I write fiction for a living, so forgive me if there are inaccuracies on this page -- it's only because I'm much more interested in creating characters than I am in describing myself. In fact, I started writing a soap opera on my facebook page for my friends without telling them (boy, were they confused at first when I went from single to married with three year old kids in the space of a week).

I am a recovering television writer, and I am off the tube for now. I respect and love television, but we decided we needed a break. It's not just that we were seeing too much of each other, it's that we were taking each other for granted. I'd come home and the television would be there, or, occasionally, the television would come home and I would be there. Plus, as much as I want to admit it, TV has changed. The things I used to love about TV (The Wire, Arrested Development, etc) are no longer part of TV, it's all reality this and reality that, and I have to come to terms with that. I guess I'm saying that television isn't who I want it to be, and rather than continuing the relationship, trying to make it change, I decided that it was best we go our separate ways. Sure, now and then I'll wonder how television is doing, what TV is up to, maybe google it. And I'll even watch when I go to a mutual friend's house (though many friends have stopped inviting one or the other of us).

I'm thinking of changing my picture to that of a giraffe. Because women like dating giraffes. Am I right?

I don't think I've communicated anything useful on this page. But if I were to tell you that I'm a working screenwriter, that I still retain some illusions about the world (including that I'm trying to make it a better place), that I like dinner parties and game nights and playing soccer and staying up late talking and cuddling (don't tell the other guys) and I have a love-hate relationship with traveling (love the travel, hate the -ing), that I'm compulsively honest and know I need to learn how to break the law, that I'm culturally but not religiously jewish, that I like "This American Life" and dislike "Prairie Home Companion," that I love meeting new people and helping out friends, well, you've probably stopped reading this list awhile ago, but my point is the facts of my life don't really influence whether or not we're going to get along. I guess if you're a fundamentalist Christian who kills baby seals for a living, we probably don't have a future together (but only because killing baby seals doesn't have career growth).

I've been writing about speed dating for years; I'm fascinated by it (though I've only tried it once).

I'd like to find someone who can make me laugh, and laugh with me. There are lots of ways to make me laugh: joking around, funny faces, tickling, painting moustaches on models in Cosmo, sincerity. The most reliable way, though, is to be genuine and open to the world around us. Boy, that sounds goofy. How about: Low key, prone to fits of excitement. Or: high energy, but can take it easy now and then.

I think the ideal first date would be a two week hiking trip in Uzbekistan. Or we could meet in a public place for a short period of time like everyone else. But Uzbekistan has great sunsets.

**What I'm really looking for, right now, is someone who wants to go to see the Shakespeare in the Park up at Barnsdall. I saw Twelfth Night a couple days ago and want to see Dr. Faustus and Henry IV. If you're game, let me know.**

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