I was brought up to believe, but you can call me faithless. I still do an admirable job of living a moral & ethical life. I have never thrown a punch in anger nor have I ever cheated on a woman. In a nutshell, faithless yet faithful, pun intended.
I am very curious and LOVE learning new things. I'm always finding something new to research. I'm a WWII & Soviet Union buff. I love just about anything that typically burns fossil fuels but not BECAUSE they do. I guess it would be more accurate to say I love things that transport people.
I'm a bit of a techno-nerd also and build my own computers. Have no fear, that doesn't mean I'm playing games for hours a day. I can't remember the last time I played one.
Being an English teacher has, ironically, dampened my enthusiasm for pleasure reading. This year, I've finally started to read for fun again, at least on a regular basis. Some recents: Into Thin Air, about the deadliest year on Mt. Everest. David Kenyon Webster's memoir, though I still plan on referring to certain folks as "sir". The Right Stuff; it's about the people who have it. Alive!, a book in which a lot of people are dead.
I've recently been undergoing a pendulum shift in my life by scaling back on my consumerism. Again, have no fear, a date with me won't consist of a McDonald's and a matinee at the 2nd run theater :) I've just stopped buying stuff I really don't need.

I am a high school English teacher and generally love my job. By the way, English teacher is my career, not my definition: I am not a 24-hour grammar policeman and I won't think you're an idiot if you misplace a modifier.
I'm getting out more and spending more energy in surrounding myself with people I enjoy. I wish I could find someone to hit the tennis court. You will definitely earn some brownie points if you are willing to swing a racket with me. If you want to go swing dancing, that's a fair trade!
I've been going to a number of concerts lately, and have two more lined up. Weird "Al" Yankovic was one of the most entertaining concerts I've ever been too. There, I said it!
I'm completely debt-free and saving for a house of some sort.

Learning new things, listening, understanding and accepting others' feelings, teaching, self-deprecating humor (not to be mistaken for self-loathing; I love me!), making people laugh, and trivial pursuit (no trivial matter!).

My eyes and my "he must be drinking formaldehyde" baby face. That's where the mustache and goatie comes in. Actually, that's where they used to come in. I'm back to my clean-shaven baby face.

I would like to believe in the freedom of music, but glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity.

Music: A-HA, America, Annie Lennox, Aretha Franklin, Barry White, The Beach Boys, Billy Idol, Billy Joel, Blue Oyster Cult, Boy Dylan, Bruce Springstein, Buddy Holly, The Byrds, The Cars, Cheap Trick, Chuck Berry, The Clash, The Cranberries, CCR, Culture Club, The Cure, David Bowie, Def Leppard, Dennis Wilson, Depeche Mode, Eagles, ELO, Elton John, Elvis, Eurethmics, Fats Domino, Fleetwood Mac, Flock of Seagulls, Gordon Lightfoot, Huey Lewis & the News, James Brown, Jefferson Airplane, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jim Croce, John Denver, John Mellencamp, Johnny Cash, Journey, Lawrence Welk (detention torture music), Little Richard, Louis Armstrong, The Lovin' Spoonful, Mamas & Papas, Marvin Gaye, MC Hawking, Miles Davis, New Order, Pat Benatar, Peter, Paul, & Mary, The Police, The Proclaimers, Rascals, REO Speedwagon, Righteous Brothers, Roy Orbison, Rush, Scorpions, Simon & Garfunkel, Steppenwolf, Sting, Talking Heads, Three Dog Night, Tom Petty (& the Heartbreakers), Toto, Turtles, U2, Van Halen, Van Morrison, The Vandals, Weezer, Weird Al Yankovic, The Who, Willie Nelson, & Yes.
A "few" others I didn't list :)

Books: Anything ever written by James Fenimore Cooper, WWII memoirs, Tom Clancy, William Faulkner, Neil Peart, Frank McCourt, George Orwell, etc. I've read (and loved) books by so many authors it wouldn't be practical to write them all.
(A little ironic given I've listed so many musicians, huh?)

Movies: Legends of the Fall, The Right Stuff, Princess Bride, Airplane, Rush concert videos, Spoorloos, baseball movies in general, Office Space, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Beach Boys Good Timin', Truman Show, Band of Brothers, Casino, A Christmas Story, Primal Fear, The Bourne Trilogy, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Joy Luck Club, Shakespeare in Love, I Love You Man, Shawshank Redemption, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Good Will Hunting.

Shows: Lost (R.I.P.), First 48, The Office, Law & Order (not the ones with a colon after, the real deal), Columbo (gotta love Peter Falk), Men of a Certain Age, and Deadliest Catch.

Food: In May 2011, I totally changed my eating habits and started exercising habitually. My freezer is perpetually lonely and my new favorite color is green. I'm probably taking things a little too far by putting steamed 'n' crushed cauliflower florets in my turkerburgers, but I'm hopefully living up to some Billy Joel song. Can you get the reference?

Curiosity.
Intelligence.
Imagination.
My moral compass to steer by.
New things to discover or learn.
people who care and to care.

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about any of the following:
-Why OKCupid doesn't eliminate totally redundant and/or inane questions:
"How willing would you be to try out new things sexually with a partner?" and "How open are you to trying new things in bed?" (Redundant)
"Do you talk on the phone and shit at the same time?" (Inane)
-The irony of mothers on OKCupid who say the world be a better place if people with low IQs were not allowed to reproduce yet aren't able to correctly answer the "STEAL is to STALE" question!
-Why OKCupid sends me "quiver" matches when "Y'all got issues" Seems like y'all got issues, OKCupid...
-Why people insist on using the word random for everything that isn't. No, that wasn't a random thought.
-How to successfully implement a 50/30/20 budget.
-How many Fullerton Flyers games I'm going to this season.
-Why the typical profile on OKC starts with "I'm not your typical..."

doing something I don't typically do. I try to be a "yes man" on Friday nights.

wouldn't be private if I did. Did I just write that? I've always been annoyed by people who used that cop out. What a hypocrite! I hate hypocrites.
OK... Fine! I cry every time I watch Field of Dreams.

-You realize there is nothing special about being unique and nothing unique about being special.
-You don't suffer from delusions of grandeur (Your profile doesn't start off with something like "What you are about to read contains profuse amounts of awesomeness...")
-Your screen name doesn't include the words "hot", "sexy", or "goddess".
-You realized long ago that "duckface" makes you look completely moronic and unsexy.
-You have XX chromosomes. I don't give a ... what your DL says.
-The word z____e appears no where in your profile.
-You actually want to have a conversation. If I'm going to be the only one asking questions, I'd rather "chat" with a search engine.
-You realize 99% of the guys on here won't read your profile, but you took the time to write one for the 1% who do. If you don't write a profile, this is not the man you're looking for ... move along ... move along.