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My self-summary Propose an edit

We are all on this one little tiny rock floating through space, and we should probably start acting like we are all in this together if we don't want to wind up as a tiny footnote in the history of the world as the destroyer of many millions of years of evolutionary developement and life. Therefore I don't take too kindly to people whose only concerns are the accumulation of wealth, as it is counterproductive to the aforementioned survival of our species.

I have a monist view of human conscienceness. I am a transhumanist, a posthumanist, a skeptic, an atheist and a metaphysical naturalist. I try not to take anything too seriously. I try to learn about as many things as my brain will allow. I'm a consumate geek. There are very few topics that I won't find interesting. Except, perhaps, how big your bank account is, or how much you car costs, or how fast it goes. I think humans have a biological imperative to learn and discover

I am pretty much a hippy; the free-thinking, love everyone, peacenik, mind expanding type, not the reject all tennets of society and not bathe (at all) type. I try to live a life of moderation. I'd be a Buddhist monk, as my attachment to society prevents me from living a life as an ascetic. I find sex absolutely fascinating (in intellectual, physiologically, and sociological ways, as well as for the obivous reasons) and consider myself to be very sex-positive, and a feminist. Also, to complete the decathalon of hippy stereotypes, I'm a vegetarian, an absolute pacifist, I do yoga, I volunteer and plant trees.

Speaking of my hippy tendancies, I have resigned from the world of "dating", or at least what seems fit the ordinary definition. In fact I'm not a fan in general of the way in which society has labeled and partitioned what interpersonal relationships can be. You have a "relationship" in one form or another with everyone you know, some deeper than others, but to draw specific lines seems arbitrary and silly.

"Dating" is very much all a game, with thousands of strategies and techniques, and it is almost entirely a creation of our culture. Don't get me wrong, I understand it's purpose, and it can work for some people, and they can have long, loving healthy relationships. But, for me everything one looks for in a "partner" can be found in friends and family (emotional support, caring, etc.), and the whole "exclusive couple" thing only leads to jealousy, emotional anguish, and CD's that will never be returned.

The entire world of dating and marriage is a social construction based on years of misunderstanding biology, and has no real purpose (from a gene-centered point of view). Pair bonding for child bearing is at least biologically justified (if only through the rearing of the child), though due to our social nature, I feel raising children as a group (i.e. something like a commune) would probably yeild much more caring and understanding offspring. I also don't think the level of openness one shares with a partner should be limited to just one other person. Idealy, people would be that open to all those around you; friends, family, etc. But that's just me being a hippy. And I also understand that many people are just very codependant, so I don't necessarily condemn the entire practice. I'm just saying that for me, dating, and all the woes that befall it, just does not seem validated. And this does very much extend into polyamory. It just seems like picking two favorites instead of one, which again, seems silly. But apparently, that's just me.

So, all that said, I'm just looking for new and interesting people with whom to share observations about this ludicrous world.

What I'm doing with my life Propose an edit

Dear The United States;

I know we've been seeing each other for a while now. But I've done a lot of thinking lately, and I hate to do this, but I just don't think we can be together anymore. We're just not right for each other. You support a kind of rugged individualism that seems to take precedence over caring for the well being of your fellow citizens, which seems to be in conflict with the entire idea of society itself. You reward those who cheat. You hoist up the blood-thirsty and the coniving. You refuse to change your habits because you simply too lazy or too self-involved to lift a finger in aid of your fellow man if it inconvienences you or your profit margins. You take yourself entirely too seriously. There is no "Best Country In The World" contest for you to win, so stop trying to force everyone else to think as much. With all that said, I'm sorry, I have to leave you. Though, I doubt you'll miss me, as I don't fight tooth and nail to get as much stuff for myself as possible, and you don't seem to have much need of my kind. Have fun with your strip malls, SUV's, and Paris Hiltons.

PS. See? See what I said? You didn't listen did you, and now you've gone and broke yourself. You're never going to learn, are you?

I'm really good at Propose an edit

Slicing, dicing, making julienne fries.

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The first thing(s) people usually notice about me Propose an edit

My sense of humor. That, or the ENORMOUS buldge in my pants.

One of those statements is in fact false.

My favorite books, movies, music, and food Propose an edit

Though I may list some of my select favorites, this is certainly not the full extent of what I like. I'm pretty open to new music, movies, ideas, what have you.

a)Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, Tolkien, Orson Scott Card, Frank Herbert, Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, Terry Pratchet, Douglas Adams, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Joseph Campbell, Neil DeGrasse Tyson

b)As I am a pretentious film nerd, I'll list my favorite filmmakers: Steven Soderbergh, Stanley Kubrick, The Brothers Coen, Danny Boyle, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Alfred Hitchcock, David Cronenberg, Tim Burton, Robert Rodriguez, Paul Verhoeven, David Lynch, Peter Jackson (mostly for Dead Alive and Meet The Feebles), David O. Russell, Hayao Miazaki, Errol Morris, David Fincher, Terry Gilliam, Takashi Miike, Chan Wook Park.

c)www.last.fm/user/penysdevyl

d)vegetarian So no meat, and by no meat, I mean no beef, poultry, fish, insect, whatever. If it is in the animal kingdom, I'm not eating it, or anything made with it. I do eat/drink dairy products, as milk is the only substance on the face of the planet created solely for consumption. So aside from the no meat thing, I'm pretty open. My palate seems to favor asian cuisine, so Thai, Indian are doubleplusgood.

The six things I could never do without Propose an edit

Self awareness, cynicism, useless knowledge, sensual stimuli(visual, auditory, tactile), the totally sweet ability to communicate and all of the varying ways in which to do so, um, peanut butter?

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I spend a lot of time thinking about Propose an edit

If it weren't for my horse, I would have never spent that year in college....

Also: meta-thought, moral relativism, language and where/why it came from, sociology, anthropology, genetics, evolution, evo/devo, biology, neurophilosophy, ecology, deconstruction, postmodernism, the internet, technology, posthumanism, transhumanism, religion, politics, sexuality, oxytocin, free thought, new thinking & ideas. The usual.

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On a typical Friday night I am Propose an edit

Breathing, with a high possibility that I am metabolizing food at least at some point, all the while slowing watching my bodies' cells replace themselves.

The most private thing I'm willing to admit here Propose an edit

Despite what you may assume from things I've mentioned above, I do very much want to have children, as it is, y'know, the point of life in the first place? That's kind of what life does, and to purposefully avoid the entire purpose of your existence seems a might silly to me. Although, I understand and appreciate those who sacrifice this opportunity in order to make humanity as a whole better (go go social species!). I, of course, have no intention of having children at the moment. Particularly not in the United States.

I seem to have the somewhat miraculous ability to be both over-analytical and oblivious to things.

I have no doubt that I'd be bisexual if I was at all attracted to guys. But I'm not. More power to you ladies for that, though.

And basically anything you ask me. Seriously. Anything. Give it a shot.

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You should message me if Propose an edit

You have a third arm, third eye or third nipple.

You have a vast and unending desire to learn, analyze, deduce, or grok the world around you.

Or, GOONS

I will reiterate, I am NOT looking to "date" or for long term things. Just friends (benefits optional). If you need someone to go eat with, see a movie, whatever. I don't see the need to bring in the whole "game" of dating, as it tends to screw up things. And again, feel free to ask me anything.

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