I joined this website to meet new people, due to the fact that I work full time+ as an engineer (equipment likes to break 24/7) and go to grad school part time. As a result, I don't have a lot of free time to get out to meet people that I'd really connect with. Hopefully, through here I'll meet some cool new folks.

I enjoy traveling and have been across the United States on two separate cross-country road trips. I’ve hiked the Grand Canyon rim-to-river twice and have been to Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic, Canada, and Mexico. My ideal vacation includes visiting and camping in National Parks, but I also like relaxing and being a beach bum. I'm pretty open to trying new things.

For humor, I would say I have a sarcastic/dark sense of humor (however, most everything about humor is timing)... I think The Big Lebowski is hilarious, as well as shows like South Park and the Colbert Report (when I can watch them). I also think the Wedding Crashers is pretty funny, too - "we lost a lot of good men out there".

Other factoids:
-I'm audience to a wide variety of music.
-I'm a lifelong Red Sox/Patriots/NE sports fan.
-I'm an avid hiker during the warmer months... I haven't done any winter trips but I'd like to at some point.
-I went to the Great American Beer Festival in Denver in 2008...this is something everyone should see before they die
-I enjoy horror movies
-I will probably impress you with my guitar hero skills :)

In addition to what is already stated in my self-summary, I grew up in the country in Western Massachusetts. I have also lived in Boston for five years while going to Northeastern University for a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (Class of '07). For the last two years, I've lived and worked in Worcester, which is somewhere in between the two locations (geographically and development-wise).

Seeing the big picture, and solving scientific/mathematical problems. For some odd reason I have a knack for giving advise to friends that are in troubled relationships.

My eyes and smile... Why don't you please tell me?

For books: The most recent book I read was A Walk In the Woods by Bill Bryson. Before that, I read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, which made me appreciate the fact that I have a job! The best book that I’ve read was All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. A few others I liked: 1984, Into Thin Air, Not Without Peril, A Clockwork Orange, The Things They Carried, Animal Farm, The Phantom Tollbooth.

For movies: Unforgiven, The Shining, Dark Knight, Braveheart, Scent of a Woman, Devil's Advocate, Fargo, Star Wars, Thank You For Smoking, Advent Children, Alien, The Machinist, Casino, The Departed, Terminator 1 and 2 (greatest action movies), Jacob's Ladder, many types of horror movies that most people have never heard of. I also generally approve of any movie that features Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, or Al Pacino.

For music: I really like a wide variety of styles ranging from The Beatles (best band of all time), classical music such as Chopin, and even heavy/melodic/power metal such as Edguy, Stratovarius or In Flames. It really depends how the music flows and is structured as well as how the band sounds together. I also enjoy acoustic music live.

For food: I enjoy cooking in my crock pot, and most things pasta related. I try to eat a lot of salmon (supposedly it is miraculous for your health). I've also eaten some pretty weird things: rattlesnake, rocky mountain oysters, many kinds of sushi, and the 4x4 from In-and-Out Burger.

1. Family
2. Friends
3. Travel - Love to visit National Parks/Monuments
4. Hiking - Currently I'm doing the 48 4000'ers in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
5. Football and Baseball - Go Pats and Sox
6. Video games (Rock Band, Guitar Hero, and some of those Wii games are a blast)

Family, friends, how to solve technical problems at work, and grad school coursework.

I might be doing a variety of things. I know how to ski and snowboard, but I currently ski. I’m working to get better at bouldering (which is a type of rock climbing); currently I'm climbing V2's and some easier V3's. I'm not a crazy guy that hangs from 1000 foot cliffs, I only really climb indoors.

I might also be hanging out with friends at a bar sharing/listening to stories from the week.

I also enjoy watching movies (I have a lot of dvds, and downloaded movies) or playing the occasional game of Rock Band. I may also be watching a marathon of T.V. episodes and/or dvds.

Some T.V. series that I follow:
Battlestar Galactica - the best;
Supernatural - great horror movie nostalgia, a fun series;
Heroes - need to catch up on that one;
Nip/Tuck - haven't seen the new ones, since season 4ish.
I'm also looking to start watching the X-files

I can brew my own beer :)

You're looking for someone in great shape and generally like what you read and see in my profile. I'd prefer to find someone that has many common interests and hopefully is interested in sharing a longterm relationship. I'm not looking for a perfect person, just really someone that is honest, understanding, and enjoyable to hang out with (hence common interests). I'd like to meet in person at some point, so I'm not really looking for pen pals exclusively.

Also, please tell me about the real you! It's the pile of goofy idiosyncrasies that make people great.

I'm pretty easy going, and get along well with most types of people. I have a diverse pool of friends that possess many different styles of humor. Please feel free to message me if you'd like to know more.