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crack the code, win a prize.

(guys, please don't really try to crack the code. i just put that there cause i didn't have enough to say to meet the minimum character requirement. and because, uh, i'm a smartass.)

teaching 4th grade, traveling during the summer, attempting to reduce the amount of time i waste looking at photographs of internet strangers...

being single, giving advice, teaching (on some days, but certainly not all), making people laugh (except for the ones with a shitty sense of humor), traveling solo, figuring out that you're lying about your age on your online dating profile, befriending small children and old men, obsessing over grammatical errors (like, should i have written "with shitty senses of humor" instead, even though it sounds kinda weird?)

that i look 30 years older and 300 pounds heavier than i do in my pictures

favorites, shmavorites. depends on the day, season, setting, company, etc. and if my top ten bands are truly a deciding factor in whether or not you'd want to meet up for a drink, then i doubt we'd be all that compatible anyway. (but i promise i've never been to a dave matthews concert and i don't worship ayn rand.)

occasional glimpses of the ocean, occasional moments of quiet solitude, avocados (i could conceivably live without them but i suspect it would be an empty and meaningless existence), sex, adventures in distant lands, and a secret plan

how so many seemingly grown-up people can be completely oblivious to/apathetic about how their actions affect others. (asshole leaning against the pole on a crowded rush hour train, i'm talking to you.) how to maintain my low-stress, healthy and active, carefree summer lifestyle throughout the year.

watching a movie at home, or playing with my friends' son before he goes to sleep and then drinking beer or wine and hanging out...

i tend to be a bit of a loner, to be honest--not much of a drinker/partier (even just hearing the word "party" used as a verb sort of makes me cringe), but i'm not completely socially retarded.

i'm really good at and comfortable with being single but, at the ripe old age of 36, i'm beginning to want more than meaningless flings and short-term connections. it's totally cool if that's all you're after (admittedly, i am too some of the time), but just want to be clear that i created this profile with a more noble goal in mind.

you hate to laugh and have fun.

you're in possession of both a pure heart and a dirty mind. you're a sexy, smart, kind grown-up who is open to a multitude of possibilities...

also, if you're ok with the fact that there's a good chance i won't respond. i've sent out plenty of unreturned messages here myself, so i can dish it as well as take it, for what it's worth.