Who I am and what I'm about can best be described by this brief exchange from the awesome 90s rollerblade film Airborne:

Mitchell: Popeye, now there was a great man. Do you know why?
Wiley: He never joined the Hairclub For Men?
[buzzer sound]
Mitchell: Wrong. Because his motto was: I am what I am. Do you think Popeye ever worried about what he wore just so he could get Olive Oil in the sack? I should say not, Dude. And do you know why?
Wiley: He was gay?
Mitchell: Because he is what he is.

I am a freelance screenwriter, but I also have a full time regular job.

My first comic book is actually out 'Dark Revelation' -- 2 whole issues on store shelves which is very cool. SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION: (check it out at www.darkrevelationonline.com).

I love reading, writing, recalling bizarre bits of movie/TV trivia . . . movies, TV shows, good stand-up comedy and being funny myself when you least expect it. I also love running, staying fit and staying active. Looking for someone who can keep up . . . or at least a willingness to try.

"You remind me of the babe"
"What babe?"
"The babe with the power."
"What power?"
"The power of voodoo."
"Who do?"
"You do?"
"Do what?"
"Remind me of the babe."

* just a little shameless Labyrinth lyrics riffing.

You'd have to ask people what they notice about me though I've been told on a couple occasions (completely unsolicited of course) that I look like Wesley from the Princess Bride or Ethan Hawke from Reality Bites. Go figure.

BOOKS: Right now I'm reading the Sweetness at the bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (cute Sherlock Holmes-ian lead character as embodied by a super precicious 11 year old girl in England circa 1950) and alternating between DC's New 52 (as many titles as I can get my ipad around -- favorites are Batman, Aquaman, Green Lanterns and Justice League Dark). Recently read city of Dark Magic by Magnus Flyte and Heart of Gold by Michael Pryor (second in the Laws of Magic series) and it's adequately filling the hole that Harry Potter left in my heart. As well as the Skulldggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy which if you haven't read run out and read them ASAP. Next up on my reading agenda: Alif the Unseen. Past favorite include: The Rook by Daniel O'Malley (really fun supernatural intrigue), The Magicians and The Magician King by Lev Grossman, and Ready Player One (also great). The Night Circus, Name of the Wind, A Wise Man's Fear, Game of Thrones (and ensuing books in Song of Ice & Fire series), Dresden Files, The Tomorrow Series (Book #1 so far), His Dark Materials Trilogy, The Name of the Wind, The Neverending Story, Stiff, Spook, Bonk, Packing For Mars: the Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo/Played with Fire/Kicked the Hornet's Nest), Beowulf, Dante's Inferno, Pride & Prejudice (without the zombies), Alice in Wonderland, Pledged, Harry Potter, Seagology: A Study of the Ass-Kicking Films of Steven Seagal, the occasional classic, anything by Garth Nix (Abhorsen trilogy), anything with medical mysteries or strange diseases/viruses.

MOVIES: (a few favorites) ALMOST FAMOUS, PAN'S LABYRINTH, CHILDREN OF MEN, ZODIAC, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Until the End of the World, Dark Knight & Dark Knight Rises, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Step Up 2-4 (that's right and I don't care who knows it), Pitch Perfect, Nowhere in Africa, In Bruges, In the Loop, Looper, Assassination of a High School President, The Brothers Bloom, Heat, Easy A, Bandslam, Nothing But the Truth, Iron Man 1-3, Super 8, Summer Wars, Who's Harry Crumb?, Tron Legacy, Source Code, The Departed, Blood Diamond, Casino Royale, Illusionist (Ed Norton/Jessica Biel one not the French animated one), The Town, Prestige, Legends of the Fall, Fright Night (2011), Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Neverending Story, Bon Voyage, Scream 1-4, Naked Lunch, Wonder Boys, Jerry Maguire, Wreck It Ralph, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Braveheart, Hellboy 1-2, Juno, Speed, Legend of Billie Jean, Point Break, anything not direct to video that stars Steven Seagal (Under Siege 1-2, Hard to Kill are faves), Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Mystery Science Theater 300: The Movie, Matinee, Murderball, Anything Miyazaki (Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, Nausicaa, etc.), X-Men: First Class, Thank You For Smoking, Fast and the Furious 1 & 4, Fast Five, Slither, Harry Potter series, The Golden Compass, Pirates of the Caribbean 1-4, MI:III-IV, City of Lost Children, Dazed and Confused, The Great Outdoors, Star Wars IV-VI, Star Trek anything, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Kill Bill 1-2, Goonies, Gremlins 1-2, Brick, Transformers 1 & 3 (not Revenge of the Fallen), Serenity, A-Team, Daydream Nation, anything with Muppets (Great Muppet Caper, Take Manhattan, and Muppet Christmas Carol are the best). Guilty pleasures include movies about werewolves, giant crocodiles, any version of invasion of the body snatchers . . . and of course dance flicks. Officially, I can't say I like chick flicks, but if you want to see one you won't have to twist my arm too far.

NEW CATEGORY: Movies I despise with a fiery passion: Crash (#1 one hated film with a stereotypical bullet), Patch Adams, Resident Evil: Apocalypse (#2 was so awful it has prevented me from even attempting to see any further installments), the Happening (or anything M. Night post The Village), Star Wars prequels, Sex and the City anything, modern so-called parody films . . . more to come.

Hated movies I love: Howard the Duck, Last Action Hero, Super Mario Brothers, Showgirls, Ernest movies (Camp, Saves Christmas, Goes to Jail and Scared Stupid), Crossroads, Cool World, I Am Number Four, Silent Fall, Chill Factor . . . more to come.

Current TV favorite show: Teen Wolf (don't laugh, it's awesome).

TV: This list could go on forever, but all time favorites Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Wonderfalls, Roswell, Veronica Mars, Alias, The O.C., Dead Like Me, Adventure Time.

Current favorites are Game of Thrones, Revenge, Suburgatory, Happy Endings, The League, Hellcats, Shameless, Venture Brothers, Fringe, Big Bang Theory, Survivor (always), New Girl, Lost, How I Met Your Mother, Hannibal, Modern Family, Pretty Little Liars, Better Off Ted, Community, Chuck, Party Down, 24, The Good Wife, Walking Dead, Killing, Bob's Burgers, One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill, Felicity, Farscape, Battlestar Galactica, Eureka, My So-Called Life, Sports Night, Burn Notice, White Collar, Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared, Dollhouse, Friday Night Lights, Sarah Connor Chronicles, Pushing Daisies, Mercy, Life Unexpected (until the network ruined it), Justified, Homeland

C) I have eclectic music tastes, it varies but I do not generally like country or hip-hop. Mostly alternative, classic rock, cheesy hair metal ballads, blues, movie scores, opera, classical. Listing specific artists would just reveal my lack of musical taste/knowledge. I would love for someone to school me.

Mainly I listen to a lot of film scores. Favorite composers include Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, John Williams, Kalus Badelt, Brian Tyler, Jerry Goldsmith, James Newton Howard, this list could go on awhile.

Lipgloss, dancing shoes, cell phone -- wait, sorry I was channeling the list I've seen on almost every girl's profile I've read. For the record, I would NOT put cell phone on my list of six things.

Life would be a lot easier if there were things I COULD do without. I am always thinking about how I can simplify my life and live without so many material possessions. It's not a hippy thing and I'm not by nature a collector it's a fantasy to be able to fill a single suitcase with everything I need and pick up and move on. Sadly, one suitcase doesn't hold too many DVDs and Blurays.

Must I "love" dogs? Can't I just like them or tolerate them in an appropriate manner?

Relationships are never perfect because people aren't perfect and you really have to discover each other's flaws and either love them despite those flaws, or in some weird cases, love them because of those flaws. I'm always working on mine and trying to overcome them. Thus ends the sappy portion of my profile.

At the movies, clearing out the DVR, running copious amounts of miles and trying to be more active (if that's possible). Anyone got any better ideas. Seriously, I'm asking.

I totally organize my movies in rather OCD fashion: by movie studio (Fox, Universal, Paramount, etc.) then by box art color and then within the same box art color (such as white) I group titles with similar title font color together . . . it's weird but if someone asks for the movie Monkeybone (and you know they will) I know it's in the Fox section over with the yellow box art.

You want a response. Seriously. Try me.

I'm primarily looking for a relationship of the long term variety, but I know that can be scary so I'm open to starting as friends to see where things go.