hot! Ok, now that I've scared off or confused 90% of the population with that line, onto the profile:

I'm a science geek. I enjoy deep and insightful conversations mixed with random fluff, and tend to have a very eccentric sense of humor. I enjoy games of the board and card variety, and occasionally video games, though frankly these days I find myself too busy for the latter. I'm a romantic, an atheist (gasp!), and love to listen as much as I love to talk, perhaps more so. All in all, I'm generally awesome and specifically weird. If you don't like smart-eccentric, move along.

I also like pie. And pure logic puzzles. And Pi.

Living it, primarily. School, work (I'm a science/math tutor), and general nonsense occupy much of my life. Especially the general nonsense. The hope is to eventually get into grad school and do work with microbes, especially pathogenic ones. Normal, not-disease causing bugs are fine too, but I like stuff that scares the crap out of me.

Getting passionate about things. If it's something I'm really interested in, I can make it sound like the coolest thing on earth. Yeah, that's right, I used to do sales stuff. As long as *I* could see a value in a product, I could convince someone else to see the value in it. The same goes with subjects in school and where I tutor. I actually got so into talking about genetics once that I lost track of time and missed my own biology class!

I'm also an above average singer. Considering I like to break into song at random moments, this is probably a good thing. I also have a somewhat decent creative side that I neglect more often than I'd like.

Finally, I'm pretty good at board games. Not so good that I stomp everyone, but I'm fairly competitive in my own right and can give most players runs for their money.

My friend once told me she didn't like me with a beard because it took away from my eyes...so if I have a beard, it's the beard. If I don't have a beard, it's the eyes.

I'm a geek as mentioned above, so if you find something geeky I'll probably enjoy it. I don't read as much as I should (maybe a book a month...yeah, I know, I'm awful), but movies and tv are my bread and butter. No cable here, though, most everything I watch I watch via netflix. Music is varied, ranging from pop to classical music, though there's a special place in my heart for comedic music (Paul and Storm and Weird Al, I'm looking at you). I've been on a Journey kick for the last few years, I don't know why. Keep me away from seafood since half of it will kill me, but other than that, I'm pretty open.

If you want specifics, ask.

1. My Friends
2. Reason
3. Work that actually *means* something (whatever that entails)
4. Good stories, especially if derived from my life or the life of a friend
5. Laughter
6. Deoxyribonucleic Acid and the amino acids that make it all worthwhile.

Science! Because science is really cool, yo.

I also think of, well, whatever else happens to come to mind. My thoughts go all over the place, and I'd really prefer it that way. Sure, there are some staples I go back to: Evolution, pathogens (I have a love/fear relationship with any creature capable of killing me in horrible ways), RPGs, video games when I have time and interest for them, and silly romantic notions, but life's far too varied and beautiful to limit myself to only those things.

I also spend quite a lot of time thinking about my fantastic girlfriend. *insert more sappiness here* Six months strong. :)

Doing the same thing I do every night. Trying to take over the world.

Amanda is my favorite name in the world, since it's an *actual* latin word. (did I mention I used to take latin? Yeah, don't ask me to translate anything anymore, it was years ago).

- You're local and are a person of passion, intelligence, and/or wit. Bonus points if you're all of the above!

- You're NOT local but share an interest that you'd like to discuss.

- You're looking to go on a whirlwind adventure and need an adventurin' buddy.

-You want a workout buddy, a board game buddy, or would like to join my trivia team, "Back off man, I'm a scientist" on tuesdays for an epic round of craziness.

-You, too, see the inherent dangers of dihydrogen monoxide and wish to see its use put to an end.