So this is the spot where I'm supposed to describe myself? All right, I'm going to try to do this for once without relying on Reba McEntire lyrics, zoroastrian symbols, or a melange of emoticons.

I consider myself to be usually upbeat, occasionally offbeat, and seldom a deadbeat. I'm routinely up for catching that out-of-the-way movie or that up-and-coming band. I have a strong interest in traveling, abetted by having spent most of my formative years on the lam. And I never leave the house without a spritz of Drakkar Noir, a picture of Michelle Kwan in my locket, and an infectious sense of ennui.

With whom am I hoping to cross paths? Someone spirited. Someone sharp. Someone nutty. Someone that loves to laugh and often does. Someone that, every so often, gets a mischievous twinkle in their eyes. Someone that occasionally feels the need to create something, anything. Someone that is, for lack of better terminology, altogether hunky-dory.

I will buy you a pony. It will whinny. You will weep.