I'm told my previous bio was dull. It's still below, but in the meantime:

After graduating college I moved to Guatemala for two years where I became a crime overlord living the life of slippery loyalties, easy money, and sleazy passions. But I couldn't get a good dental plan so I came back.

Deciding to leverage my newly-gained skills, I looked for appropriate work. Due to my deep tan, I ended up in phone tech support at a call center. Working my way up the corporate ladder (again, using the same skills as my days as a crime overlord), I ended up leader of a hygienically-challenged group of techies, merely by promising them regular outings where they'd meet women. They all became regulars at the local senior center, where many still visit the blue-hairs and play bridge. One even got married but that ended much as _Harold and Maude_ had.

Disgusted by the depths I had now sunk, I decided to 'go clean' as it were and pursue a more socially-acceptable lifestyle. I ordered the largest cable package I could and spent the next six months watching nothing but Jerry Springer and reality TV. I can now throw a chair with deadly accuracy.

Eventually, after I had a health scare (my private parts had turned orange -- turned out that watching girlie movies and eating cheetos at the same time is a bad idea), I sold the couch and television and decided to forge my own path forward.

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I've been doing freelance software work for 12 years now, and it allows me freedom to travel and spend time with friends, which is a real plus. Laughter is high on my list of things I like because it's like, y'know, fun. I swim regularly and cycle irregularly, though half the reason is that I love the sun. Music is a constant companion to my life, which means I drag a lot of friends out to concerts (smaller is better). I have a sense of humor. I'll spare you any descriptions of it and merely point upward to the top of my bio.

I've been to Burningman several times, and I've got plenty of stories from that. I love to cook but, ironically, am switching slowly to a raw-food (aka living food) diet and lifestyle.

That's probably enough for now. Send a message if you'd like to know more, I don't mind answering questions.

Living it.

Being modest.

Oh, *fine*, let's see. Making people comfortable in social situations, which I value. My job, which is, well, a job. Math which can be beautiful, but math is just the brush strokes that comprise the larger picture. Getting people to laugh.

My eyelashes/eyes, or my laugh.

Too many.

Caffeine, swimming, music, sunlight, friends, laughter.

Work, sadly. Friends, happily. Physics, geekily.

Exhausted from the week? having a quiet night in or getting dragged out to something. Saturday's I'm a lot more energetic.

Hmm. I'm not all that private, to be honest, so I have a hard time doing a mental inventory to find anything horribly dark and secret that y'all may want to know. Just send me a message and ask, I'll answer.

If you want to, duh.