If I gave you the Cliff Notes, you would miss out on all the good stuff, so you will just have to keep reading.
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From 9-5, I am working hard so I can make it in NYC and travel the world. Just a few of my adventures include swimming in the Blue Lagoon of Iceland, canoeing across Canada's Lake Opeongo, snorkeling in Phuket, hiking Kilauea on Hawaii, climbing the Great Wall of China, ballooning over Barcelona, and partying in Ibiza.

Aside from working and travelling, volunteering has been important to me since I helped out the Red Cross for three years in college. These days, I am active as a fundraiser and mentor to help immigrants find jobs. I am also quite seriously working on a business plan for an organization that I hope will change the world. I have to believe it is possible. Especially after someone I knew won the FT's Climate Challenge (http://www.ft.com/climatechallenge).
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Scrabble. Listening. Cooking with whatever few ingredients happen to be around. Wanting to learn new languages but never getting very far, apart from French, which got me kicked out of a Parisian cafe faster than you can say "sandwich jambon".
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I think most people's first impressions of me are deceiving. Even my eyes have changed over the years from blue to green. While I may appear conservative on the outside, upon deeper inspection you will find that I try almost anything once and love to dance despite being somewhat reserved. I may wear a suit and tie on occasion, but I am not afraid to question authority.
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Food: Some of my favorite restaurants in NYC include Taboon, Banjara, Blue Smoke, Sakagura, and Don's Bogam. Check out the others in my reviews on Yelp: http://live2travel.yelp.com/

Music: Trance and Classical. I'm always trying to get my friends to go with me to clubs and concert halls. For the past two years I lived between Pacha and Lincoln Center, but I could never seem to meet many people who shared my musical interests. That's ok, though. I love my music and you can love yours. About as mainstream as I get would be Depeche Mode or Garbage. If I had to pick individual artists, my composers of choice would be Tchaikovsky, Haydn, and Bach while my favorite DJs are Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, as well as many others no one recognizes. I do travel far for my music, as I've gone to Montreal's Bal en Blanc, Miami's Winter Music Conference, and most recently the opening party at Space in Ibiza. I'm also starting to get into jazz, as I've really enjoyed a few venues in the city ranging from Smalls to Dizzy's Club.

Movies: Memento, Princess Bride, Amadeus, V for Vendetta, The Life Aquatic, Eternal Sunshine, and Hot Fuzz are all excellent but I have about 250 other DVDs, too. I don't really watch TV, but I do appreciate The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and Lost. I miss Firefly and the British version of Whose Line is it Anyway.

Books: The Art of Travel, the Art of Happiness, and the Art of War are all classics. Lately, I've been reading a number of historical biographies ranging from Benjamin Franklin to Magellan to Genghis Khan to Gandhi. I also enjoy humor and philosophy once in a while. I find the best books combine the two, such as those by Alain de Botton... even though he tried to hit on one of my friends on Facebook (true story).
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A passport, a pillow, a hot shower, a sense of humor, Glenn Greenwald, and the Economist
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Whether or not I could seriously date a vegetarian.

How people can listen to the same hip hop mix at clubs over and over and over and over and over again. I don't mind the genre. Can we just get a little variety, please?

The erosion of our civil liberties. It's depressing... which is one reason why I travel so much and try to help new people find the American dream before those who are here forget what it meant.
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eating out, organizing my next travel meetup, trying a new obscure beer, making sangria, hitting up museums, playing pool, or asleep as soon as I get home so I can go out later. I've been known to host a few movie nights as well, seeing as how I have a projector. That also comes in handy for the Wii :)
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I am actually looking for a long-term relationship. I know, it's hard to believe for a guy but I am sick of dating. That does not mean I will settle, though. If I wanted to find just any girl at a bar, I would not be on here. I may just pick up and move abroad if I don't find the right one soon.

I'm also open to pen pals. It never hurts to have friends in faraway places.
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If you have great stories to share from around the globe. If you go your own way. If you liked what you read in spite of my cheesy adjectives.
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