I think book stores and roller coasters are equally fun, rainy weather is generally better than sunny, geeks are cooler than jocks, and that one day cats will rule the world.

Living healthy is important to me. I am teaching myself how to cook and trying to get into a regular exercise routine. I also love getting out into nature and hiking.

I'm better than average with a computer and spend time on Facebook and other sites but I also realize that the world neither begins nor ends on the internet.

True friends can debate the merits and flaws of everything from Kant's school of philosophy vs Agnosticism to the Battlestar Galactica finale, without resorting to violence or liberal usage of the word 'frak'. True friends will drive an hour to see each other whenever they can. True friendships survive despite the passage of time, distance and bad decisions.

I can speak faux-Elizabethan English at Faire performers (because I used to be one), roll a mean polyhedral (in front of or behind the GM's screen), and bargle nawdle zouss (with all these marbles in my mouth).

Obama was my man in 08, and I still have hope.

I was raised with a mix of Jewish and Christian values, but I am a humanistic empiricist by choice and experience.

Though I can't tell you who won the last World Series, I can tell you where Wolverine got those crazy claws.

I think pool and mini-golf are perfectly good activities for a first date. Not that a person should need an excuse to engage in either. Maybe I just have a thing for hitting brightly colored balls into holes. What do you think Freud would say about that?

I have spent a night stargazing on a hilltop in San Francisco, I have stood in four states at the same time, I have seen the midwest from 30,000 feet, I have been in Seattle when it was raining, I have walked the strip in Las Vegas, I have been to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles more than once and I have seen the Grand Canyon with my own eyes.

San Diego will still always be my hometown, even though I moved away 20 years ago.

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Reprioritizing.

I graduated from UC Riverside last year with a BA in psychology (No, I am not analyzing you, nor will I. You are not as crazy as you think you are.), and I am reading Flow by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi because I have an interest in the field of positive psychology and am going to apply to a graduate program in 2010, possibly in northern California, where I can indulge this curiosity.

In the meantime I am playing Guitar Hero: Metallica on my Wii, standing in odd positions on my Wii Fit board, updating my Facebook status, working my way through a stack of 20-odd books, and working at a retail job that I've held for about 4 years now.

Pulling things off despite waiting until the last minute.

Giving my cat a comfortable lap to lay in.

Learning things quickly.

Listening. Giving advice or just a shoulder to lean on.

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That I tend to be quiet in person, especially around people I don't know, but am easily drawn in to a conversation on a topic of interest or a sarcastic battle of wit. Sometimes both at the same time!

(A) Anything by Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, Timeline, etc.), The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of the Black Company, Neuromancer, A Song of Ice and Fire, Good Omens, Stardust, Neverwhere, The Sandman graphic novels (really, anything by Neil Gaiman too), the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Dresden Files, V for Vendetta, Watchmen, just about anything bearing the Dragonlance logo, the Dalai Lama's The Art of Happiness, assorted philosophy (especially greek philosophy, especially Socrates), The D&D Dungeon Master's Guide.

(B) Serenity, Mirrormask, Waking Life, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Princess Bride, Coraline, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Willow, The Neverending Story, Legend, The Crow, Unbreakable, The Prestige, Ghost in the Shell, The Prestige, Highlander, The Lost Boys, Ghostbusters, Young Guns, Tombstone, Hero, The Matrix, Dark City, Sin City, Pirates of the Caribbean, Moulin Rouge, The Lord of the Rings trilogy (extended edition, preferably), Clerks, V for Vendetta, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, A Knight's Tale, The Fifth Element.

(C) Dream Theater, VNV Nation, DragonForce, Blind Guardian, Abney Park, Nightwish, Leaves Eyes, E.S. Posthumus, Queensryche, Aerosmith, Nine Inch Nails, Guns N' Roses, Enigma, The Gothsicles, Cruciform Injection, Fleetwood Mac, VAST, Assemblage 23, Apoptygma Berzerk, Audioslave, Depeche Mode, U2, Metallica, Rush, The Sword, Wolfmother, Loreena McKennitt, Linkin Park, The Crystal Method, Rob Zombie

(D) Blackened salmon, chicken, sushi, cheesecake, just about anything Italian.

(E: TV) Heroes, Mythbusters, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Eureka, Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Futurama, Robot Chicken, The Simpsons, and just about anything on Sci Fi (now SyFy), Discovery, or National Geographic Channel

(F: Anime) Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis Evangellion, Record of Lodoss War, Vampire Hunter D

(G: Webcomics) xkcd, Sinfest, Penny Arcade, Looking For Group, Something Positive, a softer world, Questionable Content, PHD Comics

...are Dream Theater, Dragonlance, Dr. Martins, good friends, good conversation and my idealism.

Oh, and rain and thunderstorms are always good, too.

...How to Save the World.(tm)

...chatting online, working out, seeing a movie, playing video games, dancing at Das Bunker in Los Angeles, at my job, and/or just hanging out with friends.

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...is that I'm proud of a few of my "personality badges". You guess which ones :)

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...you like intelligent, witty conversation.

You are able to make proper use of grammar and punctuation.

You're interested in anything I mentioned in this profile.

You're like me, and enjoy making new friends.

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