A truly honest personal ad would say, ‘I want to date myself, only with more money.’

Berkeley born and raised, however, far from the stereotypical 'berkeleyite.' I escaped to the wonderful central valley for college, moved back after graduation, yet somehow managed to find my way once again to the flat lands for grad school. It must be the cows.

I'm in no hurry to find that special someone. In fact, I think that people who actively seek out love are just setting themselves up for disappointment. That said, my game plan is to just enjoy life to the fullest doing amazing things with awesome people, and if I happen to meet the woman of my dreams it'll be a sweet bonus!
So, with a good sense of humor and a healthy dose of realism, I cast myself into the shit show that is online dating. Please be nice.

Oh, and I found this, and I think it neatly sums up dating as a man on OKC:
It's pretty hilarious/ true

Bar tending on the weekends in Oakland (Rockridge), learning to love Amtrak while working on a MBA during the week up in Davis, and having a great time doing it.

-Jeopardy
-making friends
-making drinks
-drinking drinks
-eating food
-hiking
-ping pong
-karaoke, etc... give me a week to practice anything, and I'll be passably decent at it, haha.

my good posture

Books
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do, Pale Fire, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, Chuck Palahniuk, Kitchen Confidential, Cutting for Stone, The Cherry Orchard, Life of Pi, Options, A Song of Ice and Fire, Lord of the Rings, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Guns, Germs and Steel, most Bill Bryson, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and many others

TV
Jeopardy, Community, Cash Cab, Parks and Recreation, Nova, Game of Thrones, Wilfred, Fururama, 30 Rock, The League

Movies
Idiocracy, Pan's Labyrinth, The Cabin in the Woods, True Romance, Waiting, Moulin Rouge, Across the Universe, District 9, Donnie Darko, Fight Club, many shitty movies, etc, etc, etc....

Music
Funk, Classic Rock, Electronic, Soul, Classical, Alt-J, Pretty Lights, Led Zeppelin, dada life, MGMT, M83, Ben Harper, Bon Iver, Deadmau5, Kaskade, Nero... I appreciate good music, in all its iterations.

The outdoors: If you don't like being outside in some capacity, turn around right now.

Wine/ whisky: I enjoy selling them, but like drinking them more.

Running: I just got back into running after rehabbing a knee injury... half marathon, here we come.

Floss: Weird, I know, but it's essential for good dental hygiene!

Friends: I think our friends are a pretty good reflection of who we are. Accordingly, I try to surround myself with awesome people.

Sleep: There are few things better than a good nap.

Are people intrinsically good or evil.

Should "several" mean three, or more?

Seriously, I think about a lot of really random stuff. If you have strong feelings regarding the Oxford Comma, let me know.

In Vino, Veritas.

Friday is my weekend, so having as much fun as possible! Probably in the East Bay, possibly in the City.

I'm generous to a fault

Oh, and in retrospect, my username was kinda a mistake, haha, albeit a funny one.

-If you have a dog I can pretend is my own....
-If you want to meet a friendly guy.... If we click romantically, awesome. If not, making new friends is almost as good