I have no particular expectations out of this site. I suppose I'd like to find people out there who are similar to myself, given that most of the people I know really aren't.

I'm not actually seeing someone anymore, we broke up a few months ago, but I'm going to leave myself as unavailable for now because I'm simply not in a good position practically speaking to be dating, and trying to manage OKC's ridiculously small amount of message storage is not something that I want to deal with right now.
If you read through this profile and decide that we're too good a match to ignore, however, you can of course message me. Please understand though that if you don't hear back for a long time, it's not that I'm ignoring you, it's that I haven't logged in since you messaged.
Okay, rant done. (Ha, but if you think that was long-winded, this may not be the profile you want to read. Seriously, see how long it takes you to scroll down. It's like an autobiography on here... in one long narrow column. Like toilet paper. An autobiography on toilet paper. Probably appropriate.)

I've written alot here, but if you take the time to read it all, I think you'll have a pretty good understanding of me and what you can expect. If nothing else, it might be a good read.

Multiculturalism and globalism are important to me. Not just culturally (though it would be nice if more people embraced other music, film, food, literature and ways of life than their own), but trying to see the viewpoints of others. I'm not sure quite how to put it. If a pessimist and an optimist are arguing whether a glass is half full or half empty, I try to accept that they're both right-- neither has a less valid point and they'd both be better off if they just tried to understand why the other sees the glass the way they do. This can be applied to everything from politics to religion to culture.

So the weird paradox of it is, I am surrounded by people who have a static view of life and of other people-- and I'm trying to see things from their perspective.

The universe is comic genius.

If you want to know more of what is going on in my head philosophically, most of my journal on here is filled with such things. Or not. This profile is obscenely long as it is, without clicking on even more.

A few things about me:

- I don't watch sports. I don't regularly play them, though I can be goaded into it. I'm not too competitive so I'd rather just hit the gym. No one I know really plays anything anyway. But watching them? I never really saw the point.

- I am a cuddle whore. Though my ideal relationship does include at least some level of sexual activity at some point, I could be content in an abstinent relationship. What I need is my cuddlin'! Hug me, use me as furniture, whatever! I's a 6'8" teddy bear and I need me some cuddlin'! Ladies be warned: if you enter a romantic relationship with me-- you will be cuddled incessantly!

- The huge lists of favorites below probably make me look like I never leave the house. While I do enjoy a comfy evening, preferably with friends or a significant other, sitting and watching movies or playing games, I like some variety and moderation. I'm not the most physically or socially active person, but I do like to get out and hike or go to the gym, shop, travel, butcher songs in karaoke, loiter, whatever. The scope of those lists is more a reflection of my inability to categorize or pick single favorites, my obsessive need to detail everything, and my desire to meet existing fans or expose potential ones to great works of art.

-I entered "dislikes dogs" under details, though it doesn't give one many options or any ability to elaborate, so let me do so here: I don't hate dogs, I'm just not comfortable around them in general, probably because I was raised around only cats. So I can be tolerant of them, but am usually a little put off by the tiny noisy kind and the big slobbery kind, but could see myself maybe warming up to the chill kind of "mid-range" dogs, like maybe a basset hound or a welsh corgi.

- I'm not a fan of talking on the phone. IMing and email are fine, and talking in person is great, but for some reason I don't like chatting on the phone. I make quick calls to exchange necessary information, but I find long talks about whatever comes to mind are better done in person or over IM. This doesn't mean I won't talk on the phone, I just don't prefer it.

-Those who are easily offended should be warned that I'm a firm believer in a quotation by George Carlin (which I will now hideously paraphrase): "It's the duty of every comedian to find out where the line is drawn and then deliberately cross it." This is not to say I think all humor needs shock value; much of mine doesn't have it and I appreciate many things that don't... but my palette does include humor offensive to a lot of people, especially in my comics (I fully expect to be lynched once I start posting them online). I keep it reigned in when I'm not sure of the sensibilities of those present, but my irreverent side is always ready for times when inappropriate is appropriate.

-A lot of the match questions on here bother me with their narrow scope. Notably, ones that judge people for a belief or interest. "If your partner turned out to be racist or aroused by children/animals/urine/whatever, would you leave them?" Answering this "no" makes you sound like you are the same. But just because someone I care about has an upsetting viewpoint or unappealing fetish or really any unshared quality, that doesn't mean I will shun them for it. If it's someone I care about, doesn't it make more sense to stay and try to open their mind, change their viewpoint, or discourage acting on an immoral or illegal fetish? If someone leaves you over such a thing I guess they didn't care about you that much. I would also hope that if I answer a question in such a way that it is a point of contention for someone who is interested in me, that they would message me about it and discuss it rather than just writing me off based on the limitations of a multiple choice answer. They've recently made a great improvement to this by adding an explanation field, though it'll take me a long time to go through the thousand or so questions I've answered.

-Another question on here that bothers me is the open relationship question. I have only had monogamous relationships. I have never cheated on a girlfriend and never intend to. Though I am monogamous, however, I do have several friends who are polyamorous and recommend it. If asked to have such a relationship by a person I'm interested in, I would probably agree, though I might or might not seek additional relationships (and if I didn't, that would not mean I expected the same of my partner). My openness to trying that lifestyle should not be taken as an indicator that I would cheat in a monogamous relationship or even desire to.

-I am all for proper English, with correct grammar and spelling. However, if you are going to avoid anything to do with me because I decide not to use any caps or use the occasional "net" abbreviation in an email or IM (or my profile for that matter; I think I was in a rush somewhere and didn't capitalize) then you are letting a pet peeve rule you and probably missing out on great interactions with some intelligent, educated people who just happen to be a little lazy when it comes to typing informally.

-I rant sometimes. Can you tell?

Kinds of times you might spend with me if you develop a relationship with me...

1. Cuddling watching a movie or television. Not all the time, mind you, but sometimes it's nice to just cuddle and watch something together.

2. Osmosing the scenery. Maybe it's trite or weird, but I often enjoy stargazing, seawatching, or stormseeking-- just enjoying the atmosphere. It helps if it's cool out and not buggy. It'd be nice to have company for this. Just cuddling up together and appreciating the show that nature's always got on that few watch.

3. Wandering. Pick a direction or a place we've never been and just go there. Enjoy the drive, see the sights. See if there are any interesting shops, and hopefully a good place to eat. This isn't always feasible with the state of gas prices, but it's usually worth it even if you don't find anything interesting, as long as you've shared the trip with someone interesting.

The following are some of my flaws. Yes, the bad stuff. Why hide it? You'll find out about them if you start spending time with me anyway, and if they're going to be a problem for you maybe this will save you some time.

-Punctuality is not my strong suit. If being late can be considered an art form, then I am a master of tardiness akin to Da Vinci or Degas or Renoir. I am occasionally on time for things, but I can guarantee you that at some point in knowing me I will either be late to meet you somewhere or make you late to someplace you're going with me.

-I can be very anal... er, you know what I mean. I border on the obsessive-compulsive. This has gotten better over the years, but I am frequently a perfectionist in matters of little importance. That's another one right there-- I have mixed priorities sometimes. This also lends to my tendency to be incredibly indecisive. I know firmly where I stand on major life debates like abortion and capital punishment and politics and religion... but ask me what flavor ice cream I want or which CD to play-- and I will take a pointlessly long time deciding.

-I am variably messy. I keep things like books, CDs, DVDs, and so on very neat and organized, yet my living environment is usually cluttered with papers, bags, knickknacks and such. It is always clutter, however, not uncleanliness in the sense of dirt/fluids/old food/etc.. I find that gross.

-I am easily distracted and at times, very lazy. Though more often the former, both lead to the same result of things I set out to do not getting done, or at least not right away. It can also mean I have a short attention span. I am working to improve my focus, but it is an uphill battle. What were we talking about? :P

Well, was that honest enough for you? Hopefully I've not forgotten anything, so you'll be prepared for both my charming intricacies and my infuriating quirks. Do read on...

Wandering around in that weird transitional period where it's not so much about what you want to do with your life but how to go about doing it, and who to take along for the ride...

Looking for a better job, trying to get in better health and fitness, trying to pick up where I left off with my education, working for a convention.

My life has been in a rut which I am only recently breaking free of, and it is a work in progress. Potential partners must understand that I work backwards: how much progress I make has never been as important to me as not doing it alone.

Going back to college is an important goal, though I am also looking to use my existing education and talents in trying to get various comics and game designs published.

The past year or so has been a prolific one for me and I've been cranking out board and card game designs and playtesting them at local gaming areas. A friend who is starting a game publishing company has offered to help me out, so once I have enough investment money saved up, hopefully many of my games will reach the public.

Whatever I ultimately do with my life, it must be something creative. I don't have it in me to suppress my muses.

Writing, illustration, mathematics(yay! um, yay? anyone? uh, I guess not). Coming up with strange ideas. Imagining possibilities. Procrastinating and getting distracted. Cuddling. Being furniture. Appreciating big, beautiful women (bbw). Thinking outside of the box. For instance, wouldn't that box make a lovely hat? :P

And as you can see, refraining from being 100 percent serious.

That I am insanely tall. This is always pointed out to me, which is good, 'cause, I didn't know. Hadn't a clue. ASIDE from that, sometime within the first hour or two of knowing me people tend to point out that I'm a bit eccentric. I don't know what they're talking about. I think i'll go beat them with a squirrel after dipping it in lavender paint. I'm just kidding. I don't hit people or abuse animals. And cerulean blue would be a much better color.

I guess people also quickly notice that I get quieter in large groups. The better I know someone or the fewer people there are, the more talkative I get.

I also dress very casually. T-shirt and jeans, which often look like they don't fit quite right. But if they're comfortable, I can really give a rat's ass what I look like. I hate putting up appearances.

FAVE BOOKS- Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the complete works of Charles Fort, anything by H.P. Lovecraft, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the Dune series, Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion, short stories and novellas by Ursula K. Le Guin, anything by John Dechancie. I like reading but I am a very slow, analytical reader and i get easily distracted, so i don't get to read nearly as much as i want to.

FAVE GRAPHIC NOVELS- Transmetropolitan, Arsenic Lullaby, Battle Angel Alita, Nausicaa, Barry Ween, anything by Jhonen Vasquez

FAVE MOVIES- The Salton Sea, Fight Club, Legend of 1900, Pi, The Shawshank Redemption, Gattaca, Waking Life, Poolhall Junkies, Whale Rider, Everything Is Illuminated, Last Night, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, SLC Punk, The Boondock Saints, Emperor and the Assassin, The Usual Suspects, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Donnie Darko, The Wrong Guy, How To Kill Your Neighbor's Dog, Koyaanisqatsi, Brick, Primer, Zeitgeist, The Princess Bride, Fat Man and Little Boy, Renaissance, V For Vendetta, Life Is Beautiful, Ordinary Decent Criminal, Willard, Payback, anything by the Coen brothers, Akira Kurosawa, Charlie Kaufman, Takeshi Kitano, Kevin Smith, Tom Twyker, Quentin Tarantino, Luc Besson, James Cameron, Hal Hartley, Jim Jarmusch, or Zhang Yimou. I'm also big on Christopher Nolan and Wes Anderson. I love most of the big epics (Star Wars, The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones, etc.). I could go on forever. I worked in a video store for years and saw a hell of a lot of great films most people haven't heard of, and most are favorites.

FAVE TV- Lots of comedy, british comedy, and sci-fi: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica(new version), Boston Legal, Caprica, Dead Like Me, Dexter, Doctor Who, The Drinky Crow Show, Family Guy, Farscape, Firefly, Invader Zim, The IT Crowd, Law & Order, Lexx, Metalocalypse, Newsradio, Robot Chicken, South Park, Squidbillies, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Torchwood, Upright Citizens Brigade, The Venture Brothers, The Whitest Kids U' Know, and Wonder Showzen.

FAVE ANIME- Akira, Berserk, Cowboy Bebop, Cromartie High School, Death Note, Elfen Lied, Fullmetal Alchemist, Ghost Stories, most Gundam series, Kino's Journey, Last Exile, Paranoia Agent, Samurai Champloo, Scrapped Princess, Trigun, Twelve Kingdoms, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Voices of a Distant Star, Wolf's Rain, and anything by Studio Ghibli or Satoshi Kon.

FAVE MUSIC- Afro Celt Sound System, Aimee Mann, Apocalyptica, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Ayumi Hamasaki, Bad Brains, Balkan Beat Box, Be Your Own Pet, bis, Bjork, Brandi Carlile, BUCK-TICK, Buddy Holly, B'z, Chris Isaak, Chumbawamba, Creedence Clearwater Revival, CROW'SCLAW, The Cure, Cui Jian, Daath, David Bowie, Dead Kennedys, d'espairsray, The Detroit Cobras, Dir En Grey, Do As Infinity, The Doors, Drain STH, Dropkick Murphys, Due le Quartz, Earthphish, Elvis Costello, some Elvis Presley, Emiliana Torrini, Epica, Every Little Thing, Fiona Apple, Firewater, Flogging Molly, FLOW, Gackt, Go Betty Go, Gogol Bordello, The Goops, Goretex, Gorillaz, Green Day, Guns n Roses, Hanzel und Gretyl, hide, High and Mighty Color, Home Made Kazoku, Hyde, Immortal Technique, Jack Off Jill, James, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Jedi Mind Tricks, Jewel, Joan Jett, Junkie XL, Juno Reactor, K's Choice, Katherine Jenkins, KMFDM, Koda Kumi, Korpiklaani, Laika, Lamb, Lamb of God, L'arc~en~ciel, Led Zeppelin, Liam Lynch, Lisa Gerrard, Lisa Hall, Liz Phair, LMF, Lords of Acid, L.P., LUNA SEA, Maaya Sakamoto, Madcap, gackt-era Malice MIZER, Marilyn Manson, Massive Attack, Matisyahu, Maximum the Hormone, MC Chris, Megadeth, Melissa Etheridge, early Metallica, Metric, Mike Doughty, Miyavi, Moby, Modest Mouse, Moi Dix Mois, Molotov, Mono, Morcheeba, Morphine, Morrissey, Moxy Fruvous, Mucc, The Muffs, Muse, Nanase aikawa, Nightwish, Nirvana, The Noisettes, Operation Ivy, Orange Range, Our Lady Peace, Paul Pena, Penpals, Pierrot, The Pillows, Pinhead Gunpowder, Pitchshifter, The Pixies, Portishead, Prodigy, Psycho Le Cemu, Radiohead, Rammstein, Rancid, Rasputina, The Red Elvises, Rob Zombie, The Rolling Stones, Scott Matthew, Self, Sepultura, Shaka Ponk, non-english Shakira, Shakkazombie, Shpongle, Sigur Ros, Silversun Pickups, Skunk Anansie, Sleater-Kinney, The Smiths, Stabbing Westward, Stephen Lynch, Stiff Little Fingers, System of a Down, Ta-Shma, Therion, Tori Amos, Trespassers William, The Vincent Black Shadow, Violent Femmes, Voltaire, Weezer, The White Stripes, X Japan, Yoko Ishida, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, tons of film, anime, and video game scores. I love lots of classical, especially Holst, Dvorak, Berlioz, and Tchiakovsky. Again, I could list this stuff forever. I listen to thousands of different artists. I listen to genres that I didn't know existed a few years ago. There aren't really any genres of music I don't like at least something in, rock, pop, techno, rap, metal, punk, classical, alternative, fusion, "world", j-rock, "indie", you name it. I don't really like any emo yet, but I am open to the possiblity that I may one day find an emo band I like. If you're looking at this list of bands and scratching your head, by all means sample the schizophrenic nature of my musical tastes at http://www.playlist.com/user/27114736

FAVE GAMES- Dynasty Warriors series, Final Fantasy series, Burnout series, Grim Grimoire, Shadow of the Colossus, Starcraft, original Arc the Lad trilogy. As far as tabletop stuff, I'm usually up for a game of Munchkin or Flux or certain playing card games (there's one I love but don't know the actual name of), but for the most part I make my own and watch other people play them.

FAVE FOODS- Chinese, Japanese (except sushi), Italian, Mexican, Indian, Deli. I recently began easing into veganism, primarily because of the health and fitness benefits. I don't take a moral or environmental high horse about it, though I nonetheless recommend exploring a non-animal food diet. The change isn't an easy one for me since I often eat shared meals with non-vegans. I am addicted to Odwalla.

1.Music (betcha'd never guess). I get irritable and even get headaches when I go too long without listening to any. I often need to complement my mood with matching music.

2.Movies, anime, books, and some games. (Again, how surprising) I treasure the feeling I'm given by a really great story.

3.Companionship. I need other people, and especially someone tender and loving of the female variety.

4.Sleep. Though I do on occasion go without it for obscenely long times, I crave it's brief respite from the ravages of the world.

5.Wind. I love the feel of a strong breeze.

6.Thoughts (imagine yourself as a dumber person, could you stand it? Not to sound condescending to the mentally handicapped or anything; I'm simply saying the thought of being at a certain level of intelligence/perception/insight and then being reduced to another is horrible to me. This is why i don't take to drug use).

What I want to do with my life and how to make it reality, love, daydreaming, artistic ideas, philosophy, weird hypotheticals...

I currently live in a structure where days of the week don't mean much to me. I know Friday is the end of a normal work week and therefore the standard party night, but that's not my thing. I don't go clubbing or bar hopping or whatever the hell people do on Fridays. It varies. Sometimes I stay home and work on a project. Sometimes I hang out with friends, which has become an increasingly infrequent occurrence due to conflicting schedules. Sometimes I work. Sometimes I go to an online testing/personals site and type long paragraphs. (kidding, that's more of a Monday thing.)

I was foolish and reckless back in college, and for a long time I was terrified that my unsafe sexual behavior had given me a disease. Fortunately, I got tested and everything came back negative. This has resulted in a personal commitment to avoiding casual sexual relationships, however much I clearly need to get laid. I find situations where I am not seriously involved with a woman uncomfortable anyway, so no free milk here: you have to at least get a price check on the cow.

1. You like some of the favorites I listed and want to talk arts & entertainment, recommend music and movies and such to each other, or ask me to explain the appeal of one of them, etc. Five years working in a video store has saturated me with knowledge and interest in these things.

2. You read one of the rants above or in my journal section, and want to discuss philosophy or whatever I was preaching about.

3. I am the subject of an epic prophecy to which you are privy and you want me to lead your people to a golden age.

4. You have need of an amateur writer/game designer/artist.

5. You're bored and think talking to me might be less boring. I will try not to prove you wrong.

6. Your dream guy is ridiculously tall, unstoppably artistic, proudly and passionately geeky, silly in the best of times and caring in the worst of times, and gives hugs better than anyone else's, and all of that is important enough to you that you can deal with frequent poor time management and a tendency to be alternately obsessive and unfocused.

Oh, being within an hour or two's travel-time and/or tall are both plusses... not necessities at all-- I'm not going to ignore you if you're short and in Outer Mongolia, but they are conveniences that I treasure in the rare instances that they occur, so... y'know... bonus points.

And you probably shouldn't just be looking for sex. I'm a guy, so let's face it, part of me is loathe to say no to a strictly sexual relationship, but still, I'm definitely not interested in any one-night stands or any cheating, and even if a long-term sex-only relationship is a possibility, I probably still won't be interested unless there is some potential for it to become something more.

Another thing to point out is how secular a life I lead: I try to be very tolerant of people's religious beliefs, but I'm very set in my own "spiritual but not religious" type viewpoint and lifestyle, so if you are of a particular faith and want to be with someone who either is the same or will one day convert, you may want to look elsewhere. If on the other hand, you could live with someone who doesn't share your religion or observe its customs/rituals/etc., I can do the same.

Finally, I should warn you that I get a lot of messages on here and my inbox tends to get full. I try to respond to every message sent to me, even if it's just a polite no thank you, so if I haven't responded, it means I'm either too bogged down going through all of these or that the inbox is full and the message hasn't been delivered yet (I can only hope OKC actually notifies you when messaging someone whose inbox is full).