Well first off I'm not interested in any kind of internet relationship. If your afraid of meeting someone offline then keep on browsing.

I'm not on any kind of messenger very often, and e-mails really aren't the best way to meet someone. You can't really know me until you see how I hold myself, the way I talk, the chemistry that is needed between two people. I'm cool for getting to know you a little bit online so that we are comfortable enough to understand one another, and to make sure one of us isn't a serial killer. After that though we need to start getting to know more than how well we can type.

So then, why am I trying to find a date online? Well I happen to use technology a lot in my artwork as well as for entertainment and news so its a natural spot for me to try and stake a claim in. Also I don't go to bars, sports games, clubs, or singles night at the library so my options to meet someone with some common interests who are also single aren't as many as I'd like.

To be honest I don't send out many messages anymore, so if I view you but fail to message you, it doesn't mean I'm not interested. I'm rather old fashioned when it comes to writing, and I'm a poet so its difficult for me to just write something simple with out elaborating and using punctuation and forming paragraphs and for some reason that scares women. Why? You got me.

I'm a Buddhist mostly for the philosophy and practice of being a good person and staying calm, looking forward and making decisions I wont regret. Stuff that you could do with out being a Buddhist but that's where I found it first and I like some of the other stuff too thank you.

I'm a full time fine art student with a year and a half left to go, then moving onto my masters so I can be a professor and work on my own pieces. Its a plan, and I'm happy that I have one. Not everyone can say the same and I am fortunate I have found a calling.

So you've read up to here, the first chapter. There's a lot more to go, you still interested?

Dinner most likely, its a good time to meet in a public area, and converse with out many interruptions. No yelling like at a bar or a show, making eye contact unlike the movies.