This, an experiment in a shoot from the hip profile written by my alter ego after reading some of the fascinating ones on here.

-- Pregnant Pause --

A slave to the tapas of intellectual and artistic stimulation that is New York, deep experiences intersperse, weaving stability through the ephemeral.

That said -
Yes, we men crave sex the way you women desire romance. I dare say, one is not better or worse than the other but the Ying Yang of relationships, right? Yet - how much angst it does cause. Do we we still procreate!

So, yes. I've got romance in spades and you have sex is equal amounts. Be the woman to my man!

There. Next. Lets now solve world hunger! We've got the whole sex thing out of the way in a single mouthful! Easy Peasy!

-- sounds of happy trumpet --

I gave up on being the next Einstein, Mozart, Shakespeare... I can keep up intensity for short durations. Plus I'm not a genius. Yeah. :-) I gave up on trying to get "there" and it's bringing me surprising of amounts happiness in a new form.

Because.

I realized when I held my 2 minute old daughter in my hands, 19 years ago... I was put on this earth for procreation. Just like the birds and the bees. Exactly like the birds and the bees. My most humbling moment. Relationships and people matter. There is so much more to life than intellectual/creative horsepower, as much as it is revered by the world at large.

So why do I still not give up on achievement? Guess it too is an innate drive in us humans, right?

-- strains of soaring violins. Pfzzzzt! ;-) --

Anything I set my mind to... except... crap! ok sigh ... we all suck at a whole lot of things and are attracted to and admire the people who suck less at the things we suck most at.

-- sad trombone --

Me? I'm completely loyal and I almost naively don't want to lie. I feel it demeans me and displays a lack of respect to you. Besides, honesty is so liberating, how can one possibly let that slip from one's fingers!! Those are my expectations for us both.

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Chatty, relaxed, spontaneous, intense, very curious.

Yes that dichotomy sneaked into the above list was intentional.

Now THIS, the part so long missing from my life. I let being a devoted family man do it to me (Yea!! :-). So now I am so looking for someone help me close this gap. I have so much ground to cover. Not sure I want us to "discover it together" though. That would be like two screwing virgins! The thought is usually better than the reality of fumbling around lost without a map.

But... I hated Sartre, he really lacked a sense of humor! A gift of Don Quixote was supposed to be my antidote, but I still have to get through it. LOVE Shakespeare, although I read but one play because I was forced to in school ... I do admire how a person can put himself into so many utterly complete, multifaceted and nuanced characters at the same time. Jon Stewart because he just can't keep serious for more than 3 seconds and is so endearingly self-effacing. Keith Jarrett I will kiss to. Sorry, Norah Jones doesn't quite take me all the way. But she did, for a while.

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Gold, Silver, Platinum

oh, shoes... socks ain't bad too.

Daily showers!

A conspiracy theorist will totally figure out the connection in no time flat! Or, give me your best guess!! ;-)

How different will I be tomorrow than I am today. I recently decided that my life be a journey, not a destination. Now I'm re-screwing on my head to make it face the novel direction. Can I hitch a ride?

Out!!

Funny though, I am also waay comfortable just spending days on end at home chatting, just being with you. Actually, I absolutely love doing that. Strange. Haven't figured that one out yet.

I got a shower head that doesn't restrict the flow. It's AMAZING. Like bathing in a hurricane. F**k conservation! ... And, a typical NYC bathtub drain that will overflow on showers longer than 3 minutes.

Yes, there is a God. And he's pretty 'effing vengeful! In retaliation, I won't support creationism in schools. There!

Also ... why am I talking so funny in this profile?? I'm guessing one part of me does think in this odd detached manner... Hey! I'm totally down with this shit!

You are - erudite like Tamara, practical and utterly honest like Lynn, amazingly funny and happy like Amy, an intellectual giant like Anne, utterly fascinating like spiritual Marina, a fantastic cook like Michelle

... or just beautiful like yourself.

Ah! Don't we always want it all? We mere mortals, the Gods laugh. At the end of the day, that rulebook always get thrown out. Still, I expect the rule book gives us the comfort of structure while its there. :-)

Oh and if you've gotten this far - This profile isn't "the hipster way of admitting I really am a whore". I am. But with one woman.

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