Personal Ad...

I am gruff and dislikable, I don't like children and I never enjoy ANY aspect of life and, hence, live it as meaninglessly as possible. You should do yourself a favor and stop reading now. Okay, since most everyone on here likes to sling various forms of the same profile, I figured I would sling the opposite.

Still reading?

Good.

Picture at right me? Sure, just add twenty-two years. The truth is I am a man and I try to live my life in an honorable way. Ask one hundred people about me and chances are most of them like me (just like everyone else). What do I like to do and not like to do? Well, stay tuned, I’m getting to that. I have learned that I will never find an idealized relationship, at least not one that is built from genuine and honest love. Unfortunately I will admit that it took me a long time to learn this. Why do I bring this up? Well, as I read so many others profiles, a startling fact for me regarding most men and women over thirty-five begins to appear. Most of us are still looking for something we can never find. I am not saying we'll never find love. I AM saying that as long as we look for our IDEA of what love is, we are dooming ourselves from ever actually finding it. What does that say about me, or you? If I am not “your cup of tea” than more power to you!

Still with me?

Cool.

Now actually about me: I am a geek! Unabashedly, wholeheartedly and genuinely a dork. I like bad movies, video games, table top Role Playing games and various other “geek-like” things. I enjoy comics and still buy some occasionally. Despite this, I don’t care for most of what is on TV or in the theaters. I listen to classical music and Jazz, but I am not a Nazi about it as the things any of us like, are not necessarily for everyone else. Even within these likes, my tastes are eclectic. I also like to travel, especially road trips, and enjoy the outdoors. I will admit that people which only look to life and culture as “the next new thing” tend to frustrate and sadden me. I want my own life to have more meaning than that and this does not include Twitter or posting every thought on Facebook. I would rather my interactions take place, face to face with people I care about and we all having made the commitment to be together in the same place at the same time. Okay, you may be thinking this is a thinly veiled criticism of modern culture. Well, I didn’t think it was that thinly veiled. I’m old fashioned! I have opinions, dreams, wants, desires and fantasies and I am not afraid to admit this in a dating profile because I am afraid of appearing weak or negative. I am human and willing to admit it. I hope this gives an insight both literal and between-the-lines of what kind of person I am. I could go on, as anyone else but I hope the rest is face to face.

And this is all I have to say about that...

All week I have been trying to think of a way to express how I was feeling inside. Then, I found someone else had already done it and better than I ever could.