I support responsible consumption, recycling, and the hunt for a really good cut of beef. I believe life is too short for bad beer and lately I've been playing around with Prohibition-era cocktailing. I think football and hockey are fun to watch, but baseball revolves around two guys playing catch and some other bloke with a stick trying to interrupt.

I put in the effort to keep my friendships growing, and at least keep in touch with many of the exceptional people I've met over the years. I love getting a friend or three together and searching for the rare hole-in-the-wall restaurant with excellent food.

I keep up on world affairs, but find myself numbing to national politics. I voted for Obama, but am disappointed with how he's failing to make the positive changes that were promised. At this point, I'd easily vote Stewart/Colbert, or even Pinky/Brain next time around. I find Eddie Izzard's monologues apply in far too many situations, and hope he really does run for Parliament.

Living in CO means I've really come to love being outdoors, but I enjoy the urban life just as much. I might go hiking now and then, or camping (novice at both), but I'm at least as likely to stay in the city for the weekend. Parks, BBQs, biking, street festivals... evenings at concerts, roller derby, or just out with friends... Maybe I've stayed home for the night if that's what I felt like doing, but there's plenty of choices and opportunities.

I took up yoga at the beginning of the year; it's a big change for me but I'm loving it. During the weekdays I'm an engineer for one of the many tech companies in the Boulder area. I love my chosen profession and enjoy the challenges and creativity involved. Once I'm out of the office, I do a variety of things. I'm ecstatic if the weather is good enough for an outdoor game of volleyball at Wash Park, and try to get outside to play more. I go out dancing frequently. Time at the gym or on the mat during the week helps clear my head while keeping me healthier and happier, and if I finish the day by cooking some tasty recipe that I've hacked together, then the evening ends on a finer note. My chef's knife and cast-iron skillet have become some of my favorite possessions. I recently bought my first road bike, and am looking around the city for nice soft places to fall over as I work on handling clipless pedals.

My last big vacation was a 3-week meandering about Australia. It was my first trip abroad and I loved every minute of it. I still reflecting upon the trip and what it's given to me. Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, a week in the outback...I fit in an awful lot and could easily think of 3x as much to do if I go back.

When I'm enjoying my home, in addition to listening to plenty of music (see below), I read, cook, cocktail, and futz around on the computer. I grew up in a family of teachers, and raised in a compassionate home. I care about the community around me, and believe that it's our obligation in life to leave things better than we found them. A lot of what I have in life isn't "earned" or "privilege," it's just luck, and we shouldn't forget those who aren't so lucky.

I really like who I am, but if I ever stopped trying to grow and improve, then life's lost its luster.

making connections between people, places, interests, and things I think might help people. Trying hard to get it right, but not seeking total perfection all at once. Finding the right question, or maybe the perspicacious observation.

On first glance, it's usually my eyes, if I'm not wearing sunglasses. There are apparently decent odds I'll be caught in an odd position or with an oafish look on my face, if the pictures that friends post on Facebook are any indication.

One-on-one, I love learning about people, so I often will just ask the right questions to keep things going, rather than talk about myself (unless asked).

Most recently finished Superfreakonomics, God is Not Great, and re-reading Catcher in the Rye(I was too young to get it the first time). Other recent readings include: Neil Gaiman; Guns, Germs, and Steel; Terry Prachett, World War Z (an oral history of the zombie apocalypse), Under the Banner of Heaven, Lamb, War of the Worlds, His Dark Materials, and probably more wikipedia than one should reasonably imbibe. Before that, Catch 22, some of Sam Harris's essays, a dystopian literature kick, sci-fi, ...

There's almost always music on when I'm at home, or working solo. There're a lot of music styles that I enjoy, with internet radio being a good friend: blues, swing, industrial music, rock, trip hop, and who knows what else - I recently started using Spotify and it's scary how it can just suck away a few hours if I let it. Favorite concerts include: Frontline Assembly, Zoe Keating, the Dropkick Murphies, Asylum Street Spankers (so long, guys), and B. B. King (amazing). The CD collection also has lots of Depeche Mode, hard rock, Tori Amos, ska, tango nuevo, and plenty of other "I have NO idea what you could call this" albums.

I'm hooked on Radiolab podcasts, and I've been fascinated by some of the TED talks (online, free, enlightening, and often mind-boggling), especially Daniel Dennett, and Dawkins (though there's a difference between being proud of who you are and being egotistical; I'm not quite sure where he falls on that scale).

I'm currently fascinated by the shameless ripoffs of popular music that are played in Vietnamese restaurants. The current champion is an electronica remix of the Bonanza theme song.

I don't own a TV, but I still catch a few shows or movies here and there.

I'm not exactly a gourmand, but I do appreciate a good meal. I love good BBQ, pho joints on Federal, sushi, Italian, and a good bit of other things. I enjoy cooking, and I've occasionally been told my cooking's very good, but I'm bashful about sharing. I also really like spicy food - the intersection of kitchen experimentation and habanero makes for some good stories, especially if you're into schadenfreude.

- Music
- Warm days with a field, a volleyball, and some friends.
- Dancing, and the community of friends that it has brought with it.
- Something new to learn/experience.
- All of my appendages and senses (really, it would suck to lose any of them).
- The internet, probably. I mean: news, ideas, and keeping in touch with my friends all over the world. The world would be so much smaller without it.

My friends. Music. World affairs, and happenings at home. If I added too much chili pepper that time. Atrocious sentence fragments.

Wondering when and how basic health care became "fascism" or "religious oppression," yet the government needs to "keep its hands off of Medicare."

I've been recently awestruck again by the work of Oliver Sachs.

...going out for dinner or drinks with friends, catching a show, cooking, or maybe some combination thereof. If I've been out and about enough during the week, maybe I'll stay in and chill out with a book or movie or game, either alone or with a friend or two. Maybe looking for the elusive bars that have both good bartenders and atmosphere.

is that I was once a Hootie and the Blowfish fan, and knew all the lyrics. I also own Real Genius on DVD, and desperately want Carl Kasell's voice on my answering machine.

You think we can turn attraction and common interests into engaging conversation, and see where it goes from there. If you think you might, or might not, want to have kids someday, but don't have any already. If you're not a smoker (that last one's pretty important to me).