I try hard not to take myself seriously...apart from my apparent resemblance to a young George C. Scott and my occasional use of English swear words.

Also, I think it's really hilarious that my personality might be "less kind" than average. Get bent, okcupid.

I'm a high school history teacher.

Cooking. Definitely cooking. I'm a pretty good writer (though you wouldn't know it from reading this crap, right?) I'm a pretty good basketball player, but I don't know that that's really a selling point...and I'm really good at being modest. I play a decent harmonica. I'm probably equally good at making people comfortable and intensely comfortable depending on the situation. And I'm endlessly adaptable.

If you ask the majority of my female friends, I'd imagine the answer would be "his giant ass." I'd probably say that I'm pretty much unfailingly polite.

Books by Cormac McCarthy (esp. Blood Meridian and No Country For Old Men)
Films by Steven Soderbergh, The Coen Brothers, John Hillcoat, Paul Thomas Anderson and Woody Allen (I'd probably say Annie Hall's my favorite of all time)
Mad Men, 30 Rock, Parks and Rec, Slings and Arrows
REM, Black Lab, Immortal Technique, and otherwise I'm openly interested...
Indian food's never agreed with me, otherwise, let's do it!

A hat...not a specific hat, just a hat.
My famliy
My 5 or 6 closest friends
Savage Love
My wok (seriously, I don't mean to oversell this cooking thing, but come on)
My hands

Film. Sports. Politics. Episodic TV. The comic value of horses. Food/Cooking. Sex. Small animals.

I don't know that I do anything "typical." With friends, sure, but I like to keep things shaken up...

There are some Coldplay songs that I really enjoy...

...you're intrigued.

...you like good beer.

...you want to meet new people, but you see the absurdity in walking to someone and saying "hi, let's be friends."

...you like to argue (civilly).

...you are Irin Carmon or Michelle Williams.

...you want to.