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Dave

Baby she's so hip she's trans- just about everything, and what she isn't trans-, she's post-

About Me

I sort of straddle the line between preppy and hip. Some features: I can debate fine points of foreign policy, but can also have an entire conversation using the word 'dude'. I listen instead of waiting for my turn to talk. I'm not afraid to dance. I bathe regularly. I'm deaf in one ear. I call my Mom on Mother's Day. If I have a beard, it changes colors over the course of a few weeks for some reason. I don't press the already-pressed elevator button. I almost always order food I've never tried before. I speak excellent German, and can sell you a duck in Spanish. Oh, and I don't have facial hair anymore.

My Interests

world travel, Macalester, German, dancing, carousing, poker, being "metro" without being "eurotrash", exploring new parts of DC, meeting new people, defending Crystal City from its many detractors,

I'd like to meet:

People. People who need people.

Music:

Classical, house, dance, most any sort of peppy Euro-Trash, random stuff on movie soundtracks... I actually sometimes make up band-names to see if I can fool the pretentious indie-rock crowd, i.e. "I've been listening to Albino in the Median for years. Have you heard of them? No? Oh, I see..."

Movies:

The Usual Suspects, LA Confidential, Scent of a Woman, LOTR, In America, Secretary, The Big Lebowski, The Seven Samurai, Das Boot, Savior, Zentropa, Gattaca, Dirty Pretty Things, The Third Man, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Wedding Crashers, The Departed,

Television:

Reno 911, Homicide, Iron Chef, Samurai Jack, Nip/Tuck, The Shield, Battlestar Galactica, Sopranos, The Daily Show,

Books:

I go through cycles... one week it will be some classic like The Master and Margarita, the next maybe some fanstasy sci-fi, the next perhaps something by some painfully self-referential hipster author. As long as I have something to read on the Metro I'm fine.