I like to be active and outside. Hiking, climbing, walking around
the block, and dipping in the river are all refreshing and
enjoyable.

I also like to curl up with a cup of tea, a good book, good
company, or preferably all three.

I'd rather not visit malls, Vegas, or any place with more
flash/pretension than substance and more people than greenery. I find them draining.

Labels are often used as a convenient way to dismiss people and/or viewpoints without looking at nuance. I try to avoid labels.

I am patient, unstoppable, and callipygian.

Ultimately, building spaceships to go to Mars. Nasa's not going to do it, and if I actually build one and go, who the hell is gonna stop me? I'm working at a Silicon Valley startup building small satellites to pay the bills and (separately) working on a garage-based space program aiming to hit the moon.

I'm good at designing and building things, decent as a programmer, and a solid raft guide. I'm a pretty decent skier too, though I don't go that often. I'm learning to climb.
I'm good at breaking arguments down and finding common ground or inconsistencies that need resolution. I'm good at admitting I was wrong / mistaken. I've got lots of experience at it.
I'm good at giving just about anything a shot, provided there's a good chance I'll live.
I dive in headfirst. Some have called me intense.

Here are things I imagine people notice about me:

I don't laugh ingenuously. If it's not funny, it just gets a confused look (at best).
I'm willing to go for it.
If you want to debate it, I'll debate it.
If you start a sentence with "so..." I'll interrupt you with "A needle pulling thread."

BOOKS!
Fiction:
I've enjoyed Poe and Orson Scott Card, and at one point I had all the fiction ever written by Asimov.
Borges and Bradbury are excellent. I like Douglas Adams when I'm in need of some more surrealism.
A Confederacy of Dunces was pretty much the most fun and laughter I've had reading a book.
I got through about 15 of the 20 or so Aubrey-Maturin novels on which the movie 'Master and Commander' was based. They're awesome, and part of the reason I'm interested in learning how to sail well.

Cory Doctorow put up "Little Brother" for free, and you should go read it here:
http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/
If you want something a little more bite-sized, Sam writes awesome science fiction. Here's a taste:
http://qntm.org/?responsibility
Go read it! It's short, sweet and delicious.
Finally, if you haven't read 'Machine Of Death', you're totally missing out. It's here and it's free.
http://machineofdeath.net/about/book

It's always bothered me that they put SF and fantasy next to each other at the bookstore. They're totally different in my eyes. I basically can't read fantasy... it hurts. SF has historically made me feel both smart and hopeful.

Non:
I've got a giant stack of libertarian/anarchist philosophy I'm slowly trying to get through (Carlson, Spooner, Hayek, etc.). After that I'll try to tackle a bunch of statists.
I've done my share of non-political philosophy as well. Heidegger is a particularly personal favorite, followed shortly by Kant. Lots of "build a giant intellectual system" stuff happening. It's like a cathedral... I don't think I could ever build one, and I think it's really unnecessary, but it's also beautiful.

MOVIES / SHOWS!
I used to enjoy disdaining popular things. Big-name/popular movies received scorn. Not so much anymore.

Boondock Saints was good. And Gattaca. I think it's because I have a brother and there's something about that those movies that gives me a kick in the gut in that regard. I also liked The Zero Effect, though I think it would do better as a TV show. Johnny To's "The Mission" was the best Hong Kong action flick ever. There are a few that I like that seem polarizing, opinionwise: Unbreakable, Lost in Translation, Primer, Rocket Science.

I don't watch much tv, but recently got the DVD set of 'The Prisoner" with Patrick Mcgoohan, which needs to be watched at least once by everyone who likes any degree of surrealism and crazy 70's spy kitsch.

MUSIC!

I don't like putting music into genres because it's usually right near the borders of the genres that the must interesting stuff appears. US3's "cantaloop" for example, is rap/jazz and it's just awesome, though I'm not a particularly huge fan of rap or jazz.
Check out my Pandora station for a feel of what I like. You should get Pandora anyway if you spend any time in front of a computer and want music to listen to.
http://www.pandora.com/?sc=sh82283889701487151
It's a lot of 90's rock and alternative, with some more modern indie stuff tossed in and a smattering of jazz, country and... um... other stuff? Try it out. Maybe you'll like it. If you grew up in the 90's listening to alternative, (98.5 in the bay area, before it got bought out) then you'll probably get all nostalgic. That's what I do.

FOOD!

I haven't liked seafood, but I'm trying to get over it. I can never get enough breakfast. I like everything in between. I make an awesome curry, and a few other things - I do a good spaghetti sauce that I sometimes put in my lasagna. I BBQ tri-tip and make the best fricking steak sandwich you've ever had. No bbq sauce. It's so good you don't need it. I cook up a mean dutch baby in my epic-ly awesome cast iron skillet.

When I'm eating out I tend to go for Thai or Mexican food. Something spicy and interesting... There's a Jeffrey's burgers near my place that's good - I put a little tabasco on the burger and suddenly it's magical.

I don't like this question. It implies that I'm contingent, and I would rather think of myself as adaptable.

I do like sharpening my machete... I read Gary Paulson's "Hatchet" as a kid, and I think it probably should have been actually titled "Machete."

Outerspace. Networking. Technological development. Morality and ethics and how you can get them without the dictates of god or government. Algorithms. Emergent system properties.
Objective truth.
(My favorite argument about objective truth: If you don't think there IS objective truth, is that just your opinion? No? So you're saying that it's true for everyone that there is no objective truth? Let me rephrase that: It's objectively true that there's no objective truth? Is that what you're saying?)

Waiting until about 2 am, then going out and practicing backflips with friends on the wet grass. Okay, maybe that's an exceptional Friday. Realistically, I'm probably at home watching a movie, or perhaps at the climbing gym working on whatever boulder problem has been vexing me.
If I'm feeling productive, I might be working on my car or a programming project.
Or a robot.

I once royally screwed over a good friend.

You're fricking awesome and there's no denying it.
Smart and sexy? Lets chat.