Rave reviews for me: Rick said: "When he's in the room, it's impossible for anyone else to be funny." Linda said: "It's true! (he IS the greatest guy ever)" Colleen said: "You're a really nice guy!" Susan said: "My god. Bill is so hot." Jess said: "We think you're the patron saint of patience and tolerance." Tom said: "I didn't know you were a pimp, too."
If you've made it this far you've probably got too much time on your hands. Maybe you're reading this because you're bored and I was featured on the main Myspace page, or because you're a close friend of mine, or because you're a potential employer, employee, or business partner doing a background check, or because you're a cyberstalker. If you chose that last one, go ahead and move along, thanks, nothing to see here. Ahhh but if you DIDN'T choose the last one, I'm happy to tell you some things about myself.
I think there's a general consensus amongst people that know me that I'm smart, funny, charming, witty, considerate, chock-full of good advice, and handy for listening. I've got a bit of an eccentric streak I like to indulge from time to time - it helps me blow off steam and stay balanced. I say if you don't let your evil side out for some fresh air sometimes it'll creep out at inopportune moments.
If your heart's in the right place, or you can at least get someone I care about to vouch for you, I'll make time for you. We are all the sums of our actions, shitty and saintly alike, and while none of us are perfect it's the desire and will to improve ourselves that is our most valuable attribute.
On a less philosophical note, maybe we share some hobbies. I spend most of my free time working out, hanging out, and working on a business idea.
I workout 4-6 days a week, usually for two hours at a time. I run on a treadmill, elliptic on an elliptical (or whatever the verb is you use for one of those, I refuse to call it "running"), do crazy ab exercises, train with free weights and weight machines, hit bags and pads in the boxing studio, and play racquetball. The experts aren't lying when they talk about a runner's high, but as far as I can tell it's more like a runner's light-headedness. But at least I can open jars, wine bottles, and help friends move! What good is all that working out if I never get to use it?
My friends are very important to me, and I like to spend time with them whenever I can. And by "spend time" I really mean "eat things that are bad for me and drink." Loves can come and go, but friends... well I guess friends come and go too, but on a different schedule. Besides, with friends you can have more than one at a time! Plus I heard you're an alcoholic if you drink alone, so friends come in darn handy for that, too. Right now my drinks of choice are Jameson and Miller Lite, imbibed at sticky locals-only dive bars, pretentious beer importing bars, swanky martini bars, and night clubs playing hip-hop, top-40 remixes, or rock. I can tolerate house since it has a decent beat, but if I'm dancing to trance or metal it's because I want to sleep with you. You know, just tuck that away for future reference. I probably won't call you later either, because, eww, I met you while dancing to trance or metal and, really, if we hit it off and start dating I'll be dancing to trance or metal for the rest of my life and that's really just not worth the risk.
As for my side-business, well, when it's ready for general announcement I'll be sure to update my profile.
Interesting personal tidbits: I'm a Master Scuba Diver, novice golfer, certified mixologist, amateur potter (I've previously sold and auctioned my work for charity - rsenkrantz.deviantart.com if you want to see), competent photographer, semi-retired rock-climber, ex-shot-putter and discus thrower, avid cat lover, science-fiction-reading, video-game-playing, bad-movie-loving business nerd with a subscription to the Economist. I've traveled to Japan, Egypt, Morocco, Spain, Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico, most of the Caribbean, and quite a few of the contiguous 48 states.
During the day I'm redeveloping shopping malls. We take outdated, underperforming malls, knock bits down, and build back things we think shoppers might like better. On good days we make money doing that! I've been working in the mall business on the landlord side for nearly 5 years, and it's a great industry for someone with a background in finance, marketing, and management - you really get to work across disciplines and learn a lot of different skills. I've analyzed deals, managed fallout from mergers, wrote policies and designed software to keep a multi-billion dollar company functioning, and now I'm wrecking stuff and rebuilding it. Awesome.
If you want to pick my brain about politics or religion, all I will say over a website is that I'm a card-carrying member of the ACLU and I have a spiritual streak that you'll need to buy a couple of drinks to hear about.
