I have my act together. I'm happy. I have a stable job, a rockin condo in a firehouse, a sane and caring family and a quasi-reliable and always-entertaining circle of friends. I'm educated, creative and practical, I've traveled quite a bit (born in New England) and there's really no one I can't talk to. I am the go-to person for life and relationship advice for innumerous coworkers.

Getting my MS in Computer Science at BU. Working a lot (as a programmer for a finance company.) Weightlifting or doing some form of aerobics. Robbing banks. You know, the usual.

Actually, I'm going to Nepal with a local travel club in November and should really be reading and going on increasingly long hikes to get ready for that. Instead I'm usually doing homework and drinking beer.

Talking to my nephews. Cross-stitch. Math puzzles. Swimming. Cribbage. Trendsetting shoe purchases. Making my mother laugh when she's had a long day. Learning languages. Dancing in my kitchen. Flaunting my cleavage and avoiding Republicans. The backpaddle when I'm whitewater rafting. Picking up the check when I go out with my friends. (Yeah, that's a skill.) And I'm a really excellent singer. I prefer a decent environment where I can hear myself, but if you're up for deafening karaoke in a shitty bar definitely let me know.

I think that depends on the person.

Similar food preferences I think are pretty important, considering if you're going to do one thing together all the time, it's eat. So in that vein, please know I eat meat and would prefer to date someone who does too. That being said, I like trying new things. So if you're a super fan of something I've never heard of then I'll probably check it out.

What I like is art. I go to a lot of museums, open studio events and galleries. I love Arrested Development; most everything on HBO; Portlandia; Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me (NPR); Project Runway; Aziz Ansari; Louis CK; Bill Maher; Bill Burr; Buffy/Angel/Firefly; Thievery Corporation; 80s New Wave and anything danceable; political/economics blogs; and too many movies to count. I won't go to a horror gorefest but you might be able to get me to watch The Walking Dead if I can peak through my fingers at the screen.

Things I don't like: country music (cliche' but sometimes there's a reason for cliches); Monty Python (it's just not funny); angry speed metal; anything to do with golf, excluding mini golf, which is fun; documentaries about animals other than sharks; yoga; and amateur poetry.

Diet Coke
Gut instinct
GPS
Google
Money
Meaningful relationships

I guess I think mostly about what will make me happy and what will make the people I care about happy, and then I try to do those things. And vacuuming. I hate vacuuming.

Decompressing after a long week. Or at the gym, then home with a bottle of Ommegang Abbey Ale, streaming Project Runway. Occasionally I'm out socializing but I tend to take those opportunities as they come and as they seem interesting, regardless of the day of the week. I'm definitely not one of those people who feels like a hermit if I'm not out partying because it's a Friday.

I'm an IT professional and I don't understand twitter. At all.

Please do *not* message me if you live outside the metro Boston area, if you have any emotional disorders for which you do or should take medication, if you use any drugs harder than pot, if you're unemployed, if you live with your parents, or if you're married/attached/poly/looking for casual sex.