I just graduated with a Bachelor's in Architecture. For the past three years I've been self employed as a professional poker player. My job isn't as illustrious as it sounds, but nevertheless it still affords me a lot of financial freedom in a time when nearly all of my friends are struggling for work.

I've always found it awkward reading a self-description of someone's personality, but I'll give it a shot. My sense of humor is probably my biggest asset. I think people find me funny, but a bit cynical at times. I tend to be overly honest with people, and I don't really like euphemisms. I believe my cynical and direct/honest characteristics were instilled at a young age due being raised in the hateful/racist/Christian rural South.

That said, I believe that I'm a more considerate and "nicer" person than most, and I have pretty good manners. These attributes are probably the only ones I have growing up in the South to thank. Luckily, I ditched the Southern accent by about age 15.

I really love movies. I even made a short film! It was terrible, but one of the most fun experiences I've ever had. Music is also a big part of my life.

I joined OKCupid because now that college is over and I don't have a traditional career, I've become more socially isolated, and have far fewer ways of meeting women. This seems like a great way to remedy the problem.

Now that I'm a graduate, I'm thinking about doing some much needed world traveling. I don't really have definitive plans for my life. In five years I really have no idea where I will be or what I will be doing, which I think is kind of cool, but I can understand that others would rather have plans. A part of me desires the structure that a 9 to 5 job would provide, but after working in a corporate environment for several years, I'm just not sure if I could go back to that.

I might be starting a rock band sometime in the near future, if my guitar player ever moves down from Knoxville, lol. Stay tuned.

I play bass guitar very well. I am at an intermediate with a few other instruments including guitar and drums. I really want to learn piano and become a better singer (I suck).

Even though I don't really ever use it, I actually do have a lot of knowledge about architecture and building technology. I could probably design a kick-ass house for you :)

I'm also good at Poker (one would hope), and by extension math, statistics and probability.

Probably that I'm pretty short. And that I look mexican. Then probably my cynical borderline nihilistic sense of humor.

Books: Don't really read books. I read the newspaper a lot and am kind of a nerd when it comes to miscellaneous knowledge about things. I have the internet to thank for that.

Movies: Way too many to name, probably easier to name off filmmakers: Paul Thomas Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Spike Jonze, Charlie Kaufman, Terry Gilliam, Coen Brothers. My top ten favorite movies in no particular order: Clockwork Orange, Adaptation, Royal Tenenbaums, Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Fargo, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, and Clerks.

Music: Mostly 70's era progressive rock, but I also like 80's new wave, 80's punk, and some 80's metal. Newer bands I like include the Mars Volta, Tool, and System of a Down.

I don't really see an option for it, but I am also a huge stand-up comedy junkie. I'm a huge fan of George Carlin, Bill Hicks, David Cross, Eddie Izzard, Patton Oswalt, Louis C.K., Richard Pryor, and countless others.

Food: Like most non-seafood and am chronically addicted to eating out at nice restaurants. Hate fast food.

My guitar and my bass, my house that allows me to enjoy the aforementioned guitar and bass at high volumes, the internet, chapstick, well there's five.

Music, movies, politics, poker.

I am pretty opinionated when it comes to socio-political issues, wherein I tend to be left-leaning. I am pro abortion, pro death penalty, anti-gun, anti-theist, pro gay rights, and am for universal health care. I also have a disdain for the American tendency to put everything on credit and live way beyond one's means. As a result, even though I make far more than the average American, I drive a conventional car, and rent my place.

Bolted to my desk chair, making an easy living, sigh. Hopefully this will eventually say, "out having a stimulating conversation and a beer with miscellaneous classy lady."

5'5" guys don't turn you off? Seriously, just send me a message if you are like me and would like to meet someone new.