my general motto is "always look on the bright side of life"

I'm an engineer and a physicist

but I'm not your typical engineer/scientist: I have body art, I listen to jazz, I love opera, I like going to theater and art museums, I'm articulate

I have a few "strategically" placed tattoos and piercings (again, not your typical scientist)

I believe that a relationship should be based on attraction (physical, intellectual, emotional), mutual respect, admiration, and reciprocity

I have been hurt in the past (but so have you). however, I seek to learn from past, and leave the past in the past

I used to be a musician - now it's just a hobby, but I also love the arts, I prefer the classical but can also appreciate the contemporary (though it may be challenging to understand)

I'm a passionate, energetic, committed, esoteric, and eclectic workaholic who loves his life every bit, the good but also the not so good parts

I'm a chivalrous gentleman towards women

I’m an affectionate man who needs to form a close (physically and emotionally) bond with my partner

I’m environmentally, socially and politically conscious

I believe in racial, gender and sexual orientation equality for all

I keep sane and in-fit by (almost) daily practicing yoga and meditation (in summer I bike/hike and winter I ski/hike)

I meditate to stay calm, relaxed, focused. and I like how it makes me feel more complete (somebody once described the benefits of meditating as "the feeling of coming home")

I'm (almost exclusively) vegan and I cook myself (but I can cheat if I eat out or travel abroad)

I would be your best significant other ever, but I expect reciprocity

I need someone who desires and reciprocates intimacy as much as I do

I'm not as egocentric as it may appear

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I just checked my "personality according to OKC". apparently I'm:
* more scientific (true, reason is important to me)
* less sex-driven (I'm less sex-driven, but sexuality is also important to me)
* less independent (I do need to form a very close, emotional and physical, bond with my partner - but do I find myself rather independent)

I'm ready to defend my degree, hopefully (you know how that goes) by mid of this (2013) year

organic electronics, neuromorphic architecture, memorizing useless facts, playing guitar, being self sufficient

my eyes - I've been told they're amazing

* Vonnegut, Hemingway, Pinker, Dawkins, Harris
* Wes Anderson, Jim Jarmusch, Steven Soderbergh, and Closer, Pulp Fiction among others
* McLaughlin/Di Meola/ de Lucia, Peyroux, Shankar, Seu Jorge, Rosa Passos, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tuvan throat singers
* organic/vegan
* Jackson Pollock, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse

* internet
* water
* air
* fruits & vegetables
* good book(s)
* good conversations

politics, my research, meditation...

100 years from now, when people will look at us, what are the reasons that they will think of of us as being barbaric. the way we treat animals or seniors? or the way we treat the poor? or maybe the way we destroy the environment? or maybe our superstitions?

in a lab (because I didn't finish everything for the week), writing (either on my research or my book), or in a bar with a couple of close friends. could also be staying late because I'm planning a weekend getaway...

I've had quite an adventurous life so far and I'm writing a book about it

you are full of life and share my positive outlook on life, want to try new things, are not afraid of obstacles, are open-minded, think that we could be a good match...