I don't often get all sappy with the "heys" and "yeah whats."

I'm a nerd and regardless of what any high school football player ever said, I'm ok with it. At this point, it's beyond my control. I still watch cartoons, and probably always will.

working, buying a house

straightforward, (sometimes brutally) honest.

Books: Catch-22, Lucifer Principle, The Fountainhead, Anthem, Atlas Shrugged, Libertarism, Just About Anything By Sartre, The Myth of Sisyphus, Citizen Soldiers

Movies: Empire Strikes Back, Apocalypse Now, Patton, Fight Club, Usual Suspects, A Bridge too Far, Platoon, Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket, Indiana Jones, O' Brother Where Art Thou, Scenes From a Marriage, The Hustler

TV: M*A*S*H, Sopranos, Dallas, Seinfeld, Family Guy, Simpsons, Twilight Zone, Star Trek TOS/TNG, South Park, The Office, Lost, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, Firefly, Battlestar Galactica

Music: Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Rush, Jimi Hendrix, Ayreon, Dream Theater, Coheed and Cambria, Heart, Tom Waits, Roy Harper, Iron Maiden, Hawkwind, Ten Years After, Traffic, Genesis, Uriah Heep, Fleetwood Mac, Pet Shop Boys, Marillion

Food: just about anything ... mexican and japanese are my favorites.

Computer, job, blackberry, book collection, music collection, choice

choices, responsibility, trying to control the small part of the world that's controllable.

mostly either at work or at home by myself. Have been known to go out from time to time.

It's difficult for me to relate to most people.

you have something to say about the world
you can appreciate an absurd and sarcastic sense of humor.
you can appreciate the virtue of geekiness.