I've been in Seattle 5 years now and I am still excited about everything she has to offer. I'm interested in the art, the bars, the little places with great atmosphere, the coffee shops, the music. I can a little silly: I try to cultivate eccentricity, see things differently. I have a sharp wit, an eye for beauty, an ear for music, a taste for... everything.

I am passionate, bright, and intense

Living, working, enjoying. Getting out there and having fun. Drinking deep, every day. Staying out past my bedtime and sleeping in. Jumping in with both feet. Doing things that scare me.

Update: That's all true, but it sounds more gung ho than it really is. Yes, I do try to treat life as a big adventure. But that doesn't mean it always is. Some days are better for comfort, curled up with a good book or watching a favorite movie. Sometimes that go-to soup is more fulfilling than the bacon-wrapped dates.

I look for joy in everything. I can't control the world (a tough one to for me to learn) but I can, to a certain degree, choose how I approach it. So I enjoy my work and take pleasure from doing things well. And I enjoy my playtime, savoring all the wonderful sights and sounds and tastes. And I even (mostly) enjoy the maintenance stuff (house cleaning and bill paying), usually with with energetic music.

Well.... Enjoying things. And paying attention. And sharing (sharing is a lot of fun). I'm a very good thinker, and I love working out problems with mind-power alone! I like building things, with my hands and my brain. I'm a gentleman. I'm a good listener, because I like to learn about the world and others' experiences.

When I'm playing with facial hair (I was in a devil-goatee phase), it seemed to be that. Sometimes people notice that I am really looking at them.

Favorite books include To Kill A Mockingbird, Neuromancer, Cryptomonicon, His Dark Materials series, Stranger In A Strange Land, Dune. I carry my Kindle everywhere. Along with a notebook and a camera.

Music is important to me and my tastes run to "classic", as in classic rock, classic jazz, classic blues and, well, some Beethoven and Bach. My "top rated" playlist include Miles Davis, Fatboy Slim, Bill Evans, Stevie Wonder, Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Tom Waits, Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone and Diana Krall.

Movies: I am setting up a nifty home theater to house all the movies I love. Again, mostly classic: Casablanca, The Third Man, The Lady From Shanghai, The Maltese Falcon, The Philadelphia Story, Bringing Up Baby, North By Northwest, Arsenic And Old Lace. There are some good recent movies as well, like Inception, Toy Story 3 and the new True Grit.

Food.... and wine, and cocktails. One favorite things to do is go shopping in the market for whatever is freshest, opening a bottle of wine, cooking, dining, drinking and perhaps watching a classic film. Other pleasures include Bisato, Tilth, Tavolata, Zig Zag, Bathtub Gin, Spur, Zoe, Tin Table.

There are the real needs: air, water, sleep, food, shelter and friends.

There are also the things that life isn't much fun without: Sunshine, red wine, sex, fine cuisine, living in-town and playing!

What it means to be alive and human, capable of dreaming, reaching, flying too close to the sun, failing, falling and getting back up to do it all over again. And finding the beauty in that journey.

Heading out for a few drinks with friends, moving on to some good food at a favorite restaurant (or someplace new and exciting), then tracking down some music or a show. I will be talking to the stranger sitting next to me at the bar, thinking about the cute girl across the room (who, darn it!, already has a boyfriend). I will be telling the chef how much I enjoyed the meal. I will be pontificating on the joys of wine.

I recently performed in Vegas. With a toilet. Well, Vegas was last year. Performed in Vancouver this year: http://www.stripcheez.com/video/vibf-2011--evilyn-and-belle

You feel like it. You want to say hi. You've got something interesting to say. You want to make me smile. You like getting dressed up, I'm trying to bring back after-six attire.