I'm a 35 year old man who relocated to Providence, RI for three years to attend culinary school and about a year ago, I moved back to my adopted hometown of Lansing, MI.

I enjoy surrounding myself with people that continually inspire me to improve myself and accept/expect the same in return.

I admire people who have the courage to respectfully tell me when I'm wrong, why I'm wrong and expect the same in return. Debate me, mentally challenge me.

I work in the restaurant business, which is simultaneously tedious, and exciting (I enjoy its exciting aspects more so than the tedium).

By nature, I'm a night person. If it's early in the day (before 11 AM) don't be surprised if I'm grumpy. I liken myself to an old car, I need time to warm up and get going.

Recently, I had a chapbook of poetry published by a fledgling press based out of upstate NY. While living on the East Coast, I regularly performed my poems in: Providence & Newport, RI, New York City, Boston and Cambridge, MA.

I try and support as many independently/locally owned places as possible. If you want to understand why, please consult http://portlandbuylocal.org/content/view/14/28/ which contains a lot of cited articles noting the economic impact ones consumer behavior has as a whole.

Seeing bands play as often as possible, checking out new exhibitions at art galleries, watching foreign/indie films, attempting to solve crossword puzzles.

Cooking
Sarcasm

My tattoos

My absolute adoration for: synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and battle hymns of the republic.

Books:

Tom Robbins: Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas
Arthur Nerssesian: The Fuck Up
Tim Sandlin: Sorrow Floats
Henry Miller-: Rosy Crucifixion trilogy
William T Vollman: 13 Stories 13 Epitaphs
Edgardo Vega Yunque: Blood Fugues
Thaisa Frank: A Brief History of Camouflage
Barbara Kingslover: Prodigal Summer

Music:

Impact89FM.org
If you're interested, I have scads of playlists located at: http://www.playlist.com/idioticpoet/playlists (note: some of them are format/genre/style specific ie: spoken word)

Honestly, I have highly eclectic taste in music. I figure, music is a lot like life, for optimal enjoyment they both require a fair amount of variety.

A band doesn't have to be obscure for me to like their tunes, they just have to be good at what they do.

Here's a (very) partial list of bands/musicians whose works please my ears:

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
New Model Army
Black Flag
Crumbsuckers
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Talking Heads
Devo
Wilco
Presets
Melt Banana
Bauhaus/Love & Rockets/Tones on Tail
Ministry
Meat Beat Manifesto
Ruby
Pigface
Revolting Cocks
Miles Davis
Cocteau Twins
Mr Lif
Royal Trux
Supersuckers
Reverend Horton Heat
Beat Happening
Yo La Tengo
Tori Amos
Tracy Chapman
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Food:

Thai Food From Lamai's Kitchen
Peking Express
Udon Sushi Bakery
Woody's Oasis
Spumoni
Nigiri
Extra extra spicy food (if it doesn't make me sweat, it's not HOT enough)

1. Espresso Royale's Spanish Latte made w/ Vanilla & Hazelnut flavorings
2. Donuts from Quality Dairy
3. Intellectual stimulation
4. Musical variety
5. Alone time
6. Coffee

My poetry, life, sociopolitical issues

Working

I'm allergic to latex

I'm pierced in unexpected places

You use grammatically kuhrekt language (I'm not a stickler about it, just don't make me struggle to decipher what you're trying to say).

We have a high match percentage.