**So, I've had this account for a long while now and it seems my profile has grown into the first 5 or so dates . . . every time I read my profile there's always something more I want to add. Profile edits are greatly appreciated. I would also like to preface that I am horrible with grammar.**

My name is AndyMike. I just moved to Los Angeles, CA from Austin, TX on 2 August 2008 with my little 97 Camaro. Goodbye Texas, hello Southern California beaches!

I'm an only child, 1.5 generation full-blooded 100% USDA Filipino American, good ol' Southern gentleman (Texas) with a good heart, passionate about life, chill when need, always sincere, spontaneous but not reckless, goal oriented, indecisive but to-the-point, non-profit yuppie who still wants to earn money. I enjoy running 5ks and 10ks and hiking SoCal's amazing canyons. I've been sky diving once and cannot wait to do it again. In 2004, I weighed 215lbs. I enjoy Bravo's reality/competition shows (even though I don't have cable anymore, only a DVD player). If I could eat one type of cuisine for the rest of my life, it would be Italian.

I graduated with a BA in Sociology and a minor in Business from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007. I studied Italian for 4 semesters. I worked non-profit for about a year and a half as an Account Manager for United Way. I would like to get a Master's in Public Affairs and/or Master's in Business Administration from a Univ. of California school (just not sure where . . . plus, I haven't taken the GRE or GMAT yet), but I'm not 100% sure if it's in my future.

Uncommon for most gay guys, I love college football . . . but it could be because of my alma mater, GO HORNS! Every fall, I'm glued to the television, drinking Shiner Bock or Dos XX, screaming and jumping.

I love all kinds of music. There really isn't a genre I cannot stand . . . just certain "artists."

I like to eat all kinds of food. I enjoy pleasing my palate and trying new-to-me things. I love flavors and spices that keeps me single . . . onion, garlic, cheese, milk, fish.

I enjoy curling up on the couch with a movie on.

I cannot live without red wine (I love Chilean Merlot, Spanish Tempranilloss, Argentinean Malbecs and all sorts of Italian wines) and Jack Daniel's.

studying for the GRE/GMAT . . . (I would like to study Public Policy/Affairs and/or Business).

To make ends meet, I'm a server at the "original" Cheesecake Factory in Beverly Hills. I am still trying to work in the non-profit sector (which is what I have been doing for the past year in ATX), but the economy is tough right now, and even harder for non-profits in California. Also, I am a back-up restaurant accountant for the LA region.

I sing with the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles as a high Tenor 1. I love to sing and dance on stage. My brothers in the chorus are a talented group of men.

I am still settling in Los Angeles. There is so much to experience in SoCal that is easy to feel lost. I don't have the solid group of friend in LA that I had back in the ATX. So what I am trying to say is that I am looking for friends to enjoy living and thriving in LA (dining, wining, hiking, exploring, farmer's market attending, cooking, movie watching, people watching, ::insert gerund:: )

making people happy. When you're an only child, you're either really good at making yourself happy or making others happy. I think I'm great at making people happy (entertaining, hospitality, peer mediation, customer service, cooking, bartending, etc).

I am a great listener and mediator. In college I was an Orientation Advisor, Peer Advisor, and an HIV Counselor, so I have some great mediation and mentor training.

is the way I interact with others, the way I carry myself, my personality and my smile! I smile A LOT!

When people I know online meet me for the first time, they always comment on how refreshing it is to meet a genuine guy in LA. I know many people play "games" out here . . . I guess I'm too impatient for their bullshit.

If you knew me anytime between 1991 - 2005, you would notice how much weight I've lost . . . really . . . it was a lot (over 75 lbs.)

a) Last year, I was hooked to a series called A Song of Ice and Fire by: George R.R. Martin. I read the first 4 books in a matter of a few months. I never read much for leisure growing-up, except what was on the syllabus. Besides the stuff I read in college, here are the memorable reads from high school: "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorn, "Siddhartha" by Heman Hesse, "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brian. A book my cousin have me when I graduated high school is a novel in verse, "The Golden Gate" by Vikram Seth.

b) This list gets longer and longer. Here's what I can think of right now: Adventureland, Hors de Prix "Priceless", Night on Earth, Stranger than Fiction, Memoirs of a Geisha, Layer Cake, Babel, L'Ultimo Baccio, Prime, Little Miss Sunshine, Closer, The Dreamers, Amelie, Love Actually, Momento, Mona Lisa Smile, But I'm a Cheerleader, Office Space, Angels in America, The Broken Hearts Club, Short Bus, Mean Girls, Edge of Seventeen, The Brave One, Imagine Me & You, My Beautiful Laundrette, Pucinni for Beginners, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Beautiful Thing, Get Real, Finding Nemo, Lilo & Stitch, Grease, GO, Momento, Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite, La Vita E' Bella, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Wet Hot American Summer, Office Space, Dirty Dancing, SAW, Chicago, Love Actually, An American Tail, Land Before Time, Ferris Beulers Day Off, Lost In Translation, 28 Days Later.

c) Music is an auditory artists' expression of emotions and moods . . . at least for me. In this list, you will find a diverse repertoire of artist that can only be understood with the previous statement: Alternative (Indie 103.1, sadly only online now), NPR (KCRW in LA), Easy (KGSR in ATX), The Faint, The Notwist, Okkervil River, Belle and Sebastian, The Decemberists, The Killers, The Kills, Blonde Redhead, The Mountain Goats, The Ting Tings, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Metric, The Racounteurs, The Arctic Monkeys, The Arcane Fire, Ghostland Observatory, The Used, Trapt, 3 Days Grace, Dashboard Confessional, NEK (in italian), ABBA, Billy Joel, Queen, King's Singers, Rockapella, Madonna, Earth Wind and Fire, James Taylor, Coheed and Cambria, The Used, Fastball, Travis, Josh Groban, Manhattan Transfer, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Reel Big Fish, Sublime, Ozomatli, Saves The Day, Matchbox 20, Alanis Morissette, Maroon 5, Red Hot Chilli Pepeprs, No Doubt, Save Faris, Incubus, Linkin Park, The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Gwen Stefani, Nora Jones, Kelly Clarkson, Panic! At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, Angels and Airwaves, Spoon, Paolo Nutini, Regina Spektor, Dixie Chicks, Alicia Keys, Ida Maria

d) OMG ITALIAN! I didn't study the language for 2 years at UT because I thought it sounded pretty. THE FOOD, THE WINE, THE MEN! Viva Italia! But seriously . . . I eat everything (pretty much). I love spices that keep me single (garlic, onions, mint, rosemary, bay leaves, various curries, etc).

Appendix) I've have been without a DVR/Cable for over a year now and it feels good. Yeah, at times I miss watching Food Network, Bravo and Logo . . . but it's saving me time and money. I recently bought a digital converter box and am now hooked to the new Melrose Place, Modern Family and Glee (via hulu.com, I refuse to support Fox). Oh, and reruns of Friends and Family Guy.

1)Music
2)College Football
3)Laptop/Internet/Facebook
4)Cell
5)NPR/KCRW
6)Food/Wine

why the hell I had to finish college and enter the workforce in this economy.

changes in Social and Economic Policies through the effects of Globalization -- the rise of China, the expansion of the EU, the fall of America.

the Development of the City of Austin/the MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) of Austin and its effects on the marginalized communities (especially the East Side) that keeps Austin thriving.

philosophies on human thought, existence and sociability.

global warming, receding glaciers, rising water levels, severe weather.

social identities and the different ways they are constructed.

the social construction of gender and sexual identities in a post-industrial, consumer-driven capitalistic era.

the progression of the European identity via the European Union.

enjoying life. Depending on my mood: watching a movie, cooking from home, hanging out with family/friends, walking along the beach, watching a live performance, sharing a bottle of wine at the Hollywood Bowl, dancing at a club, drinks and conversation at a bar/cafe, playing World of Warcraft (don't judge . . . I see you staring).

that "when I think about you, I touch myself." (corny)

Even though I am a singer (a trained high Tenor 1), I smoked for 5 1/2 years. I've pretty much kicked the habit, but on occasion, I'll smoke when I'm drunk and with my old college buddies.

I'm open source, meaning that I share everything and anything about me to almost anyone AND as people naturally talk about others (with the discourse revolving around me), they may alter me based on their perception of me. Let's be honest, when we talk about people it's never a CTRL + C / CTRL + V kinda of world . . . everything gets altered along the way.

I grind my teeth in my sleep.

I have eczema, so I tend to be itchy.

I grew up a "fat kid" and weighed 215 lbs in 2004, so I have really bad body image issues (and it doesn't help being Filipino ).

I struggle with being a hopeless-romantic and the man I want to be.

I have given more bouquet of flowers to guys than have received and I usually open the car door for the other guy on a date (if I'm driving).

I want to be a father some day (like in my late 30s or early 40s) and will probably adopt.

I still have the teddy bear I got when I was 10 years old, named Brownie, lying on my bed (though I usually don't sleep with him because he tends to be on the floor when I wake-up).

My heart melts when someone surprises me with a gift at non-celebratory occasions.

I'm addicted to reading "missed connections" on craiglist! Some crack me up and others creep me out.

you think we'd click.

you DON'T listen to Kiss FM.

you like guys.

you don't have any expectations other than a reply.

you understand that "fear is the dark room where all negatives are developed."

you have any edits or suggestions in regard to my profile.

you are a KCRW subscriber.

you enjoy hiking/running.