ExpatEAJ (29) from Grampian

About me

I'm 29 years old and come from Grampian in the United Kingdom. I'm single with no kids. I'm 6' 1" tall and of average build. I don't smoke and I drink occasionally. I'm here for dating, friendship, hobbies and interests and business contacts.

My detailed facts

Hair colour	Red
Hair style	Short
Eyes	Green
Glasses	Yes
Facial hair	Full beard
Tattoos	One or two - discreet
Piercings	One or two - discreet
Attractiveness	Oil painting - not
Ethnicity	White - European
Education	Post-graduate
Job	Teaching profession
Income	Medium income
Smoking	Light cigarette smoker
Drinking	Socially only
Drugs	Light user - cannabis
Food	Chicken and fish
Politics	Independent thinker
Religion	Other
Practising	Sometimes
Children	0
More children	Not sure

My hobbies and interests

Cooking	Love cooking and love all sorts of food. But this is mostly because I really enjoy wine and find it fun to pair up things. I'm partial to all kinds of fish and enjoy lots of Mediterranean, Indian and Mexican cuisines.
Shopping	I enjoy the concept of fashion and the way clothing, and moreso consumerism, speak loads about our culture.
DIY	Built homes for Amnesty International a few years back, worked on an architectural timepiece last summer and assisted a friend build a cabin - pipes, electric and all. Though I'd need help and lots more tools, I'm quite crafty and could perhaps build a small home (read: shack).
Housework	Well, it goes like this: I'm an academic. We're mostly prone to OCD. This often filters into my daily monotonous domestic routine and as a result I come off quite tidy and domesticated. This is all by accident of course.
Dining out	I enjoy eating out, but would rather go to a fresh produce and meat market and cook a meal myself. I enjoy going to nice restaurants (haute cuisine as it were) for certain occasions, and if so usually lean toward surf and turf. I simply enjoy the satisfaction of cooking my own great meal, versus someone else serving it to me. Special occasions, like I said, are altogether different.
Movies	Love cinema to the point of obsession. This does not come out in an overt way, though. I'm not the dude with the ravioli stained Dawn of the Dead t-shirt playing his gameboy, waiting for the bus while slurping down a big gulp. Rather, my passion for film is subtle and my knowledge of it (from silent through new wave through modern) may, occasionally, impress you. Though I make no guarantees.
Theatre	"Culture-vulture?" haha. Ok. I enjoy the theater. I grew up in NYC, lived in Chicago for many years. Right. Got the whole culture-cosmopolitan thing down. I can't see La Traviata in Aberdeen? That's fine with me for now.
Music	Mostly acoustic, blues, funk and soul.
Gigs	Live shows are fantastic if they are not a crowded drunken mess. Which, unfortunately, my favorite bands - Gwar, Cannibal Corpse, Slayer - all have the tendency to attract this crowd. For shame. Honestly, I love small indie shows and lounge type musicians. Been listening to Beach House, The xx, and The National very much lately.
Pubs	Love the pub scene in moderation. It's more a place I'll frequent for social camaraderie rather than an everyday necessity.
Clubbing	I enjoy dancing. If I can find a club that isn't just outrageous (i.e. simply a scene working too hard to take itself seriously), I'm down. It's usually synth-pop, disco, or funk on the turntable.
Newspapers and magazines	Stopped reading newspapers once I lost faith in the once noble profession of journalism. However, I am a magazine whore and subscribe to many.
Books	I paid well over a thousand US dollars to ship my books to Scotland from New York. 8 boxes, $200 a piece. This information, though arbitrary and private, highlights the prominence books play in my life.
TV	Isn't the whole programmable TV thing a relic of our past? I mean, when all we have to do is go online and download any show/movie we like (and even stream it to our televisions), the old boob tube looks like its about to disappear. Watch, now I'll be arrested for admitting I download movies. Thanks Midsummer's Eve! Very sly..
Watching sport	Hockey for me please
Playing sport	One-time personal trainer, rugby player, MMA wanna-be, gym rat. Now I eat Doritos and play old school Nintendo. Marble Madness, baby.
Hobbies	See above.

My hopes and dreams

In ten years I see myself	Hopefully living in a colony on Mars. Is this too much to ask? It's 2010! Kubrick had us talking to artificial life 9 years ago. It just aint right I tell you.
Who would I invite to a dinner party?	There's a scene from the movie Adaptation with Nicholas Cage and Meryl Streep that really just sticks it to this question. And thank goodness for that - what a ridiculous question. Ok, ok, ok: jesus, einstein and mozart.
My ideal date	Where we are on the fence of being not too drunk, but slightly inhibited. We flirt (admittedly, it's the wine talking) and awkwardly depart. She's walking in the opposite direction, and I'm thinking to myself "damn, I probably could have gotten laid tonight. Why didn't I 'step-up'? What's wrong with me?" Then I drive myself crazy as I ponder these ridiculous questions, go home and take care of myself, all the while thinking that the wink she gave me on her way out was totally a marker for a second date tryst. C'mon people, you know how often this happens! Ideal? No. But then I guess the ideal going in is only the illusion covering the 'realism' of the mating ritual we all go though. Unless we're both complete sluts, which in that case, ideally it's McDonalds and a nightcap at my place.
What would I never, ever give up?	Water. I'm told you can only live a week without it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm 'cheeky.'
If I had to give a speech on a subject I was passionate about ...	I'm giving 2 next month in Montreal and New Orleans. Come, listen and perhaps we can examine this precise question together!
If I could visit anywhere in the world at any time in history	The 60s. The set of Ed Sullivan. The band: The Doors. I'd run out and sack Jim Morrison before he could say "higher" on national TV! Seriously, he single handedly ruined all global moral standards forever.
If I had a million pounds to give to charity	Oxfam
My "and finally" section ...	I'm really not as amusing in real life as I am on paper.