"I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate,
A poet, a pawn and a king.
I've been up and down and over and out
But I know one thing:
Each time I find myself flat on my face,
I pick myself up and get back in the race."

Refer below for greater detail.

Studying German and Latin every hour of the day, while getting ready for the GRE, all to apply for a PhD program in History. One day, I too will be a member of the Ivory Tower. My speciality is Medieval History, but anything European and Mid East is an interest. I tutor to survive, and will probably get something else once the GRE is over.

When I am not being so academic, I like to hike, go the gym, read, write, see theater, discover new single malt scotchs or ryes, and the occasional walk on the beach. Also darts. I've been playing a lot of darts.

cooking, knowing what to drink, knowing what to eat, trivia games, writing, source analysis, playing the fool, letting loose, remembering song lyrics, being punctual.

I'm tall, have glasses, and can often be a know-it-all. The doom of a Berkeley education.

I am firm believer that relationships should not use similar tastes as a corner stone. Except for maybe food. I won't be a party pooper though:

books-Tin Drum, Most Hemingway, Most Faulkner, Anything by Hesse, Bertolt Brecht, Nibelungenlied, Song of Ice and Fire series, Women in Love, All of Joyce, King Lear, Titus Andronicus, Gravity's Rainbow, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Pale Fire, War in Peace, Any Dumas, Sherlock Holmes stories, Lonesome Dove, The "Canon".

movies-Stardust Memories, 8 1/2, Seventh Seal, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Purple Rain, Star Wars, Last Waltz, The Kill Bills, Fritz Lang's Nibelungenlied and M, Cache, Terminator 2, Waiting for Guffman, James Bond, There Will Be Blood, El Topo, Reds, The Room.

shows-If it is on HBO, I probably like it.

music-Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Wagner, Satie, Handel, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Sydney Bechet, Django Reinhardt, Nino Rota, Gershwins, John Coltrane, Flying Lotus, Dj Shadow, Aphex Twin, Television, Elvis Costello, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Band, David Bowie, Prince, Marvin Gaye, Hall and Oates, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Little Richard, Toots and the Maytalls, Beck, Blur...the beat goes on.

Food-Indian, Mexican, French, Swiss, German, a full English breakfast, goose, good goulash, Persian...I'll try anything once.

1. Laughter
2. Companionship
3. Understanding
4. Family
5. Beauty
6. Whisky

History, what is a fact, and the epicene they. And women...this is a dating website, right?

Cooking up something delicious, staring into a glass of scotch for possibly too long, seeing some friends, and letting some steam off. Typical is not often a word in my vocabulary.

I swallowed the prongs of a plastic fork when I was 5, and refused to tell anyone until I was 9.

You like witty intelligent men that will cook for you.
You have a book recommendation.
You want to drink some scotch.