I'm a well balanced homo sapien sapiens who benefitted from a happy childhood of autumn leaf piles shaped like aeroplanes (thanks mom), and running around my family's property poking things with sticks, and feeding my geese and ducks. I'm pretty grounded, more or less mellow, a "serene pool of... serenity" or something like that. I'm also prone to outbursts of happiness. Happiness is pretty nice. I rarely get mad.

I tend to like girls with brains, wit, and a bit of a stubborn streak. Personality I suppose? I'm also bi and poly friendly.

I'm more or less vegetarian these days. I make exceptions for fish on occasion, and on even more rarer occasion free ranged "field mice eating" chickens. I don't like how our food system works.

What I'm looking for here.... I'm not too sure yet.

I'm doing my damn-dest to start my own freelance graphic design firm. I eventually want to go back to school to finish my degree, and maybe get my masters, but that will have to wait. Saving money for my business, future tuition, a new commuter bicycle, maybe a neato ergonomic chair or something. I want to use design to help people, and my community, wherever that is at the moment.

I'm also slowly teaching myself to play guitar. I'm not doing this to get "the ladies". I kinda just want to learn how to play. Music theory makes my brain tingle (is that toast?). I suppose ladies would be a side effect of being a long haired musician guy though. I'd actually prefer to learn to play Cello, but I can't afford one. I also sort of play tenor banjo.

What I'm doing with my life at this moment. Drinking tea, and typing this.

Bicycles, drinking coffee, design, drawing pictures, drawing naked people pictures, thinking about the universe and our place in it, watching the moon, typing things about myself, getting confused about feminism, figuring out how I feel about polyamory (I was confronted by it recently, long story), growing jade plants, helping girls colour co-ordinate their outfits (those boots don't go with that hun), taking photos, and... many other things. I'm sure I could go on.

My general good nature? My eyes? My long hair? Perhaps my affinity for toques over other hats? That I'm a bit of a goof? My sexy charm, and nice firm butt?

These days it's been my loafers. Shoes get attention apparently.

Books: The Dharma Bums, Life of Pi, The Hobbit, The Elements of Typographic Style, The Design of Dissent, Oryx & Crake, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, War & Peace? (I've yet to finish that last one)

Movies: Oh man... um. Cartoon Transformers Movie, most classic 80s movies, Star Trek movies, Star Wars movies, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Amelie, Blood Diamond, Gattaca, Ghost in the Shell, Great Expectations, Little Miss Sunshine, My Dinner with Andre, Rushmore, Royal Tenembaums, the Life Aquatic, Darjeeling Limited, Persepolis, Gandhi, About A Boy, Stranger than Fiction, Sunshine, Star Dust, Hellboy, Pans Labyrinth, The Jason Bourne Trilogy (THEY'RE ALL THE SAME), The Constant Gardener, He died with a Felafel in his hand, many many others.

Music: Radiohead, Grizzlybear, Sonic Youth, The New Pornographers, Neil Young, The Beatles, The Clash, Yo La Tengo, Immaculate Machine, Interpol, Wolf Parade, Animal Collective, K-Os, Buck 65, Throbbing Gristle. Many many more.

Food: Don't get me started. I am a damn fine cook. You can find out more if you ever meet me.

Air. Water. Food. My Hands. My Vision. The Earth beneath my feet.

And now on a serious note.

Paper. Pencils. Music. The internet. Intelligence. Love & Sex I suppose. (and most of the aformentioned as well.)

Oh. And Cheese. Fuck yeah Smoked Gouda.

The universe. Design. Things I want to do. Cooking. People I know. Better ways to do things. Love. Sex. Helping people. Joining that gardening co-operative that my other socially minded friends are involved in? I want grow my own squash dammit.

I also think about having kids one day.

Not going out much. While I do enjoy going out, I've never made it much of a habit. I tend to want to hang out with someone I care about, relax, romp around in bed, go on a late night walk, maybe throw a dance party with friends, watch a movie, read a book, go pick apples, make dinner for friends.

I once made scrambled eggs with almond butter. It was good. I also can't think of anything private right now. Cop out, I know.

Soon?

If you find the rest of this profile at all appealing. I mean... it would be outright daft of you if you messaged me and felt great disdain for my profile no? Unless you feel like sending me hate mail. I've never got that before.

message me if you think I'm neato.