I am a Man: a lover, fighter, thinker, doer, a gentleman and a scholar. I am educated, well traveled, open minded, compassionate, honest, generous, free spirited and strong willed. I believe in experiencing life and making the most of any situation. I love hanging out with my family and friends, solving the worlds problems over a few pints of good beer, swing dancing, hot tubbing, hitting the gym, hiking/ camping, giving/ recieving massages, showing a lady a good time ;D eating food from any and all parts of the world, reading in coffee shops, going to movies plays and concerts, visiting zoos, museums, art galleries, and aquariums, pretty much anything that sounds like fun at the time.

But enough listing :D

In all honesty I love my busy lifestyle, what I'm looking for is someone to have fun with on the weekends, i.e. a weekend lover, no obligations just fun. so if we share some common interests or you just want to chat feel free to shoot me a message

Ps I really dig strong, inteligent women who know how to have fun and enjoy a good time :)

I have a BA in SocioCultural Anthropology from UCI, and I just finished a MA in Teaching w/ credentials in History/ Social Science again at UCI. I am currently an outdoor science instructor in the mountains near Big Bear. I also plan on teaching in Asia for a while, then to live in Colorado for a while. I have the travel bug and plan on experiencing as much of the world as possible. so far I'm at 15 countries and counting :) I love being active and am pushing myself to balance school, student teaching, work, swing dancing, martial arts training, hanging out with old friends and meeting new ones :) i just got my first tattoo and intend on getting more of my self designed tattoos done soon.

Being myself, building and fixing things, cooking, listening, being a good human.

My beard? And or my generally positive and playful attitude :)

I'm a big fan of the fantasy genre whether it's books, movies or games. I also enjoy sci fi and action movies and a good documentary. I'm also into reading anthropological books and essays. For movies, my favorites include all of the star wars films, the lord of the rings trilogy, hook, labrynth, the Indiana jones trilogy, the boondock saints, my neighbor totoro, snatch, swing kids, almost any comic based movie, galaxy quest, inglorious bastards, pulp fiction, crouching tiger hidden dragon, the Harry potter series, the underworld trilogy, most James bond films (preferably staring sean connery)... The list goes on.

Favorite books: Robert Jordan's wheel of time series, JRR Tolkien's the hobit and lord of the rings, George R.R. Martin's a song of ice and fire series (Game of Thrones) Joseph campbell's myths to live by and much of his other work, Ovid's metamorphosis, Beowulf, T.H. White's the once and future king, the art of war, treasure island, the count of Monte cristo, how the Irish saved civilization, pedagogy of the oppressed, she comes first... And so on ;D

As for music I like a lot of things, mostly punk, preferably Celtic, classic rock, metal, Irish folk, jazz and classical, I'm pretty eclectic. Some examples include the Beatles, the Fenians, rancid, dropkick murphies, rage agains the machine, Mumford and sons, the real mckenzies, metalica, disturbed, credence clear water revival, avenged sevenfold, trans-siberian orchestra, the jive aces, stone temple pilots, cage the elephant, bad religion, red hot chili peppers, green day... Just to name a few :)

When it comes to food, I love the diversity of human culinary creativity, and trying new things. Some favorites include Japanese, Mexican, Thai, Filipino, American, Irish... I pretty much love it all :)

Ps I think it's hilarious when the only books people list are those they were required to read in high school ;D

My family
My friends
Tasty food
Good drink
Sex
Adventure

Life, how to be a good human, all the things I should be working on but for some reason am not, what do I really want in life? And various other philosophical topics :)

Swing dancing and going out for drinks after

Beneath my hard, masculine, intellectual, goofy exterior beats the big squishy heart of a hopeFULL romantic ;P

You are looking for a stimulating conversation over a pint or three, you want to go swing dancing, you like men with beards ;D