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35 / M / straight / Single
Oakland, California
The Skinny
- Last Online
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- Ethnicity
- Other
- Height
- 6' 0" (1.82m).
- Body Type
- Skinny
- Looking For
- New friends, Long-term dating, Short-term dating, Activity partners
- Smokes
- No
- Drinks
- Sometimes
- Drugs
- Never
- Religion
- Agnosticism but not too serious about it
- Sign
- —
- Education
- Graduated from Ph.D program
- Job
- Education / Academia
- Income
- —
- Kids
- —
- Pets
- Likes dogs
- Languages
- English
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Your Notes
Edit your notesI am cerebral, Jamaican, and graying.
My Self-Summary
"Architect", if you are to believe my Myers-Briggs personality type
or my undergrad major--though these days I think about space in
different ways. "Fun", if you prefer the endorsement of current
friends. "A little too serious for his own good", if you teleport
back to 1989 and ask my school mates. "Wanker", well, no one has
really said that, but it's such a lovely word. "Hipster-wannabe",
if you poll my students, who were still wearing diapers when I was
in college. "Postdoc", if you find job titles descriptive.
"Outdoorsy", if you're looking for a hiking partner. "Curious", in
all sorts of ways.
What I’m doing with my life
Reading and writing about space, as it is portrayed in some texts
from the ancient Near East
Exploring Oakland, and offering East Bay recommendations to all those living in SF
Looking to meet people
Exploring Oakland, and offering East Bay recommendations to all those living in SF
Looking to meet people
I’m really good at
Learning new tricks; fixing stuff; using my hands; fooling
Microsoft Word into doing things it's supposed to do; asking
questions; savoring the sunshine; faking a basic knowledge of wine;
observing.
The first things people usually notice about me
I am disarming. I don't easily fit their categories. I have an
accent.
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
I've been rediscovering radio of late, and am always entertained by
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests, or by Ira Glass and his version of
America--though I must confess that I'm no fan of Terry Gross. I'm
currently salivating over Robert Bringhurst's Elements of
Typographic Style. And as for movies, I watch a lot of shit. You
name it, I'll devote a few hours to it. Amongst my favourites are
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lost in Translation, Juno,
Dark Knight, The Anniversary Party, Before Sunset, Crouching Tiger
Hidden Dragon, The Ice Storm, Hero, Love Actually, Notting Hill,
Four Weddings and a Funeral, Monsoon Wedding, Casino Royale, Abre
Los Ojos, Une Liaison Pornographique, Amores Perros, Strictly
Ballroom, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Wonder Boys, and I could go on.
The six things I could never do without
- My sense of smell
- A question to ponder
- Chocolate milk (or so recommends Michael Pollan)
- The Sea
- Something to laugh at
- Ambiguity
- A question to ponder
- Chocolate milk (or so recommends Michael Pollan)
- The Sea
- Something to laugh at
- Ambiguity
I spend a lot of time thinking about
The Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East (it is my job,
afterall).
And space.
And space.
On a typical Friday night I am
looking for something to do
The most private thing I’m willing to admit here
I used to sport a goatee. Though here in California, land of the
non-ironic full beard, this doesn't seem quite as embarassing as it
used to.
You should message me if
you wear glasses
or you like reading books not just for their content, but for the feel of the paper, the smell of the spine, the use of ligatures, and the flow of well-kerned lines of jet-black text
or you've lived outside the USA
or your voice rivals Mariella Frostrup's
or you've heard of Lefebvre, Chomsky, Derrida, Habermas, Foucault, Adorno, Benjamin, Spivak, Butler etc etc (but, to the embarassment of your friends you haven't read most of them)
or, as far as you're concerned, dessert is just another name for chocolate
or you can make something with your hands
or you like reading books not just for their content, but for the feel of the paper, the smell of the spine, the use of ligatures, and the flow of well-kerned lines of jet-black text
or you've lived outside the USA
or your voice rivals Mariella Frostrup's
or you've heard of Lefebvre, Chomsky, Derrida, Habermas, Foucault, Adorno, Benjamin, Spivak, Butler etc etc (but, to the embarassment of your friends you haven't read most of them)
or, as far as you're concerned, dessert is just another name for chocolate
or you can make something with your hands
