i'm pretty simple. i like words and books. i like art and paint. music and sound. food and culture. i like to converse. i'd like to meet someone to spend time with, who's smart and creative, sexy and fun. too much? a lot of people say they really dig sarcasm, but when i write something sarcastic, i just get taken for an asshole. weird. i don't know if some people are as funny as they say they are. "lol" is the laugh track of written composition, and i refuse to employ it. the on-line dating site world is a really interesting study in dashed hopes, unrealistic expectations, and self consciousness. maybe that's just me, i'm sure you're having much better fortune. i would rather smile than frown, but am not always successful. life is strange, and it's a good thing i find so much of it as oddly funny as i do. i have been told a have a great radio voice, but i'm not sure if i should take it as a compliment or insult, as what i hear is "you have a great face for radio". maybe i read too much into things. i am not trying to "sell myself" or anyone else on this site, or anywhere else, for that matter. a sentence containing the phrase "work hard/play hard" is like nails on a chalkboard. i am a "this glass has stuff in it" kind of person.

i am a corporate cog. it does not define me. i'd make a wonderful dread pirate roberts, though

i never gave it much thought. perhaps, if you get to know me, you'll tell me one day

no one has ever told me, so i have no idea

in no particular order: matt pike, terry gilliam, paul cezanne, tonny iommi, justin broadrick, n.c. and andrew wyeth, theodore geisel, george r.r. martin, george orwell, ray bradbury, garry jennings, simon bisley, tom robbins, tod a., vincent van gogh, brent hinds, james brown, karl marx, bill watterson, mike patton, strawberry rubarb pie, trey spruance, chuck jones, tom waits, hieronymus bosch, josh homme, albecht durer, gary larson, the genius who invented beer, david yow, jean giraud (moebius), joel and ethan coen, willem de kooning, jim henson, ken burns, michel (away) langevin, steve albini; to name a few

oxygen, water, food, shelter, friends, music, maybe or maybe not in that order

stuff and junk; making paintings; how little i understand; what actually elicits a response from okcupid messaging, which, apparently, i totally suck at; L+R=J

strangely, since entering my thirties, and being single, fridays are not all that different from any other day

the movie "the color purple" makes me cry, every time.

you are cool.
you want to help me do a mosaic.
you are catfishing and looking for an easy mark.
you prefer calm in all things excluding music and sex.