Brian

Well I think it's about time I changed this intro thing here. I'm not exactly sure what to do with it, but no one ever reads them anyway, so who cares, here goes...I've been living here in Brisbane Australia for over 3 years now, having been born and bred in California. It's a lovely place with (mostly) lovely people, and I’ve enjoyed almost every minute of being here. I’ve got a house with a pool, a wonderful girlfriend (Brooke), and my choice of over a dozen world-class beaches all within an hour’s drive. Though judging by my tan, I'd say I need to visit them more often :|I’ve been bartending at a local RSL (think old folks and slot machines) for a couple of years now. I really need to start doing more with myself, but it’s just so damn easy, and perhaps I’ve just gotten a bit lazy. Hopefully that will change soon.I’ve made many friends here, and had many wild, fun, and sordid adventures, but I must confess there are still times that I miss home. I've realized that I've just got to accept that, and honestly, if I was back there tomorrow, I’m sure I’d just miss here instead. I've no immediate plans to leave OZ, but I’m hoping to visit home sometime next year over the holidays and maybe even convince some of my relatives to move out this way. Time will tell I guess ;)As for my personality and all that, highly subjective, self promotion that usually fills up this section of people's profiles; I guess you’d really have to ask my friends. Like most people, I consider myself a friendly and laid back person, but who doesn't? I think I'd really be impressed if someone came right out and confessed to being a self-absorbed, arrogant, air-headed, asshole, but that's just not how people are. We all go about our lives blissfully unaware of what shitheads we can be sometimes. I'd like to think I'm different, but like I said......So instead, here are some, slightly less subjective, things that can be said about me in good confidence. I like a good debate, and people who can carry a conversation. I take an active interest in most areas of intellectual discussion, and have little time for argumentative people who have no respect for logic, science, fact, and reason. I’ve long debated against religion, superstition, and fuzzy thinking; and if there’s anything about me that I can imagine rubbing people the wrong way, it’s likely to be my systematic critique of these things that they may personally revere. Well that and my love of run-on-sentences ;)I love all those crazy, interdisciplinary, subjects like evolutionary-psychology and psychobiology. Philosophy and sociology are also major interests. Being a reductionist isn’t the answer to everything, but it sure is a good place to start. I'm convinced people are a lot simpler than they’d like to believe, and I am truly fascinated by just how many things there are, in our personal lives, and society around us, that we take for granted as being of our own volition and design… But maybe that's just me...Well I think that’s about enough for now… I’d worry that I rambled on too long, lost your interest, and/or convinced you that I was the must un-fun, uptight, up-myself, nerd you'd ever seen on myspace, but I personally know that couldn't be further from the truth ;) and honestly don't care. Besides: no one really reads these things anyway and all this typing has served an entirely useful purpose...I've finally managed to wear out my coffee buzz, so now it’s time for bed…G’night you sexy, sexy myspacers ;)