* Sorry folks - I moved to Vancouver so I'm not around much any more, but I do come back and visit. Email me if you want to chat anyway.*

Hi, I'm Nathan, and I'm not online much, but if you feel like you're somebody I'd get along with, feel free to drop me a line. I'm not looking for dating right away - being friends works best, and if things go on from there, that's cool.

- I'm looking for a girl who is happy on her own but would enjoy and appreciate having a caring and thoughtful guy in her life.
- I'd like to meet somebody who is intellectual and a little academic, and enjoys spirited conversation, and holds and expresses her own opinions.
- I'd like to be with somebody who will spend time with me but won't ignore her own friends, and has enough self-respect to say no when she needs to.

Rather than trying to describe myself, I'm going to tell you what my computer says I'm like... based on the order I picked a bunch of colours in.

Free personality analysis from ColorQuiz.com.
Generated on Tue Jan 27 19:00:13 2009.

Your Stress Sources
Delights in the tasteful, the gracious, and the sensitive, but maintains his attitude of critical appraisal and refuses to be swept off his feet unless genuineness and integrity can be absolutely vouched for. Therefore keeps a strict and watchful control on his emotional relationships as he must know exactly where he stands. Demands complete sincerity as a protection against his own tendency to be too trusting.

Your Restrained Characteristics
Willing to participate and to allow himself to become involved, but tries to fend off conflict and disturbance in order to reduce tension.
Insists that his goals and realistic and sticks obstinately to them, even though circumstances are forcing him to compromise. Very exacting in the standards he applies to his choice of a partner.

Your Desired Objective
Needs a peaceful environment. Wants release from stress, and freedom from conflicts or disagreement. Takes pains to control the situation and its problems by proceeding cautiously. Has sensitivity of feeling and a fine eye for detail.

Your Actual Problem
Needs to protect himself against his tendency to be too trusting, as he finds it is liable to be misunderstood or exploited by others. Is therefore seeking a relationship providing peaceful and understanding intimacy, and in which each knows exactly where the other stands.

* Here's what my friend Meg, who probably knows me better than I know myself, has to say.

My name is Meg and I am a very old friend of Nathan's. I am going to give you the low down on Nate as I know and see him... sometimes it's easier to see yourself as others to than as you see yourself.

Nathan is a genuine, caring, and accepting person. He's looking to add some companionship and vivacity to his life. Nate is not in a rush to jump into anything incredibly serious right off the bat, but would like to get to know a woman and go from there.

Now that Nate has his education and a career he enjoys, he is ready to settle down and think about some personal goals. Both his brother and cousin have married this year to women they met on POF, so this seems like a good place to look. If you take the time to read this and you like what you see, give him a shout, it's worth it.

Nathan is the kind of person anyone can be comfortable with. He likes to sit down and have real conversations. I find so many people lean toward making small talk while getting to know each other, but he likes to dive right in and have substantial discussions. You can talk about anything from music, to politics, to hopes and dreams. He'll never avoid a healthy debate with strong, educated opinions.

Nathan likes cross-country skiing in the winter, and loves going out to the family cabin at Shuswap Lake in the summer. He likes a lot of different music, but right now what`s in his car is Rascall Flatts, Switchfoot, Metallica, The Postal Service, and some random classical.

Nate has always had big hopes and dreams, and the reason he completed his MBA was to pursue those dreams. Nathan`s always wanted to own an import dealership so he can drive a different car every day. He`s also pretty interested in lean manufacturing and six sigma theory both from business school and his time working at GE. Basically, what Nathan wants out of life in terms of goals is a house on the waterfront and a business that he can run his own way.

Nate wants to travel. While growing up he lived in Indonesia, Malaysia and of course Canada, and wants to see more of the world. He knows there is so much to see and to learn simply by transplanting yourself in a new location and partaking in the everyday. He even speaks both Malaysian and Indonesian and hopefully will be able to use this skill again someday.

Nathan has a true enthusiasm for learning. He enjoys school and has a bachelor's degree in psychology and an MBA. He believes that gaining knowledge is an endeavor that is never complete and finds an idle mind is a wasted mind.

A great thing about Nate is his sense of humor. It's a perfect mix of dry, witty, satire. An example of what he would find humorous are the shows The Office, The Big Bang Theory or maybe How I Met Your Mother. The movie Office Space is another great example of that balance that he so successfully maintains.

Now you might be asking yourself what would a man like this be looking for in a partner. I will try and break it down as best I can.
Nate needs a strong woman who knows herself inside and out. Someone who can be comfortable on her own but would like someone special to add to her happiness.

He would like to be with someone who really listens when others speak and can empathize and understand. Quite frankly, someone who isn’t so wrapped up in her own world she doesn’t hear what others are saying.

It’s important that she not take herself or life too seriously. He likes to have fun and hopes to find someone that will help to bring that side of him. He also likes to be active so an active lifestyle on your part is a must. He is not one for sitting in front of the TV all day. Meeting someone who would like to travel or has traveled would be a bonus. I know he would eventually like to work overseas and enjoy the new experiences that come along with travel.

While he is looking for a real relationship he's in no particular rush to settle down, get married and have a white picket fence. If this sounds like you, give him a ring, I know he'd like to meet you.

Peter's Pasta. 2 hour dinner, at around 7. Half a litre of house wine, followed by some garlic bread and maybe caesar salad. Then we could split the linguini with chicken and peppercorn sauce. Mmm. And to finish, we can get gelato. I like one scoop of chocolate and one scoop of pistachio, and would be delighted to share. Then a slow walk around downtown, and a cappucino at Starbucks.