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Matthew

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

DISCLAIMER: I take a long time to decide whether or not I really like something, so if you're not sure if I like something, ask. IM name is DataShade, always on, leave a message.
Ex-BoyScout, Ex-Goth, never went hardcore enough to be PunkRawk, currently a Giant Geek. I was raised Catholic, befriended by pagans, and studied Buddhism.
I have boatloads of weird or funny or touching stories, and I want to know yours.
I try to keep up on news and science, and tend to know a little bit of something about just about everything. I love to play Devil's Advocate if there's nothing better to do. I respect idealistic people on principle, but never assume I would convert if only I knew the truth. I know at least as much of the truth as you do, and your ideals are not right for me, so let's just skip that part.
I almost never actually lie but almost always exagerate. I don't wear my heart on my sleeve and will never hedge around something important to me, but I overact for fun and laughs.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

PEOPLE UP LATE! I work second-shift and need more cool talkative people who are awake and active after 10PM.
Anyone with stories to tell and the time to tell them. I am not a career-oriented corporate mofo and therefore do not want to hear about your job unless you create something beautiful, or the job (or how you tell it) is funny.
I want someone who is willing to invite me along to anything, even if I've never said I like it, and/or someone who is willing to go along if I invite you to the same.
I get along best with someone who doesn't take themselves too seriously - or me, for that matter. Oh, but it helps if you have something substantial to talk about. I hate small talk unless I can see you to make funny faces at you.
Anyone who's a gamer/roleplayer who knows the difference between drama and melodrama and avoids melodrama.
Independent intellectuals - people mindful of the culture and society around them, its influence on them, and their influence on the world.
I will annoy you at some point, and I won't even try not to - so I want people who will tell me to shut up when I start getting annoying. People who know the difference between criticism and constructive criticism, and will speak their mind whenever they have a point of the latter.

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