Hi. Okay, no... wait... that came off too weak. Girls like enthusiasm. HI YA! Okay, wow... wayyyy too sparky. Yeeesh... alright....

Hello.

Few things about myself you'd probably want to know before saying hello back.


- I love listening to, learning about, and writing my own music. But most of the people I listen to are either dead or retired.

- I have a deep interest in film. I go to the movie theatre about once every three months. There seems to be a lot better selections in rental these days.

- You could say I am an historian of 1980s children's culture.

- I love people watching. I love everything human. Simple, weird, puzzling, beautiful, intelligent, everything.

- There is nothing that compares to tree shade. I'm always looking for new and interesting trees.

- I heart thrifting.

- I'm a somewhat avid photographer.

- I am an educational assistant in a Grade 1 class. Which means I teach for little money and no job security. But I love what I do! Kids forgive all my bad jokes.

- I can't dance. Scratch that; I dance like an 8-year-old who got lessons from an 80-year-old. You might consider that dancing.

- I try to use a semicolon at least once in every piece of writing I do. Mostly incorrectly, though.

- I can say "Unique New York" 10 times fast without any problem.

- I love sleeping in. I used to work nights and was told that's why I was a night owl. But now I work days and I'm still a night owl. I love the sun, but in the night is when I get all my thinking done.

- I like Marmite sandwiches with cucumber and cheddar cheese. If you don't know what that is, you would probably hate it very much. And if you've tried it, it was most likely on a dare.

- I'm tall and lean. I wear it well. I am a healthy person.

- To further explain those furiously general POF descriptions, "Smokes: No" means once upon a time. "Drugs: No" means occasional green things. "Drink: Socially" means some weekends and with celebration and almost always with people. You may be a teetotaler or a raving drunk. If it's you, it's you. That's all anyone can expect. "I am looking for: Dating" can also mean "Hang Out" or "Friends". Essentially, it means a boy and a girl get together and share basic information, some awkward stories, and maybe something tasty to eat or drink. No pressure.

- "Religion: non-religious" means naturalist. Whatever crazy powers are out there, they succumb to gravity just like everything else.

- I'm slowly learning to cook. I can make a few awesome things, but have a lot more to learn. I don't eat mammals. I do eat Pringles.

Let's form an impromptu kazoo and tambourine street concert.

Let's bury a shiny object in a school yard and leave a treasure map lying around.

A picnic. An honest-to-god picnic.

A coffee. Ground, tropical beans boiled in water. Delicious.

A walk. North to south... Or maybe West to East...

Whatever we end up doing, I'm sure we'll trade lots of personal war stories that our friends are quite sick of hearing about anymore.