While my details above do say 'available', and not 'single', I should clarify that I'm currently in a 'monogomish' relationship with a fantastic manfriend with whom I currently live, so I'm seeking a non-primary type partner, or new friends, or a wizard who can make explaining things like this easier to potential manfriends on OkCupid. Beard is non-negotiable for the wizard.

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I know that most people say that they're not good at filling out self-summaries, but I feel like I take being bad at filling out self-summaries to a new, even more terrible-er level.

I'm looking to meet new and interesting people who hopefully are as poor as I am for good, cheap times. And beverage-drinking. And bad/good/weird movie-viewing. And tunes-listening. Also, word-hyphenating. Oh, and possibly, somewhere down the line, when we're both pretty well convinced that neither of us are serial killers, roadtripping.

I get to hang around super expensive antiques and paintings for a living. Before that I made coffee. Actually, I still make coffee, only now it's in conjunction with hanging around antiques and paintings, so it makes the whole process seem much more fancy.

Living in really small spaces. Making the best of a situation. Making quinoa salad. Making terrible puns. Having social anxiety. Roasting marshmallows to perfection. Finding things that people are looking for. Keeping secrets. Coffee runs. Making perfect lemon drops. Singing in my car/shower/kitchen. Seeing all sides of an argument, unless you're arguing that I should eat vegemite, and then I'm pretty sure something's just wrong with you. Seriously though. Go see someone.

My chin dimple, the fact that I don't have an active Facebook anymore, and my dirty, broke-ass car.

I love Vonnegut and Salinger. I've read House of Leaves a few times over, because I love it and it's so easy to get lost in that book. I've read Sphere a few times over, too, though I couldn't really tell you why. I'm just starting to get into graphic novels, and Promethea was really epic and I'd highly recommend it. I'm looking forward to delving deeper into that particular hobby, so if anyone has any recommendations, by all means, message me. Also, if you work at a comic store and want to recommend things to me and then get me a sweet discount on the aforementioned things, you should probably also message me. I'm just kidding. But seriously. Right now I'm really into Philip K. Dick.

Asking me to name my favorite movie is like asking my parents to name their favorite child. I mean, if it were acceptable, they would obviously choose me, but they can't, and they're just going to say they love us all equally.

I recently watched Misfits, and I really dig it. I also recently finished Battlestar Gallactica, and I mostly dug it. I'm mildly obsessed with Boardwalk Empire, because I'm moderately obsessed with Steve Buscemi. Also, Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart are kicking even more ass than usual right now.

Honestly, I don't really care if we like the same music or not. I'm pretty sure we'll still get along. That being said, I've had a hard time recently looking for new and interesting stuff to listen to. But have you heard that song Free Translator by the Books? It's pretty much been on repeat for a couple weeks now, along with Vanished by Crystal Castles, and Sam Cooke's greatest hits. I suppose Dr. Dog and Arcade Fire are generally in pretty heavy rotation, too. Even though it's not music, I do have to say that I listen to the My Brother My Brother and Me podcast pretty regularly, and you should too, if you don't hate fun. If you hate fun, you should neither listen to that podcast, nor contact me.

I'm searching for the perfect almond croissant. So far, the best one I've found is at Crumbs, but that can't be the best almond croissant in the LA area, because that wouldn't make any GD sense. I'm really into curries, and tofu, and the occasional pizza. And Mexican food. I will never say no to fries, or a Mexican lager. I'm also kind of a coffee snob. Sorry. It's the one super annoying bias I allow myself.*

*Update: I'm apparently allergic to gluten, so I can't have almond croissants, pizza, or lagers anymore. Major bummer. However, if you know where to get gluten-free versions of any of these things, feel free to share!

Why so many movies/TV shows have that conversation between two people that goes something like, "Do you think what you see as blue is blue to everybody else? What if you see as blue is really my Orange?" It drives me nuts.
But then I think, maybe what I see as engaging interpersonal dialogue isn't what the writer thinks is engaging interpersonal dialogue. Maybe it's orange.

Most of my friends work retail or variable hours, so Friday isn't generally a big going out night for me, unless you count the gym as going out. Now Mondays, on the other hand... shit gets straight up BATTY on Mondays.

When I'm feeling ambitious, I'll go to a thing at Cinefamily, or grab a drink around Highland Park or Silverlake, point a laser at my wall and freak out my cat for a while.

1. Sometimes, I just want to sit around and drink a beer and play LA Noir or Zelda. Which is too bad, because I don't have a TV.

2. I'm better at listening than talking. At least at first. And then probably later, too.

You won't judge me too harshly for reading the Sookie Stackhouse novels. Because I did that. All of them.