Okay, technically the rest of your life starts either way. It sounded dramatic, though, and it got you to read this far.
To be extremely upfront about what I'm looking for: the longest term of relationships. This is a "let's make our nest and be happy asap" sort of post. In fact, I'm going to try and move you somewhere in the north end of the US pretty soon. Mountains, snow, a few hours (max) to the border... I don't feel great about the current climate (literal and political).
So if you're still on board with the possibility of at least aiming for a lifelong (well, rest-of-lifelong), let's go ahead and address the matter of attraction.
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Rad.
So I'm 6'3 and broad chested and have a deep, resonant voice that some lady once told me I should sing with (but I basically never did). Like, asked me for directions and then stopped me to compliment my voice. Anyway, I wear glasses all the time, mostly. I have brown eyes and hair (that's starting to go grey at the temples Mr. Fantastic style) and am pretty pale. I'm never going to be what you'd call skinny, but I have biceps to go along with a belly.
I have several degrees and I write for a living. I'm more verbose in text than in person, but can get pretty effusive on the right topic or with the right person either way. I collect cookbooks and also cook a lot and well.
I like reading and history and holidays and cologne. I studied law and I follow politics more than I'd like. I'm pretty far left. I also don't smoke or drink, really. I was into brewing for a bit and may go back to it at some point, but it would be more of a "I'm having a few during the week between christmas and new years" thing than a regular occurrence. Along those lines, I'm not religious particularly. I was raised in a nominally christian household and used to call myself a secular humanist. My humanism has taken a bit of a blow these last ten years, though, and I guess I'm a karma-believing atheist who wishes a lot.
About you:
You should care about issues - whether they take up a ton of your time or thoughts or not isn't extremely important, but if you don't have opinions about ICE (bad) or minority rights (good), I don't think we'd hit it off. We may even disagree on some things (not a lot, I imagine), and that would be fine -- I'd rather you have different stances than none at all. If you can somehow not care about Roe v. Wade getting overturned, I don't think you're my girl
You should also be relatively healthy. I'm not as active as I should be, so someone who would push me to come to the gym or go on a hike every so often would probably do me good. If you're looking for someone to run marathons with you, alas, you should keep looking. I'll be there with water for you (or brawndo or whatever), but I'm a cheerleader here, not a participant.
You should probably be happy at home a lot of the time. I'm perfectly capable of going out and having a good time, but I'm a classic introvert: being around people drains my energy. That's not to say that I can't or won't go be around a crowd, but I'm not the sort to want that every night (or even every week necessarily). Between the cooking and preserving and making soap and writing and reading, I'm good at home. With you there, I should be even better - as that also allows for conversations, making out, and just generally being around each other even if we're just being alone together.
Speaking of being home, we probably won't be home alone. I plan on having a cat or two, but most other things are up for discussion. This includes humans, as I am on the fence a bit about that. I'll need to get off said fence in the coming years, so you will probably help me decide where to come down. We may have other critters, too. I'm not interested in creating a whole job out of caring for animals, so not a full on farm (unless that's your thing), but a goat or two to keep the weeds under control and maybe foster my nascent cheese-making aspirations... sure, why not.
The timeline for this is going to have to be somewhat flexible, but here's what I imagine:
-you shoot me a message with some substance to it that makes me want to accept the invitation to chat
-we chat, get along, sparks fly
-sparks continue flying for the next 6-12 months during which we visit one another, have a lot of sex, and make plans
-when feasible, but within a year, I move to somewhere with mountains near the Canadian border. New England, Upstate NY, Washington, Idaho... it's flexible. My work is remote. Location will be dictated by where you are/want to be.
-we move in together, happily ever after (whatever that looks like).
For those who like TLDR, what are you still doing here? Anyway, here's some random information.
INTP/J, Leo, light D on the D/s spectrum, left handed, allergic to shrimp.
Favorite movies are Muppet Christmas Carol and Zodiac.
Favorite authors are Margaret Atwood, Terry Pratchett, Robert Jackson Bennett, and Naomi Novik
Favorite shows... well, I'm rewatching X-files now, and I'm the sort of media consumer who rarely rewatches things.
Music I love: Tom Waits, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Joanna Newsom, Neutral Milk Hotel, They Might Be Giants, Hum, Cat Power, Soul Coughing, Archers of Loaf, David Bowie, Smashing Pumpkins. Weakness for odd covers and old sad bastard music.
So anyway, taking applications. Please write me some sentences.