I'm laid back, even-keeled and reliable, a bit antisocial but friendly. I'm bookish, obstinately obtuse and a bit of an oaf. I start out standoffish but once you know me you'll wish for an off switch. I tend to get silly when I'm comfortable but it takes a bit of effort to get me there. I'm easy to please and amuse and I'm not particularly judgmental either. I'm too honest sometimes. I'm meek and yet belligerent, passive and yet stubborn, yielding and yet stalwart. Aggressiveness doesn't come naturally to me. I'm a bit of a geek but not nearly enough so to be making my living as one. I've been told I'm a nice, sweet and caring guy many times over. I can be funny but my sense of humor is a bit off-key. Sometimes I'm the only one who gets the joke. People who get me though, we can just look at each other and go into conniptions. I've traveled a bit and was an expatriate student for most of my school years. I grew up in the Philippines and still consider it the home of my heart. I like to have fun but who doesn't? I love reading and try to set aside as much time as I can to keep up with my interests. Movies are always a plus. Dining out is always in my repertoire. At the moment I cook for a living so I can put together a pretty decent meal when the mood strikes.

Interests

science fiction, manga, japan, guam, Philippines, manila, comics, reading, tivo, kitchen, cooking, foodie, chef, books, booze, apple, packrat, film buff, battlestar galactica, a.s. byatt, agnosticism, Akira Kurosawa, ambient, anime, Asia, ass dimples, asterix & obelix, BDSM, bitching, biting, bjork, blogs, blushing, brasil, Brit Pop, cashew, catalogs, cats, chai, christina ricci, cinzano, clive barker, cocteau twins, conversation, crispin glover, dido, digital underground, Durutti Column, discworld, dream pop, dub, ears, erotica, europe, everything but the girl, expatriates, eyewear, fantasy, fashion models, fhm philippines, film, flcl, foreign cultures, foreign movies, frank miller, french film, french hip hop, funk, gin & tonic, girls in guy clothing, guava, H.P. Lovecraft, haruki murakami, hayao miyazaki, history, honesty, import models, infatuation, ink, involuntary celibacy, Seijun Suzuki, ipod, J.R.R. Tolkien, japanese cinema, jazz, jean-pierre jeunet, Johnny Depp, Kinji Fukasaku, jufran, kate bush, kevin taylor, kids in the hall, kissing, lansones, lengua, lexical elitism, linda nagata, lips, literature, macintosh, maggi, maggie cheung, mangosteen, monty python, multiracial ethnicity, napes, navels, necks, neil gaiman, nerve.com, net addict, netflix, new wave, news, opm, otaku, otaku no video, paper, pasta, peppers, perky goths, Philip K. Dick, pho, photography, piercing, pinays, pornography, postcards, r&b, race queens, radiohead, sake, salon.com, sashimi, scifi, shoulders, shueisha, shy, ska, skater girls, skin, snuffling monographs, spanking, soul, spongebob, stereolab, suicide girls, tagalog, tattoo, tea, tintin, travel, tribe.net, vespa, vina morales, watching people, wicked weasel, william gibson, winsor mccay, women, wong kar wai, wpb, yearning, young jump, Astrud Gilberto, PJ Harvey, elvis costello, My Bloody Valentine, Don Drummond, Gary Valenciano, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Shelleyan Orphan, Downy Mildew, Alton Ellis, Ray Valera, Barbie's Cradle, Bebel Gilberto, Joao Gilberto, Bela Fleck, Cecilio & Kapono, Cesaria Evora, Sharon Cuneta, Gilberto Gil, David Lanz, David Torn, Diana Krall, Goldie, beth orton, Steely Dan, Hall & Oates, badly drawn boy, Keahiwai, The Apo Hiking Society, Pops Fernandez, Martin Nievera, Lenny Williams, aimee mann, Brian Eno, Harold Budd, Mazzy Star, Maria McKee, nick drake, Pat Metheny Group, Paula Cole, peter gabriel, Portishead, queen, Sade, the smiths, Stan Getz, the sundays, Toots & The Maytals, wilco, The Skatalites, Sigur Ros, Rickie Lee Jones, Emma Thompson, Curtis Mayfield, Kristin Hersh, 10000 Maniacs, Dave Matthews Band, Pizzicato Five, Jeff Buckley, sarah mclachlan, Sarah Vaughn, david gray, Julia Fordham, John Coltrane, Brian McKnight, My Brightest Diamond, Shara Worden, Explosions in the Sky, Roberta Flack, James Taylor, daft punk, air, lynyrd skynyrd, Anita Baker, The Cars, Donny Hathaway, Jorge Ben, Luscious Jackson, Tinariwen, Zero 7, nausicaa, The Seven Samurai, Tetsuwan Atomu, Tampopo, In the Mood for Love, Raising Arizona, Ghost World, akira, Breaker Morant, Blade Runner, Chungking Express, The Lion in Winter, Almost Famous, Rushmore, being there, Remains of the Day, Eat Drink Man Woman, The Ice Storm, Delicatessen, The Big Blue, the wire, sex and the city, oz, Futurama, the simpsons, The Scent of Green Papaya, The Third Man, Traffik, The Quiet Man, To Die For, Les  Visiteurs, Romeo is Bleeding, wit, Wallace & Gromit, Spongebob Squarepants, Little Man Tate, Home for the Holidays, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Frantic, the silence of the lambs, Ghost in the Shell, To Live, Raise the Red Lantern, Il Mostro, Stalag 17, Harriet the Spy, ridicule, A Passage to India, beetlejuice, Bagdad Cafe, L.A. Confidential, papillon, Truly Madly Deeply, tron, I Love You to Death, Sliding Doors, Glengarry Glen Ross, crouching tiger hidden dragon, She Xing Diao Shou, Amelie, Flirting with Disaster, Pleasantville, casablanca, The Host, Memories of Murder, Singles in the City, Iron Chef, Lonely Planet, Trading Spaces, the Shield, No Reservations, A Cook's Tour, Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, The Oblongs, C-SPAN at 3 in the morning, good eats, mythbusters, law & order, the west wing, csi, ugly betty, 30 rock, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Globe Trekker, How It's Made, Shaun the Sheep, Crayon Shin-chan, dune, The Crying of Lot 49, deception, Mage, alice in wonderland, Stranger in a Strange Land, Grapes of Wrath, Understanding Comics, The Liar, Concrete Island, Red Sorghum, Interview with the Vampire, The Book of the New Sun, Watchmen, Maus, Lord of Light, The Eight, Foucault's Pendulum, A Malady of Magicks, The Accidental Tourist, The Chronicles of Amber, The Elric Saga, The Bridge of Birds, Neuromancer, Wraeththu, Drinker of Souls, lord of the rings, Caves of Steel, armor, Shipping News, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouse, Mote in God's Eye, contact, a song of ice and fire, Tigana, The Bohr Maker, ender's game, Devil in a Blue Dress, The Real Story, The Left Hand of Darkness, Half Past Human, The Colour of Magic, Love in the Time of Cholera, solaris, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, The Walrus and the Warwolf, The Man in the High Castle, Hyperion, On a Pale Horse, Good Omens, nexus, bone, Household Gods, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul, Imajica, Android's Dream, Safe Area Gorazde, persepolis, Epileptic, American Splendor, transmetropolitan, choke, fight club, The Watchmen, Latro in the Mist

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