Hi. I am a pretty easy going guy who is tired of being around crappy people. The bumper stickers are right, "mean people suck". I want to talk to someone who is compassionate and just as importantly passionate about the things that they enjoy. Whether it's listening to music (indie, alternative, electro, folk), watching movies (drama, foreign, independant films) or just hanging out watching sports (soccer, football, baseball) and having a drink or even going to the parks, I am usually up for anything. I consider myself to be very sweet and caring, and I like talking about just about anything. I also like to cook and I love the outdoors as well.

I work in retail, which I have done for all of my life. Some people might shrug at this fact, but I really enjoy it. There is something powerful and important about being able to put product into people's hands that they might not otherwise notice.

listening, board games, cooking, laughing until I cry.

Music can run anywhere from Depeche Mode to Death Cab for Cutie. From Tori Amos to Prince. From the Arcade Fire to Willie Nelson. I could really talk forever about music. Here are some specifics: Tori Amos, Arcade Fire, Badly Drawn Boy, Beastie Boys, Bell X1, Belle & Sebastian, Andrew Bird, Blur, David Bowie, Bright Eyes, BRMC, Crooked Fingers, Crowded House, the Cure, Death Cab for Cutie, the Decemberists, Depeche Mode, Devotchka, the Doves, Bob Dylan, the Editors, Eels, Erasure, the Faint, Flaming Lips, Fleetwood Mac, Flogging Molly, Ben Folds, Foo Fighters, the Frames, Frightened Rabbit, Grandaddy, Grant Lee Buffalo, David Gray, Guillemots, Sarah Harmer, PJ Harvey, Hot Chip, Idlewild, Interpol, INXS, Iron and Wine, James, Jesus & Mary Chain, Jimmy Eat World, Billy Joel, Elton John, Joy Division, Keane, Kings of Leon, the Killers, Ben Lee, London Suede, Loney Dear, Luna, Magnetic Fields, Sarah McLachlan, Mercury Rev, Miracle Fortress, Mountain Goats, Muse, Kate Nash, New Order, NIN, Heather Nova, Old 97's, Beth Orton, Michael Penn, Pet Shop Boys, Pixies, Placebo, Prince, Pulp, Queen, Radiohead, Raveonettes, REM, the Replacements, Damien Rice, Rilo Kiley, Josh Rouse, She and Him, the Shins, Shout Out Louds, Sigur Ros, Simon and Garfunkel, the Smiths, Elliott Smith, Regina Spektor, Bruce Springsteen, Snow Patrol, Social Distortion, Spiritualized, Stars, Sufjan Stevens, Matthew Sweet, They Might Be Giants, the Ting Tings, Travis, U2, "Weird Al", Gillian Welch, Robbie Williams, Pete Yorn, Neil Young, Youth Group...in alphabetical order, of course.

Movies are usually drama or independant. Favorites include Life is Beautiful, Amelie, Edward Scissorhands, Lawn Dogs, Heavenly Creatures, Terms of Endearment, The Dark Crystal and so many more: Amelie, American Beauty, Angus, The Breakfast Club, Cider House Rules, City of Lost Children, The Cooler, The Dark Crystal, Dead Poet's Society, Elizabeth, The Empire Strikes Back, Fargo, Frighteners, Goonies, Groundhog's Day, Heavenly Creatures, The Kite Runner, Lawn Dogs, The Life Aquatic, Life is Beautiful, Little Miss Sushine, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Magnolia, Moulin Rouge, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ponette, Pretty in Pink, Remains of the Day, The Royal Tenenbaums, Run Lola Run, Secretary, The Shining, Sweet and Lowdown, Terms of Endearment, Trainspotting, Transamerica, Waiting for Guffman, Welcome to Woop Woop.

Books can be whatever I am in the mood for. I try to always read at least one fiction and one non fiction at a time. Favorite authors would be Neil Gaiman, Nick Hornby, Bill Bryson and Michael Chabon, to name a few, here's more:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Catch 22,Where the Red Fern Grows, Stardust, The Audacity of Hope, High Fidelity, Eyes of the Dragon, The Alienist, Slam, Love is a Mixtape, Hard Eight, Atonement, Isaac's Storm, RedWall, Shadow of the Wind, American Gods, A Short History of Nearly Everything.

love, music, family, friends, knowledge, humor

If you think we have some things in common and want to talk more, message me!