People have told me that I’m smart, creative and amiable, and funny. That said, I can be a little bit on the introverted side and I have a pretty dry and sarcastic sense of humor that sometimes can take some warming up to. People also tell me that I’m a nice guy and I sometimes wonder if they mean that as a complement. I can work on being on more of a jerk if you like that sort of thing...

Although Dallas isn't my dream city, East Dallas has really grown on me more than I ever thought it would. It’s enough like Austin that it keeps me from getting sad when thinking about my time at UT. I have found it to be a little difficult to find women in Dallas that I have enough in common with that aren’t already dating one of my friends. If I get desperate, I suppose I could venture uptown, put on a striped shirt and dangle some BMW keys out of my front pocket. For now, I’m just going to try out this online dating thing.

It would be nice to find someone with at least somewhat similar taste in music, movies, TV, etc. The same also goes for worldview, political philosophy, values etc. Extra bonus if your travel to-do list includes some of the same destinations as mine does. I have accrued quite a bit of vacation time at my job and need an excuse to go see some new places - preferably places that require a passport.

Music is important to me. I play guitar, bass and a little bit of drums and piano. I write and play with friends, but I'm not that guy who spends all of his spare time with a shitty band that will never get anywhere. I'm a realist and so I just spend a couple hours a week with my shitty band that will never get anywhere.

My taste in music ranges from The Kinks to The Talking Heads to Pavement, to Miles Davis to James Brown to Clinic to Caribou to Clap Your Hands Say Yeah to many others. I’m completely guilty of being a music snob and need to be told to lighten-up on occasion.

I sometimes work a lot which comes with the territory of being a consultant. I do value my free time though and I try not to let work devour my soul. I try to take at least decent care of myself by exercising in some capacity several times a week. I have to say I appreciate it if you are someone who at least makes an effort to stay in decent shape…

Ultimately I would like to meet someone who I could spend a lot of time with but who would allow me to have time to myself and time with my friends too. As with most things, balance is key.

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• bunnyfurpet

I'm a technology consultant but I know very little about computers or technology. Go figure.

Growing new hair quickly.

Good Question...

Authors: Kurt Vonnegut, J.D Salinger, Ray Bradbury, Cormac McCarthy, George Orwell, Richard Dawkins, Al Franken, Fareed Zakaria, David Sedaris

Movies: American Movie, Grizzly Man, Raising Arizona, Fargo, Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, Adaptation, Rushmore, Bottle Rocket, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Departed, Waking Life, The Fog of War, Best in Show, Waiting For Guffman, and of course UHF.

Music: Air, American Analog Set, A Tribe Called Quest, Art Blakey, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Beach House, Beat Happening, Beck, Belle & Sebastian, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill, The Black Keys, The Byrds, The Clash, The Clientele, Caribou, Cat Power, Charlie Parker, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Clinic, Dave Brubeck, The Dead Kennedys, Devo, Donovan, Dub Narcotic Sound System, Echo and The Bunnymen, The Flaming Lips, Guided By Voices, Hot Chip, Interpol, James Brown, John Coltrane, The Kinks, Kings Of Leon, LCD Soundsystem, Lou Reed, The Magnetic Fields, The Meters, Miles Davis, Modest Mouse, Mom, My Bloody Valentine, The New Pornographers, Panda Bear, Pavement, The Pixies, Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, Sondre Lerche, Sonic Youth, Sparklehorse, Spoon, Stereolab, The Sea And Cake, The Silver Jews, The Talking Heads, The Unicorns, The Velvet Underground, The White Stripes, The Who, The Zombies, Thom Yorke, Tom Waits, Wilco, Yo La Tengo.

Food: I'm a fake vegetarian because I occasionally eat fish. I don't have it in me to give up sushi. I eat a lot of Indian, Thai and Vietnamese food because it tends to be friendlier toward my diet.

sleep, dry humor, el milagro tortilla chips, my guitars, NPR podcasts, family and friends

Doing something totally super secret and cool: usually with friends at a dive bar of some sort, seeing a band, art show, a movie, watching the mavs...

I have 2 cats and wish I only had 1 (or sometimes none)

Requirements:
If you are an honest, open, and thoughtful person, and don't regularly engage in acts of manipulation during the course of a relationship. If you think we share some of the same interests are intelligent and down to earth with good sense of humor. You are in reasonable shape.

Bonus:
- You like the outdoors
- You don't have cat allergies
- You like big dogs better than small dogs
- You are creative/artistic in some form
- You live close enough that I could ride my bike to your place (don't worry I have a car)