Born & raised in Lecce, Italy, live in the Eglinton & Allen area & have an Italian & Iranian background.

My life is on the right track, so I'm looking for the same; a girl with a sexy smile, bright eyes and a genuine heart.

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Random thoughts & facts:

- Chef skills? I challenge you to a cook/bake off.
- Climbed a 4736m active volcano on my own over 3 days (and almost died twice...seriously).
- Gray hair and I have been friends since I was 20.
- People who only visit family during the holidays make me sad.
- Certified PADI Dive Master.
- Talking to strangers; young or old, angry or happy, makes me smile.
- No women sporting 'power' hairstyles or describing themselves as 'Professional' please.
- Good listener, but strive to prevent just hearing.
- Johnny Cash sings about what my heart feels.
- Watching a life expire in front of you changes your whole perspective on everything.
- Traveled greatly, but have never been a tourist.
- In a perfect world, everyone would be ever-naked.
- My best friend has held the top spot for over 20 years.
- Selective turn-ons, but an abundance of turn-offs.
- Books like 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'Where the Wild Things Are' are NOT just for kids.
- Cry whenever I watch 6 specific movies... every time.
- Life is painful. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
- Fluent in English, Italian and Farsi (and recently started a French course).
- 'Cat Ladies' creep me out http://www.catladiesdoc.com/
- People should smile more often for no particular reason.
- During my lifetime, I will visit every country on earth.
- I eat Nutella out of the jar with my finger.
- In this technologically savvy world, passing the 'Door Test' still has deep worth.
- Describing yourself as 'attractive' or 'beautiful' makes you ugly.
- The day you believe you think you know, is the day your life begins to waste away.
- Candles, soft music and subdued lighting are not just for romance.
- Myanmar has the most beautiful souls I have ever had the privilege of encountering.
- Texting Addicts: keep your distance.
- 'The Notebook' is a horrible film.
- Strong believer in practicing the Golden Rule (i.e. treat others the way you wish to be treated).
- Former amateur motorcycle racer, but deeply afraid of being a passenger.
- Intelligent, but quite far from being wise.
- Traveling is NOT a 1-week all inclusive trip to Vegas or Mexico.
- Professionally trained in hand-to-hand combat (and licensed to use an M-16 assault rifle) but have never struck anyone out of anger.
- Chivalry should never die.
- Australia is an over-hyped tourist destination.
- Oscar Wilde was a genius.
- Walking with no particular destination is an amazing source of self-growth.
- Religion can be a horribly terrible thing.
- Survived on a deserted island solo for 4 days (consuming only cereal, canned tuna and bottled water).
- Movie buffs take note: 'Cinema Paradiso' is the greatest film made.
- Condo owner at 20, and proud home owner at 30.
- I know the meaning of life.
- Indonesian cuisine is phenomenally tasty (and Toronto is in dire need of a restaurant).
- Dark water and growing old alone are the only two things that scare me.
- When the hairy chests of the 70s came back in style, I will be a god.
- Admire my little sister for who she is and will become.
- Music died tragically over 15 years ago.
- Despise excessive laziness, materialism, serial daters, cold hearts, lack of manners, and self-absorption.
- Gary Oldman is the most diverse actor alive today.
- Welcome change, but smile over simple things.
- Women who feel comfortable keeping their hair long and wearing minimal make-up are stunning.
- Once walked 42km in 2 days without sleep.
- "But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you tread on my dreams", is my favourite poetic quote.

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Movies: Mysterious Skin, Stardust, V for Vendetta, Slumdog Millionaire, The Princess Bride, True Romance, Baraka, Donnie Darko, Dear Frankie, Infernal Affairs, Grizzly Man, Empire of the Sun, The House of Sand & Fog, Bad Boy Bubby, La Bamba, Magnolia, La Meglio Gioventu, Tell No One, Cinema Paradiso, The Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me, Love Actually, Thelma and Louise, Vanilla Sky, Amelie, Dead Man's Shoes, Forrest Gump, Leon: The Professional, The Namesake, Usual Suspects, Up, It's All Gone Pete Tong, The Big Lebowski, Office Space, The Neverending Story, Seven, 500 Days of Summer, Pan's Labyrinth, Requiem For A Dream, Rushmore, Once, Swingers, The Orphanage.

Books: Q&A, The 5 People You Meet in Heaven, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Catcher in the Rye, Shantaram, Damage Done, 11 Minutes, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The Kite Runner, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Lovely Bones, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Selfish Giant, The Happy Prince, Mr. Nice.

Music: Vampire Weekend, Lighthouse Family, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Cat Stevens, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Van Morrison, Tracy Chapman, Sarah McLachlan, Phil Collins, Roy Orbison, Counting Crows, Johnny Cash, Third Eye Blind, Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, Radiohead.

TV Shows: Errol Morris: First Person, The Office (UK/USA), Jim Henson's The Storyteller, Dexter, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Wonder Years, South Park, Degrassi High, Da Ali G Show, Extras, Breaking Bad, Six Feet Under, Entourage.

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Personal Website: http://www.MarcoArash.com
You can see a video of me here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bomkgXeDkE

Dance...even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room

Moments of genuine beauty in life are far too rare.
It’s amazing to see legitimate wonderment, especially in the strangest of places.

I was thinking about this particular situation today.

A few months ago, I was driving downtown late at night, with a friend in the passenger seat. We were listening to some oldies music, singing and joking, with the windows down and the music pretty loud.

I came up to an intersection where there were two homeless squeegee kids; a guy and girl. I was playing That’s Amore by Dean Martin. The guy looked at me, and we smiled at each other. He turned his back to me, went up to the girl he was with in the middle of the street, took her hand and they began to dance together to the song.

If it had been done in a mocking fashion or for the sake of just causing a scene, that would have been something I would have just laughed, and shrugged off as bullshit, but it was so much more.

When they were dancing, they were looking into each other’s eyes the whole time, if it wasn’t for their physical appearance and clothes they would have appeared to be dancing at their wedding or an anniversary party, in which they were the only two people who mattered at the moment and the spotlight was on them and them alone.

No one or nothing else mattered for that brief moment in time.
They appeared to be completely oblivious to everything else around them.

The lights turned green, I waved at them and we drove off.

What I had just seen had caused such a profound effect on me and it took me a while to gather my thoughts. I have hardly ever seen a couple at a club that had that amount of love towards each other, based simply on observing them.

I witnessed a miracle, for lack of a better word.
It’s something I would love to see again but I know deep down I probably never will.

I remember in the movie American Beauty how one of the characters videotapes a plastic bag floating in the wind and sees it for so much more than what it actually is.

I don’t think people these days seem to actually stop and appreciate the smaller things in life for what they are.

Look at your life right now and count how many times you have seen genuine happiness.

There are so many times in which keeping your eyes open to see all you can truly see would make such a difference on your overall outlook on life.

The sad thing is that the effect it has is more than you would ever realize, until it actually happens.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY (Speaking of dancing, this makes me happy)