Just a note before the regularly scheduled profile: I'm fairly atypical with how I operate. There's a slight difference in how I view dating than I think most men seem to see things. The difference might seem slight, but it is great. Most guys are trying to "get the girl" just because she's hot and worry about doing the right thing and taking her to the right places and giving her the right things to make her like him. I am not. I'm not concerned with what she likes. I am trying to find a girl who likes what *I* like and likes to do what I like to do. Women who don't mostly like what I like and don't like my style are just incompatible with me, and I have no reason to *make* them like me or get them to have sex with me or anything. I much more like the idea that she just likes what I like and sex would be what we're sharing together out of mutual desire and not what she "gives me" based on me finding the right buttons to push. I want her inherently interested in me for me in the beginning.

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Back to the regularly scheduled profile. Don't bother continuing if you don't get the above :) Stop right here too if reading a long profile is too much effort for you to do when meeting a great guy. I assume if you haven't the patience and interest to read for 2 minutes, then you're not really serious about wanting to meet a good man here.
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Here is a SMALL part of what I am and what I offer:

I'm funny, I'm kind, I'm honest to my own detriment, I'm intelligent and well-read, I'm grammatically inclined, blah blah blah. Don't believe me? I wouldn't either with all the other bumbling guys blindly stumbling through life emailing you while you tear your hair out in frustration. Have you met the fireman hat racist guy yet? Yeah I hate him too.

I think everything is humorous. It's hard to get stressed out or worked up since nearly everything works out in the end, so I just laugh at the bad times and find the humor in them. I sometimes get in trouble for my jokes, especially online where you can't see my expression behind them :/

I pretty much know exactly what I want. I'm looking for an affectionate woman who is looking to give as much as she receives. She should be caring and warm and be able to make me laugh. She should respect and treasure masculine traits and embrace the feminine ones in herself. I'm looking for a relationship in the mid to long run, but I'm not looking to rush right into one overnight.

I have a good career and a useful degree. I set goals and conquer them!

I lift weights with a great routine, eat healthful, and I'm fairly muscular I suppose. Health is very important to me, but I'm no huge stickler.. a few drinks aren't gonna kill me.

I am me. I like being me. I accept me for who I am, and I only want to date women who genuinely like me the same. You can be the prettiest girl in the world, but if you're out to change me, you can't stick around! I may work out, have friends, play sports and all that tough guy stuff, but in the end I'm kinda geeky, and I like it. I have some nerdy hobbies and interests.

If I dump you, I will actually respectfully tell you rather than the ever-popular "ignore dump" people think is acceptable these days. That's so classy. ;) (update: haha i have this here and I STILL had a girl pull that on me. Sheesh, no one has any shame these days.)

Cliche: I love to go out and see what the world has to offer, but I enjoy a warm night cuddled up. I feel dirty writing that sentence.

I'm tough, but fair. I'll call you on your bull. I really have no patience for much tomfoolery and I'm not going to pushed around by a girl! I'm actually really soft hearted and understanding, but no tricky business, punk. I'll be straight up with you, if you'll be straight up with me.

I offer support, an ear to listen, and warm, strong arms to fall into. I like a BIT of feistiness, fun, and flirting in a woman, but not so much she's going to purposely cause drama just to get a high.

I get a rush being outside. I go on walk for 30-45 min everyday during lunch at work. I go down by the water and enjoy the breeze. If you're afraid of the sun and light activity then you are yucky. I've never had the opportunity but I'd like to go hiking or camping. I went to Sea World in San Diego last year. That was awesome. Sun and otters!

I don't mind some casual dating and making friends if that's what things come to, so there's really no pressure from me to 'force' something. I'm happy outside a relationship, it's just that life is always better with someone to share the happiness with. A travel buddy, a best friend, someone available to talk to with both our best interests in mind... But that someone better be pretty darn cool to board this man train :)

The following need not apply:
If you don't respect yourself.
If you aren't a good kisser.
If you cry more days than you don't.
If you have ever drowned anything in a bucket.