the tl;dr version: I enjoy long walks on the beach and
romantic candle-lit dinners.
I am quiet. private. i don't post frequent updates about my life on twitter/facebook. I doubt i'll ever inform the world of when I am pooping. sorry if that's a turn-off (the infrequent updates, not the poop).
I'm a romantic; although I tend to unintentionally embarrass myself trying to be-so. tripping over a curb while carrying a bouquet of roses -- it happens.
I eat the majority of my meals in my sleep. I will wake up in the middle of the night, walk into my kitchen, grab whatever's convenient, take it back to my bed and chow down -- barely conscious and with my eyes closed!
I actively help people out, and then feign bewilderment when they thank me. Yes, I like to play the white knight and run to people's aid. I understand that Bruce Willis' character John McClane in Die Hard turned out to be an alcoholic, poor husband and dysfunctional dad, but i swear i'm not completely one-dimensional!
I often fantasize about being in a team-player type relationship, where we would make dinner together, side-by-side. I have nightmares about coming home from work with dinner already on the table.
Someone once told me that they 'kept an open mind'. I thought that was cool. A few years later, someone else told me that if you keep your mind wide open, your brain will fall out. I didn't particularly like that idea so much, so it's been locked shut inside my cavernous cranium ever since. it rattles from time-to-time.
humour: self-deprecation and hyperbole. don't be surprised if I reduce everything to ridiculously absurd proportions.
Music: Mostly electro. I love discovering new artists, and can usually spend a whole day searching for new electro indie bands/artists. it's just too bad most of them are northern european and don't tour north america.
aside from that, if nothing fancies my tastes, i'll end up making my own tracks (time permitting) for my own personal amusement. technically, and typically, I rip my samples from different sources and combine them (but not mash-up style, mind you). If you're a fan of DJ Shadow and Metaform, you may appreciate the effort! You won't be seeing them on the billboards, I guarantee you that, but the process is highly rewarding!
politics: I don't affiliate with any particular party; I favour a minority government and not thrilled that Harper is enjoying his current reign. I tend to get emotional over foreign affairs, global crises, attempted censorship, foreign (african) development, and the state of dictatorships. it's no surprise I wrote a poli-sci paper on zimbabwe.
The serious: I'd consider myself a skeptic, and non-believer of anything wacky or supernatural; that includes a wide variety, from alternative medicine to mystical thinking (psychics, horoscopes, and astrology). If you -- put 'it's fun to think about' beside your astrological sign; compare your sign with mine, seeking compatibility; use it to determine my personality; or simply idolize your magic eight-ball, then please move on. I'm actually astonished that it is the 21st century and people are still quite amused by this branch of pseudoscience. having said that, my active stance on the subject has waned from argumentative to blatant avoidance.
For those who might say, "..but Rich, it's not hurting anyone!" Yes it is true, but I have bore witness to people dedicating their lives to a lie, and also confiding in psychics, who in turn, dictate how their lives should play out (i.e. they play god). it is this dishonesty that I abhor.
I am quiet. private. i don't post frequent updates about my life on twitter/facebook. I doubt i'll ever inform the world of when I am pooping. sorry if that's a turn-off (the infrequent updates, not the poop).
I'm a romantic; although I tend to unintentionally embarrass myself trying to be-so. tripping over a curb while carrying a bouquet of roses -- it happens.
I eat the majority of my meals in my sleep. I will wake up in the middle of the night, walk into my kitchen, grab whatever's convenient, take it back to my bed and chow down -- barely conscious and with my eyes closed!
I actively help people out, and then feign bewilderment when they thank me. Yes, I like to play the white knight and run to people's aid. I understand that Bruce Willis' character John McClane in Die Hard turned out to be an alcoholic, poor husband and dysfunctional dad, but i swear i'm not completely one-dimensional!
I often fantasize about being in a team-player type relationship, where we would make dinner together, side-by-side. I have nightmares about coming home from work with dinner already on the table.
Someone once told me that they 'kept an open mind'. I thought that was cool. A few years later, someone else told me that if you keep your mind wide open, your brain will fall out. I didn't particularly like that idea so much, so it's been locked shut inside my cavernous cranium ever since. it rattles from time-to-time.
humour: self-deprecation and hyperbole. don't be surprised if I reduce everything to ridiculously absurd proportions.
Music: Mostly electro. I love discovering new artists, and can usually spend a whole day searching for new electro indie bands/artists. it's just too bad most of them are northern european and don't tour north america.
aside from that, if nothing fancies my tastes, i'll end up making my own tracks (time permitting) for my own personal amusement. technically, and typically, I rip my samples from different sources and combine them (but not mash-up style, mind you). If you're a fan of DJ Shadow and Metaform, you may appreciate the effort! You won't be seeing them on the billboards, I guarantee you that, but the process is highly rewarding!
politics: I don't affiliate with any particular party; I favour a minority government and not thrilled that Harper is enjoying his current reign. I tend to get emotional over foreign affairs, global crises, attempted censorship, foreign (african) development, and the state of dictatorships. it's no surprise I wrote a poli-sci paper on zimbabwe.
The serious: I'd consider myself a skeptic, and non-believer of anything wacky or supernatural; that includes a wide variety, from alternative medicine to mystical thinking (psychics, horoscopes, and astrology). If you -- put 'it's fun to think about' beside your astrological sign; compare your sign with mine, seeking compatibility; use it to determine my personality; or simply idolize your magic eight-ball, then please move on. I'm actually astonished that it is the 21st century and people are still quite amused by this branch of pseudoscience. having said that, my active stance on the subject has waned from argumentative to blatant avoidance.
For those who might say, "..but Rich, it's not hurting anyone!" Yes it is true, but I have bore witness to people dedicating their lives to a lie, and also confiding in psychics, who in turn, dictate how their lives should play out (i.e. they play god). it is this dishonesty that I abhor.
