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About Me

Tell me what you want to know... I'm an open book. I have no secrets (most of you guys already know that. haha). What is there to tell? I want to experience life...all of it. I have found that the only regrets I have are the things I never did. I don't want to look back some day and say "what if," so let's get all of those taken care of here and now. What if it works? What if it doesn't? What if I fail? What if I succeed? The only "what if" I ever want to have is "what if I HADN'T tried"... I could live with that one.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Yes, I want to have my cake and eat it, too. I want a girl who is intelligent but compassionate, reserved but fun, attractive but unaware, independent but sharing, secure but wanting, confident but caring, artsy but rational, obstinate but reasonable, cute but natural, petite but strong, picky but satiable, conservative but sexual, right but humble...someone who enjoys wine and beer, theater and sports, books and movies, classical and alternative, comedy and drama, fashion and history, art and mini-golf, Belmont and Michigan Ave, tourist traps and dive bars, heels and sneakers, summer and winter, mountains and beaches, travel and a night at home...someone who expects more from me but doesn't demand it, could stop an army with a single glance but looks to me for support, sees my faults but is happy to endure them, knows her faults but will never admit them, is ecstatic when I do little things for her but never expects them, is disappointed when I fail her but never blaims me, is constantly striving for more but never complaining, likes to get "fixed up" but never needs to, is more beautiful in the morning than she was the night before, can never understand why I want to please her so much but is appreciative of it, tries to please me but knows she does it without trying...someone who I can't look at without loving, who makes my heart flutter when she says my name, who is happy just to be with me, who isn't uncomfortable with "the 'L' word," who means it when she says "the 'L' word," who expects me to mean it when I say "the 'L' word," who meets life head on-but only on her terms, who can agree to my terms, who doesn't shy away when I kiss her in public, who doesn't expect me to make out with her in public, who reaches for my hand as we walk down the street, who knows I don't mean to look at other girls as we walk down the street because she is the only girl for me, knows that she has nothing to fear because I am here for the long haul, gives me no reason to fear because she is in it for the long haul, is annoyed that I use the phrase "long haul" (but thinks it's kind of cute), who talks about Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp being hot- but not the guy she works with, and....someone who makes me a better person every day.Is that so much to ask?

My Blog

What which was, is, and is to come...and may never be

The Journey begins as benignly as we allow. No intentions, no prerequisites, no motives, but most of all, no predecessors. Oh sure, there are those who have come before us, just as there w...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:33:00 GMT

All of the things I'm not going to tell you about...

It's been a while, I know. Sorry to anyone who cares. No real rhyme or reason for this one, other than to just catch you up on the latest and greatest goings on... First off, Lollapalooza ...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:30:00 GMT

Priorities

I believe that the biggest problem with the United States today is the proliferation of "retirement homes" and "assisted living complexes" (as "nursing home" has become WAY to un-p.c.). I fully ...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:40:00 GMT

More Religion...

I'm way behind on my blogs...much to catch you up on...but until then... I was out tonight and made a comment (STRICTLY joking) to which one of my best friends responded, "Hey, watch yourself, ...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 02:48:00 GMT

Pac-Man Fever

I got a pocket full of quarters, and I'm headed to the arcade.I don't have a lot of money, but I'm bringing ev'rything I made.I've got a callus on my finger, and my shoulder's hurting too.I'm gonna ea...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:31:00 GMT

Community (Inadvertantly "The Religion Question" revisited)

I think living alone much longer is probably a bad idea overall. Don't get me wrong, it's great to not have to worry about cleaning the bathroom or taking out the trash. It's also nice to be able to ...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Mar 2006 03:32:00 GMT

I need a microwave...

I can't eat my Spaghetti-O's because my stove sets off the smoke alarm... While I'm at it, cable would be nice, too.... And it's raining again inside my apartment...they said they were going to fix th...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 01:01:00 GMT

A week without alcohol...

That's right, Derek is going an entire week without drinking :P . Lisa said she doesn't think I CAN do it, Mark and Eric say they don't think I WILL do it. I may just go for 2 weeks t...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:34:00 GMT

Give and Take

Life is a give and take...we all know this. Recently, I was thinking about what has changed (significantly) since I have moved to Chicago. Here is what I came up with... ON THE PLUS SIDE: ...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Mar 2006 04:25:00 GMT

Was I wrong?

I want to do the right thing...those of you who REALLY know me know this...so I'm concerned over whether or not I fucked up tonight and was a drunk asshole. Backstory: Teaser's is the local bar ...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 03:36:00 GMT