I recently heard someone say "every relationship you have will fail until one doesn't". I love that. I think online dating is a great way to meet new possible matches. I say possible, because it's so hard to tell by a profile what someone really looks like or if we would have any chemistry in person. That being said, I'm a firm believer in the meeting for coffee in the daylight first. If we like what we see we can take it from there. I'm not interested in getting into a long email exchange w/someone I've never met. What I'm looking for... A content, focused & stable man. I am more of the artistic type but I tend to be attracted to men that are not...Not that I wouldn't date an artist just that I don't have it in me to date a struggling one. However, appreciating the arts is a must. You are easy going but challenging with a great sense of humor (sarcasm a bonus), enjoy traveling, you're probably tall or almost tall (nothing against you short dudes), You floss, Because you know that personal hygiene is a huge turn on, you like trading back/neck rubs, you are positive, not a complainer, a doer, a thinker and you love the way you make your living. some things that make me happy: shoes, shoes, shoes, Radiohead, saving crickets from accidental indoor trips, eggs over easy, walking up hills, dogs, Italy, Cat Power, Trader Joe's, NY, big real smiles, a good car stereo, stripes, bike rides, gelato, Alegria, ipod solitaire, Band of Outsiders, a good hat, I'm allergic to cats... but I pet them anyway, Netflix, lighting, hardwood floors, poetry in odd places, sushi, This American Life, The Orpheum, youtube, Henry Darger, Midlake, Fellini, Buster Keaton, road trips, belly laughs, scrabble, Bukowski, chapstick, driving alone, rain, after the rain, Lee Bontecou, teen movies, Ita Cho, bedtime, discovering my new favorite song, postcards, Amelie, water... over and out.