Oh wow, the introspection involved in trying to describe yourself can give one a headache. But I'll give an attempt to describe myself as honestly as I can. I am a person who is at home wherever he steps. I have never really felt uncomfortable anywhere or with anybody. I do however have ideal atmospheres. I mostly enjoy being with people on a one on one basis. Sitting and talking with a like-minded individual for undeterminable lengths of time just is a great way to charge myself up. Also, on the other hand I find it amazing to be in a near-full dance club either 2-stepping, jiving, polka dancing, line dancing, salsa..... whatever. Dancing and dancing well is a rush for me. It's where I'm in my 'zone'. If ever I'm having a bad day, one good dance picks me right up. There's just something about having that perfect, smooth, adaptable dance partner that turns dancing from an act to an artform. No structure, no struggle. Just free flow dancing, becoming one with the music and your dance partner. It sometimes gets so intense that the rest of the dancefloor seems to empty and there's nothing left but the two of us spinning, stepping and twirling to the beat of the music. Those moments are what I live for. Sorry for that. As you can see I'm a bit passionate about that subject. It really is hard to explain it in short form and I didn't really get the point completely out there but yah..... it's fun. Other stuff about me...... Well, I like to help people out, try always to be a gentleman and a good honest friend. A little warning about me: I am extremely hard to settle down. I am constantly finding fun in everything I do. Some less than comfortable people tend to feel embarrassed by that fact. So if you in any way don't like extremely outgoing and hyper people I am most assuredly not a friend you will want to be in public with. I could be friends with anybody. But not anybody can handle being my friend. Another warning about me: My career is a busy one which takes me away from home, sometimes for long periods of time, often it is hard to plan a schedule around my work schedule either because random things tend to pop up. So I can't really make many promises to hang out with people. I do have plenty of spare time, it's just really random. Redeeming quality: Hey, it's me. Who I'd Like To Meet Through this I would like to meet guys and girls as pals and perhaps through some crazy chance a girl who is right for me for the long term. Guys, you can read on and most likely pick out what I like in friends because it's pretty much the same between both sexes, except for the obvious differences. I believe that any solid friendship should start out with similar goals and beliefs in place, and that any solid relationship should always start out as a solid friendship. I really am looking for my Mrs. Right, but casually; I'm in no hurry to settle down, just going to accept it if it happens. I want to just wake up one morning and realize that me and my girl-friend have become a couple through getting to know eachother. I'm not big into jumping into bed with women. I mean it's fun and all, but to be completely honest I don't think that sex should ever be the beginning or the center of any relationship. I firmly believe that through enjoying eachothers strengths and faults and doing similar things together, trust and bonds form and then love happens. Just sort of shows up one day and kicks you in the teeth. On the other hand I have a great fantasy about meeting the perfect girl for me and having a whirlwind passionate start that just turns into a great love that lasts the rest of my life. That girl. If I meet her. Changes all the rules. Now that my little speach has probably made me out to look like a sap I guess I should list out some qualities I find important in all of my friends. My best friend in the world is a girl. She's Married but I'll get over it (just playin' Ang). She embodies every single trait that I am about to list below but her greatest quality, and one of the things that has made our friendship so strong is that she is everyting that she is without apology. I think that one of the most important qualities that anybody can possibly have is that they are real. Most people feel the need to wear tonnes of masks around people, lie about who they are, push down their true selves until they no longer know who they are anymore. Real people say what they mean and mean what they say. When a person hides their true selves, hides their faults from their selves and others they tend to never deal with these problems and end up on some sort of anti-depressant. When you are upfront with who you are and what your problems are you force yourself to deal with them, or even to embrase them not as faults but just a difference to be proud of. People are the best they can be when they aren't afraid to be the person they are. Wow, I sure go off on passionate rants sometimes. So the 1 remaining person reading this and not feeling like I'm a freak, congratulations. You met quality # 2 that I find important about a person. Acceptance of others for who they are. Quality one and two really do go hand in hand. If you can't accept people for who they are you can't really expect them to be who they really are. Everyone is different and everyone has a right to be. Insulting people because they don't match a persons idea of what should be acceptable has got to be one of the ugliest things a person could do. I will not associate myself with people who look down their nose at others. But when I see someone helping out or hanging out with and being nice to people that some less scrupulous people would scoff at, and without any motive or expected gain, I find myself immediately having the highest respect for them. Oh goodness. Am I preachy or what?? Quality # 3 I find important is the willingness to be open to all possibilities. There is an exciting world to enjoy and there are many fun and adventuresome things available to do every day. Many people sit in their protective bubble without daring to leave that bubble and go out and experience life. I'm looking for people who have the imagination and guts to try new things and accept the possibilities that the world is an awesome place to be, with no barriers. Quality #4. One last trait that I think is important is a lack of ignorance. By ignorance I don't mean that the person doesn't know anything. It's that they don't care to know. This trait fits in with Quality 3 because it deals with openness to possibilities as well. I think it can be best put this way. I had a really awesome english teacher in the 7th grade that said this only once but it stuck with me because of what it implied. He said "I don't want anyone in this class to reject a thing I tell them this year." The class nodded, most likely thinking the teacher was a dick, then he continued on saying "I don't want this class to accept anything I say this year either." I think everybody, myself included, had a little short circuit in our heads because of how weird that sounded. Don't reject anything but don't accept anything? What the hell? He continued on and said that his job is to teach the curriculum and that our job was to simply be curious about everything. Don't let anything be instantly true or false based on your own beliefs or prejudices, open your mind to all possibilities but discover them for yourselves. Man that was deep. I think half of the class went home with a headache. Anyways, the point I'm making is that ignorance makes conversations extremely one-dimensional, curiosity and willingness to really flesh out ideas in conversation or in life is an exciting adventure all by itself. This is a very strict list of traits I know; I'm not saying I wouldn't be friends with people who don't meet all of these qualities. If someone holds just one of these qualities he/she is an amazing person. Someone I would be proud to be associated with. But if a person holds all of these traits, even just a little bit..... I'd be in danger of growing a strong love for that person. (Friend love relationship love obviously depends on the situation). I guess that's all folks. If you found this extremely boring, I apoligize, If you found it interesting, awesome, I like you already, wouldn't mind hearing from you. Good day to you.