Do something you're passionate about and everything else will take care of itself. I hope that's true. I moved back to the east coast after almost five years out west (Seattle, San Francisco and Orange County). Out west I worked for a bunch of internet companies, then started a Ph.D. I was doing quite well in my Ph.D. program, but I didn't enjoy living in Southern Cal nor was I passionate about what I was doing. So I took academic leave and moved to New York, a place I tremendously enjoy, to start a new job in a field I like. It was a tough decision, but I already feel good about being in the city.

I'm pragmatic, easy going, and ambitious. I have the ethic and mentality of midwesterner (I'm from MN), but I like the faster pace of NYC and all its cultural sophistication. I'm quite warm and sometimes too diplomatic.

I'm hoping to find someone to spend time with in my new neighborhood: the east village. If you like going to museums and concerts, being a foodie, pseudo-intellectual discussions about nothing, sleeping in, and going to bars for their ambiance, rather than for getting drunk, we could get along.