So, remember that skit about video dating called "lowered expectations" that was on SNL years ago? I'm hesitant to say we've come very far with the whole online dating thing. Call me a skeptic. Prove me wrong?
I am passionate about the small things. Life is really a culmination of the small things, in my opinion. I will point out a sweet puppy, an adorable family moment, a remarkably beautiful leaf, a birdsong that strikes me as beautiful. I try to notice ordinary beauty. I endeavor to live life fully, wholeheartedly, and headstrong. I won't live my life in fear of the what ifs. I say "Why not?" I don't believe in regrets. I will go anywhere and do just about anything once.
I am inspired by art and music. Museums are my cathedrals. I believe that art is the weapon of the future. I am looking for someone who appreciates art and culture as much as I do, who can love creating, who believes in the aesthetic as a voice and a vehicle for change.
I love to have fun and laugh. As in, if you can't make me laugh so hard my face hurts, then there's probably not going to be a second date. Conversation is huge to me. I want to be able to talk about anything and everything and nothing at all. I love to be intellectually challenged. I love to talk about things that make people uncomfortable. I think we learn about ourselves when we're taken outside of our comfort zones.
My friends are a huge and very important part of my life. I really have the most amazing friends I could have asked for, and I spend most of my free time at dinner with them, going for beer with them, going to museums with them. My friends are like an extension of my family.
I'm very close with my parents and my sister. Literally the only negative I can find with NYC is that my family lives so far away. My parents have been together for 42 years, and it wasn't always pretty, and I'm not sure they always loved each other, but they worked for it and came out on the other side stronger and in love. That being said, they have inspired me to want that in my own life one day. I believe anything worth having is worth fighting for.
Dogs are furry family members in my family. They sit on the sofa and watch tv with us, they help us open Christmas presents, they keep our feet warm in bed... if that's weird to you, we likely won't get along. Only dog people really GET dog people. My dog, Wilson will likely remain my main man. I imagine if you're the right guy for me, you'll understand. I mean, he's pretty lovable.
I just moved to New York in September, so everything is new and exciting to me still. It'd be great to find someone I can explore with and when we're exhausted from exploring, veg out on the sofa with a movie and delivery.
