I've re-written this as I think I’m more likely to find what I’m looking for if I describe it (or me) better. Maybe this will help you, too.

About Me

I am “50ish”, appear younger (due to luck or immature dress and behaviour will be up to you to decide), tallish and apparently somewhat intimidating. I have tattoos, intend to get more, tan too easily in the spring leading to an annoying “farmer’s tan” because I have a “real” job that requires wearing a shirt, and tend to shave my hair very short.

I don’t have a driver’s license, didn't go to high school and didn't get a “real” job until I was 40. Some people think I have a problem with authority. I *do* think the world we live in is a hodgepodge of best guesses, quick fixes, and stuff that probably worked at one time. I’m a lefty humanist, atheist, very opinionated and inclined to share my point view of on all this stuff.

I’m a constant intellectualizer and occasional pessimist who can often talk myself out of anything. I have moments (i.e., weeks) of what I like to call “artistic temperament.”

I’m an aspiring artist who mostly draws tattoo concept images, dragons, and trees. I’m told I’m an entertaining writer. My dream jobs include being an old hippy guy selling t-shirts at music festivals, a “senior punk” yoga instructor, or a James Bond style supervillian. These would require me to upgrade my business savvy to the level of an old hippy, learn how to teach yoga, or gain an interest in hard science. Oh well.

I am polyamorous/open. I have an SO who is also on OK Cupid, and two kids, all of whom I love and enjoy spending time with – this takes up a fair bit of my time. I also have a job that sounds interesting and stuff but actually bores me - they pay me to be there – this also takes up time.

I’m what I think of as a “radical consent junkie.” I prefer to give rather than receive. I like to explore, and like best of all to see other people experiencing pleasure.

My Motivations for Being on OK Cupid (AKA About me, part 2)

People are the best experiences in the world.

I like meeting people who have a similar outlook on the world, but bring something else to inspire/expand, and maybe awe. Sexual energy is good, but so is personality click. Successful combinations tend to be random by my observations. Things aren’t always what you think or want them to be – that’s OK.

wandering around, trying to enjoy myself and improving things when possible.

making up amusing and/or confounding stories, drawing, figuring things out. i'm an aries and feel i exemplify the "(playful) sadism" aspect of that sign.

i'm an introvert and tend to be kind of quiet until i feel comfortable. so: nothing. suddenly i'm *there.*

music - punk, american roots, new wave, alternative rock, jazz, blues . . . (a random sampling) gogol bordello, hawksley workman, the flaming lips, Luminescent Orchestrii, joy division, tom waits, revolting cocks, bjork, the zydepunks, the peptides, nirvana, dwight yoakum, metric, sleigh bells, phantigram . . .

Books: history, social theory and social history (stuff about changing the world and stuff about how yucky humanity is to itself). Buddhist material. science fiction. quirky fiction. "graphic novels."

Movies: some favorites . . .fight club, Dr Zhivago, Brazil, twelve monkeys . . . dystopia and twistedness. documentries.

this is such a first world question. . . .

-i'd get headaches for a while if i stopped drinking coffee, but they'd go away.
-i'd be bummed if i couldn't go on the internet on demand to look up some trivial point on wikipedia, or the latest silliness the right wing is up to in the US, but i'd adjust my habits eventually, buy a good set of encyclopedias and subscriptions to the economist and buddhadharma.
-social media is a great way to keep tenuous connection to friends and people i have stuff in common with, but if i couldn't use it, i might actually go out and see people more.
-i'd be really bummed if i couldn't see my kids or my partner - they're very entertaining, and as a human i'm programmed to want to know how they're doing and influence that for the better if i can.
-people are cool, i fancy my self an amateur anthropologist . . . i'd miss them, but i'm also very good at amusing myself.
-i'd probably be really bummed if i couldn't over-think stuff (as demonstrated here) for whatever reason.

i spend a lot of time thinking about what i'd like to do next, the short list being Hanging Around, a Senior Punk Yoga Instructor, A Guy Who Sells T Shirts and Weird Stuff At Festivals, or a Rabble-Rouser.

i also think about making things - large pictures, t shirts, blog entries, political satire cartoons. how often do i do these things? hmmm.

drawing Tibetan-inspired Buddhist pictures probably for possible use in a tattoos, drinking red wine with people, debating with people online, or watching My Little Pony.

i like talking about stuff and will probably tell you anything about myself if it becomes topical. i can't list it all here, though. if you want to know something private, ask me and i'll answer.

some possible things -

i suspect everybody, freed from the constraints of culture and stuff, would be bi-sexual to some extent, definitely myself included. i really like the up-and-coming term "pansexual," indicating sexual attraction to an individual regardless of gender. i do really groove on the curviness and other qualities of women, however.

I'm fascinated by Trans people of all gender combinations. I know a couple but would love to know more.

if you think we have something in common, or if we don't have much in common but you think we could talk anyhow. and oh, if you could help me to learn the guitar, concertina, or stand-up bass.