Hey, I'm not like the other guys. I don't lie, I can't even comprehend cheating, and I'm responsible. I've never been arrested. I'm not addicted to anything. I don't own a video game console. No baggage. I'm respectful to ladies and authority. I'm pretty naive and innocent and my heart still thumps when a pretty girl smiles at me. But don't go thinking I'm one of those "nice guys" because I'm not....if you're my friend and someone is walking all over you or hurting you, I will defend you. I am a bear...I'm soft at heart, cuddly, and don't go around looking for trouble, but the other animals know better than to corner me, because they'll be sorry if they pick a fight.

I'm a Christian, and my faith in God is important to me. I work as a field representative and I travel from Youngstown OH over to Dubois, PA, up into Olean, NY, and back over to Erie, plus everything in between. So even if you aren't my next door neighbor, I could come see you often, and if we got to be best friends, I could move somewhere close to you.

I enjoy the simple things...a hot drink, lying in the grass, artwork, poetry, late night walks and conversation, anything that is creative or evokes emotions. I like to write, and I like to play board games. I'm a planner...one of my favorite things to do is plan out nice gifts and activities for my friends or to host events. It brings me happiness to give to others.

Every job comes with certain fringe benefits (ex: if you work for heinz, you get free steelers tickets. if you work for univ of pitt you get a free bus pass.) Well most relationships come with certain fringe benefits as well. here’s the benefit package that comes with dating me:

1) I get you access to rhubarb. You can’t buy rhubarb, you have to know someone. I’m a good guy to know.

2) My espresso machine and coffee roaster are reasons alone to date me, right there.

3) Free copies of house keys, free pet tags, keychains, and toggle bolts. Do the math. One key + two pet tags + a keychain is a $25 value, yours FREE, just for being my date.

4) More zucchini than you can eat, plus miscellaneous other garden vegetables

5) Everytime I stay at a hotel, I snitch all the bottles of shampoo, lotion, and soaps from my room. I really don’t take showers too often, so I have far more than I can use. Help yourself. ;-)

6) Free trips to Youngstown, Erie, Jamestown, Dubois and surrounding areas, so long as you don't mind making a few stops at walmarts and tractor supply stores along the way.

7) I’ll share my gummy bears with you if you let me sneak them into the movies via your big purse.

8) You should date me to gain access to the big patch of raspberry bushes above the garden

9) I’m good at digging, if you ever should need a hole dug.

10) Baba ghanoush (bless you!)

Well, that’s pretty much it, but it’s really nothing to sneeze at is it?

I think a really fun first date would be to take you to the rainforest, and we could get lost be bitten by a posionous snake, dehydrated, and eventually chased down and eaten by a lion. If we went through something like that together and still wanted to go on a second date, I think that would be a good sign, don't you? Ha, okay, so maybe the rainforest is out for a first date, but don't expect the ordinary, and if anyone asks, let's say that's where we met ;-) we can write out and live our own fairy tale.