It should almost be illegal to be this happy. I realized awhile back that I'd spent far, far too long worrying about the mundane and being sad about stupid shit. I am in an awesome place: good career, old house I love, fun car to kick around in. I'm not claiming to be the coolest dude out there, but I'm pretty damn happy with my life. I'm in no rush to change things, so I'm approaching dating slowly, but with the appropriate aplomb. :)

I'm a pretty laid-back guy who likes to get outside and be active, doing things like floating down the Clackamas, learning to rock climb and playing games designed for 3rd graders in someone's back yard while we barbecue and have a drink or two. I have a great group of friends (none of whom I want to date) and a pretty satisfying job, but it'd be fun to go on some dates and potentially meet someone cool.

Enjoying the journey. Finding new things to improve each week, as cheesy as that sounds. Renovating my 100 year old house. Pruning rose bushes. Cooking a damn good meal. Causing (limited) chaos with friends. Getting myself out into the sun as much as possible. Reading and writing. Amassing a stupidly large library of all things media. Laughing a lot. Putting the top down on my car and tearing off to the beach. Quoting movies too much, probably.

Cooking
Terrible Puns
Scrabble & Boggle
Writing
I'm an okay musician -- I wouldn't classify it as something I'm "really good at," though
Punctuation
I may be the one guy on here who really likes to shop

I get weird "hey, you look like soandso" occasionally. Beyond that, I guess it depends on whether I'm wearing short sleeves or not. In a tanktop, my tattoos are pretty evident. In a suit, I clean up pretty well :) I really like nice clothes and am aware that's silly.

Hmmm....in no particular order:
anything by braughtigan, bukowski, palahniuk, hemingway, james clavell, heinlein, niven, hiaasen, david foster wallace, patrick rothfuss, stephen king, steinbeck

six feet under, breaking bad, mad men, the office, parks and rec, shitty reality tv (i'll admit it), it's always sunny in philadelphia, workaholics, the league, traffic lights, sherlock (bbc), house.

I'll come back to this one

How I want a pocket whale.

My next great adventure, what I want to cook, a fun place to take my dogs...or I combine them: an adventurous place to cook my dogs. Kidding.

Why are there so many pictures of women with fake mustaches and/or jumping?

Since I go to bed relatively early during the work week (by 11?), I like to stay up on the weekend and get up to something. Getting up to something is anything from going out to a show, playing pool or going to a shindig of some sort, or sometimes is just reading a book I'm into or marathoning something on NetFlix. Yes, I live a truly rockstar life.

I sell meth to school kids, but only really young ones.

I have a ten month old son who lives full-time with his mom and her ex-wife. She wasn't supposed to be able to have kids and always wanted to be a mom. Nature: 0, Me:1

For those of you who've asked: this is a biological thing more than a "dad" thing -- not because I don't care or am heartless, but more because this is my friend and her ex-wife's kid to raise. It's a weird situation, but for those of you who ask me what it's like to be a single parent or a dad, I honestly don't really know. They are raising him, I just provided the juice. :)

You're looking for a grown-up who still has a kid active in him. To clarify, I haven't gone neo-Kronos and eaten young children -- I'm more speaking to the fact that I have a house, a job and a car and I know how (mostly, I suppose) not to be a douchebag.

*Edit: I'm mostly looking for folks to do fun things like rock climbing, hiking, shows, etc. Show me something new!!

Also, don't be sad when I repeatedly destroy your face at Boggle and/or Scrabble. It's not your fault; it happens to everyone.