I'm a nice, mature, independent, laid back, fun loving guy who loves nature and loves being a homebody. I also love many forms of art and have a silly sense of humor. I'm passionate about my thoughts and feelings and I'm a perfectionist too, always striving to give my best in everything I do.

I definitely believe that the strongest relationships begin with conversation and friendship and build over time to become a loving and trusting relationship. It's most important to be true to yourself and to treat others the way you want to be treated. I am looking for conversation and getting to know anyone who has a good heart, who thinks rationally, who is passionate about thoughts and feelings, who has a good sense of humor, who is honest and dependable, who is intelligent and open-minded, who is adventurous and enthusiastic about other cultures, and who is compassionate and sensitive. All of these traits I believe make a person strong, captivating, and beautiful.

I have zero tolerance for fake, rude, pushy, ignorant, know-it-all type personalities. If you get off on being a two-faced backstabber or if you constantly talk over or talk down to people in an attempt to make them feel stupid or inferior to you, I have no time or patience to deal with you in any capacity.

Constantly trying to evolve and improve into a better version of me.

. . . spending an hour or two at the grocery store reading food labels. Yeah, I'm such a nerd, I know, but I'm obsessed with finding healthy foods to cook.

. . . parking inside my own parking space; people who don't do so grate on my nerves. If you're not driving a semi, you have no excuse for double parking. Please show consideration to others.

. . . keeping secrets. I'm told I am easy to talk to and I'm a great listener.

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TV: Dexter, The New Normal, Homeland, Haven, American Horror Story, Arrow, Elementary, Suburgatory, New Girl, Glee, The Mentalist, Boss, Beauty and the Beast, The Vampire Diaries, True Blood, Switched at Birth, The Walking Dead, Drop Dead Diva, Revenge, Real Housewives, Baby Daddy, Ghost Adventures, Melissa & Joey, Being Human, White Collar, Bones, Spartacus, etc.

Movies: American Beauty, Across the Universe, Anywhere But Here, A Single Man, 500 Days of Summer, Juno, Ghost World, Beetlejuice, Paper Man, The Family Stone, Takers, The Phantom of the Opera, Brokeback Mountain, Into the Wild, Paper Heart, Office Space, Amelie, Insidious, Jumping the Broom, Black Swan, Nowhere Boy, Trick, Soldier's Girl, Mermaid, Dangerous Minds, Election, Walk The Line, Magnolia, Superbad, Flatliners, Misery, Romeo + Juliet, Requiem for a Dream, Prime, 200 Cigarettes, Pieces of April, Broken Hearts Club, Life As A House, The Help, Big Eden, Something Borrowed, Laurel Canyon, Teen Witch, X-Men First Class, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, etc.

Music: Fiona Apple, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Adele, Drake, Incubus, Angus & Julia Stone, PJ Harvey, Tina Turner, Janet Jackson, Ne-Yo, Mary J. Blige, Melanie Fiona, Missy Elliott, Tracy Chapman, Three Days Grace, J. Cole, Ra Ra Riot, Lady Antebellum, Breaking Benjamin, Neil Young, Aimee Mann, Chris Brown, Staind, Avenged Sevenfold, Trey Songz, Rihanna, Sade, The Cranberries, Lupe Fiasco, Sufjan Stevens, Reba McEntire, Bruce Springsteen, Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead, Korn, Mandy Moore, Sarah McLachlan, Lisa Gerrard, Enigma, Annie Lennox, Dixie Chicks, Rilo Kiley, Alicia Keys, Bright Eyes, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, Rufus Wainwright, Nina Simone, Aaliyah, Luke Bryan, Brantley Gilbert, Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes, The Band Perry, Dierks Bentley, Billy Currington, Chris Young, Easton Corbin, Jana Kramer, Phillip Phillips, Dustin Lynch, Thomas Rhett, Kip Moore, Blake Shelton, The Lumineers, Maroon 5, Martina McBride, The Farm Inc., Jason Mraz, Diamond Rings, Jay Brannan, etc.

Books: Catcher in the Rye, To Kill A Mockingbird, Janet Jackson's True You: A Journey To Finding and Loving Yourself, Dark World by Zak Bagans, Most Talkative by Andy Cohen, Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin, etc.

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. . . what I would love to do once I can retire (travel around the world, specifically Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Austrailia, and Canada, among other places).

. . . the kind of person I would love to spend the rest of my life with.

. . . cooking, eating out with a friend, listening to music, watching a movie, or catching up on favorite tv shows missed during the work week.

I really don't have any huge secrets, skeletons in my closet, or unbearable baggage to deal with. I try to stay drama free and I like my life that way.

. . . you find me interesting and would like to get to know me as a potential friend.