I'm a few years out of college, working in Champaign-Urbana. I have a job I enjoy most days and friends who are just as geeky as I am. I have played video games since I was about 10; however, I tend to spend more time reading about them than playing them now. I enjoy cooking (and eating =D ). I'm a big fan of Colts and Boilermakers football, and I play football, soccer, ultimate frisbee or whatever else I can convince my friends to try.

My favorite:
Books: Catch-22, Fear and Loathing in Los Vegas, The Great Gatsby, Another Fine Myth, The Bourne Identity

Movies: Garden State, Star Wars, Hackers, Gettysburg, The Big Lebowski, TMNT, The Nutty Professor, Dodgeball, Orange County, Mallrats, Mean Girls, Knocked Up, The Breakfast Club, The Parent Trap, Juno, The Dark Knight.

Music: Weezer, Foo Fighters, Fall Out Boy, Tenacious D, Jimmy Eat World, Hit the Lights, The Travelling Wilburys, Hellogoodbye, Fountains of Wayne, Motion City Soundtrack, Queens of the Stone Age

Foods: spaghetti, leftover spaghetti, sashimi, furikake, tonkatsu, chicken fingers, steak wrapped in bacon (double meat goodness), iced green tea, extra sharp cheddar, peanutbutter m&m's, cream puffs, strawberry banana applesauce, steamed broccoli, fresh bread, Cheerios

TV: Burn Notice, Scrubs, The Office, Futurama, Sportsnight, 30 Rock, Good Eats, Korgoth of Barbaria

Games (video and otherwise): Chrono Trigger, Katamari Damacy, Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, TMNT 2: The Arcade Game, Marvel vs Capcom 2, Big Brain Academy, Midnight Club 3, Desktop Tower Defense, Worms, Guitar Hero, Pit, Euchre, String Rummy, Carcassone, RockBand

Hmm... Without knowing somebody beforehand, I would probably go with a basic dinner or coffee type date that allows for easy conversation. If it was someone I knew already, I might aim for something more off the beaten path.