Recognition: slender to average/athletic build, hirsute, with a strawberry blond colouration, eyes: blue, complexion: pale, freckled.
Habitats: Found in a wide range of habitats. It is most commonly found in montane and forest habitats (primarily temperate, but there have been sightings in tropical and subtropical zones). It is sometimes seen in some urban habitats, where its variant phenotype tends to stand out, and where it shows a preference for high-quality sources of caffeine, which is thought to be its main reason for visiting these areas. There is almost no evidence of its presence in pelagic zones, except on passage, but it can sometimes be found in more biodiverse littoral areas . Even when found in urban areas it is shy, even nervous, around humans. Rarely gregarious, it is almost never found in large groups. In general it appears to prefer to inhabit areas with limited human interference. The species is intensely bibliophile.
Diet: exclusively herbivorous.
Track: size 40 (Eur measurement) Vibram boot.
Intelligent, cultured, geeky, articulate, fit, active, healthy and adventurous guy seeks friends (maybe more) and soul mate.
My main ambition is to go and live a sustainable life style, and would love to meet the right woman to go and share that with.
I have my own ideas of a healthy masculinity, partially embodied in the first line of this self-summary. Mainstream ideas just don't work for me, because they are generally abusive of one thing or another (or just about everything). Environmentalist and proud of it.
I am articulate, and offbeat, but the quiet type, preferring one-to-one conversation to a night in the pub. In fact, I like coffee shops and hate pubs.
Politically, somewhere off to the left of most people, with deep Green, anarcho-syndicalist leanings with bits borrowed from ecofeminism* and so on. If you're a Tory, please don't bother: we won't get along. I've managed to retain my values in a society that has tried to drum them out of me so, if you're looking for a guy who can support your shopping habit, please look elsewhere. If you think humans can and should be doing better than this, we stand a good chance of getting along.
I'm an Aspie, and this feels like an alien planet most of the time, if one needing some protection from Human rapacity, so I tend not to do very well doing the kinds of things you find in cities. I may also miss your hints and subtle social signals, so verbal clarity is always appreciated. Equally, if you've met an Aspie, you've met one Aspie, and much of what you think you know won't apply (for example, I enjoy physical touch with the right person, and like to do things together: I can be quite distant with many people, but not usually a partner, although I may not always show it conventionally). One of my friends thinks I have "a near genius level of intelligence." If true, this is a tightly focused intelligence, but it remains that case that I see the world in what may well be a unique fashion. I'm good with systems, and seeing connections others miss.
Conventional gender roles mean little or nothing to me: if you want to ask me out, then do so. If you are handy with a power drill, I'm not going to find that threatening (unless you point it at me, of course)
For the record, I'm not superficial, and your height (I have precisely *no* problem dating a woman who is even significantly taller than me), weight, ethnicity etc would not be factors in accepting a date request. I know these are issues for some people, but I regard emotional and intellectual compatibility as much more important.
Honesty (and its corollary of openness) is a very important value for me, especially in relationships. I've had a lot of trouble with people being dishonest, and I'm now very sensitive to it. I may need to check that yes means yes, not "I am running a dominant script". That doesn't just apply to sex.
I can be an utterly loyal friend (if socially clumsy) and a might be a great find for the right oddball.
I'm not confident around humans, but find I do better among other cultures, where being different is expected.
* In precis: we can't fix our economic, social and cultural problems without simultaneously fixing our problems with other species and with the rest of this planet. My economic justice and pro-feminist positions are inseparable from my environmentalist ones.
I'm not sure whether I'm going to upgrade. If not, a wink will be used to show interest; a wink back will be taken as reciprocation.
(I'm also getting just a little pissed off with the automatic photo editor on here).
