I am far from your every-day average guy. I'm in love with life and everything about living.

I don't like to complain about the things I don't have, I'd rather find a way to get them.

I don't like to stress about things I have no control over, and a lot of people think I'm crazy for that.

I'm intelligent, grounded, and level-headed, but I am also passionate, ambitious, hard-charging.

I have a Bachelor's of Science degree in Psychology with a minor concentration in Philosophy from John Carroll University, and at some point I plan to go to grad school to pursue further education.

I'm currently in the Army Reserves and literally just returned from a deployment to Iraq, which I thought was an amazing experience and would do all over again.

I plan on flying helicopters for the Army in the very near future.

I love to travel and to find new places, even if they're places around home that I've never seen. I've been to about as many countries as I have been states, and that's a lot. I also plan on making both of those numbers grow.

I love getting tattooed. My brother is a tattoo artist. I've got a bunch of tattoos, and if you're nice, I might actually show them to you. I don't get tattoos off of the wall, not just because there's no art on the walls of my brother's shop, but also because my tattoos all have significant meaning to me. I like piercings too, but the fact that I'm in the military sort of precludes me being able to have any visible ones.

Right now? For the first time in my 25 years of existence, I am taking time for me to do the things that I want to do, without having to worry about what anyone else wants me to do. My deployment to Iraq afforded me the opportunity to save a lot of money and now that I am home I won't be going back to my job until early to mid December.

Photography
Writing poetry even though I haven't done it in a long time.
Listening to people and giving them advice on their problems.
Being a bad ass.
Being funny.
Having a good time no matter what the circumstances.
Living as stress free as possible.

My eyes. Everyone always compliments my eyes. It has something to do with the color as well as my long eyelashes.

Books: I like the classics. Three Musketeers, Great Expectations, Pride and Prejudice, the stuff they made you read in high school and college literature classes.

Movies: Anything with Johnny Depp. Tim Burton movies. Horror movies. Actually, I just love movies, my DVD collection is extensive. Ask me about it sometime.

Music: I love music. There's very little music I don't like. My favorites are punk rock, classic rock/alt rock, and country, but I also enjoy heavy metal, rap, r&b and just about everything else. Some bands/artists I love are: The Doors, The Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, Ingram Hill, Taylor Swift, Primer 55, Soulfly, Pink Floyd, Jonny Lang and tons more.

Food: Sushi and steak would have to be my top two things to eat. But I also love food very much. I like to try new things whenever I get the chance.

My Family.
The Military.
My friends.
My laptop/the internet.
My DVD collection.
Technology in general.

How I can achieve my goals. How to help other people.

Usually out in downtown Cleveland or downtown Erie, but for the next few months it's most likely going to be downtown Cleveland.

You're interested in and capable of having an intelligent conversation and respecting other peoples' opinions even if they differ from yours. If you want to make a new friend, or just want to talk to someone new.