My name is Nick and I am a Portland native. I am a freelance writer and videographer by profession, but I like to think of myself as a modern-day adventurer.

I have a five-year-old walker coonhound named Ruger. We love to get out for runs in Forest Park or along the waterfront several times a week.

I love the life I have built for myself; I own my own small company and I get to travel to beautiful locales for work. That having been said, I do constantly strive for improvement whether it be physically, intellectually, or otherwise.

I am a pretty witty and social fellow who doesn't take himself too seriously. I can have a fairly goofy sense of humor and speak in foreign accents from time to time.

I feel like I am a very kind-hearted guy. I am both emotionally open and mature. I am firm believer in being a whole person. Meaning, I am not looking for my second half but rather another whole individual with whom I could share my life.

For what it's worth, I put a lot of stock in maturity, drive, and self-awareness. So if you possess those traits, we might just get along swimmingly.

I work as a freelance automotive journalist.

grammar, foreign language accents, and spoiling my dog.

my height, I s'pose?

Movies: Good Fellas, Easy Rider, Broken Flowers, Citizen Kane, etc...

TV Shows: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, 30 Rock, and Top Gear.

Music: The Rolling Stones, Elliott Smith, and Nirvana -- amongst others.

Books: anything by Malcolm Gladwell, David Sedaris, or Tim O'Brien.

1. My pup
2. Physical fitness
3. Internal combustion engines
4. National Public Radio
5. Showers
6. Baked goods
7. My camera

Why OKC seems to think I am not romantic.

Laughing, for one reason or another.

My mom is convinced I was FDR in my past life.

You've got "it." I'll let you decide what "it" is, though.