Lovetastic: dating for gay men who believe in love

Hey fellas,

I'm a creative type with a day job (which makes me either schizo or well-rounded) living in Brooklyn, NY with two feline furballs named Seaweed and Lulu.

I'm a big culture hound. I love theater, film, fiction, art and music . . . and I can chew your ear over my latest obsessions in each area.

Personality wise, I oscillate between being too ironic for my own good (the aftermath of coming of age in the early 90s) and being a cheesy optimist who reads his horoscope daily and makes wishes by throwing pennies into fountains. I can be quite shy and reserved at first, but once comfortable, my extroverted side kicks in and I become very chatty and affectionate.

I'm looking for guys pref within a 10 year radius from my age who are passionate, intelligent and have a great sense of humor. Being super cute and sexy wouldn't hurt either ;)

I've actually sat in casting sessions to cast myself before. However, I have yet to meet a Latino Tobey Maguire. So I think I'll go with Gael Garcia Bernal.

Yes. Because emo boys are hot.

Contusion

I would definitely go with moral courage. I feel that making a decision based on your beliefs can often be a trying experience and I really admire people who are able to stick by their principles and do what they feel is right--even when everyone tells them they're wrong. I don't know if I've ever had to demonstrate physical courage, so based on my experience, I would probably be more apt to be morally courageous in a touch situation.

I was raised Catholic, so even though I don't practice, I have a lot of cultural affection for Catholicism. Overall, I'm not a fan of organized religion (even though I also have a weird fascination with Judaism) and I prefer to say I am a spiritual person. This is very important to me. I believe there is a part of our existence that is unknown and enigmatic to us and I can't really get down with the idea that everything can or must be explained logically.

Proust. Murakami. Lorca. George Elliot. Tennessee Williams. Chekhov. Edmund White. Ruth Rendell. And Valley of the Dolls (of course).

Tori Amos. The Magnetic Fields. Neko Case. Belle and Sebastian. Madonna. Peter Bjorn and John. Voxtrot. Dusty Springfield. 60s/Brill Building (particularly Bacharach and David). Lou Reed. Nico. Harry Nilsson. The Decemberists. Final Fantasy. The Arcade Fire. The Hidden Cameras. Camera Obscura. Bjork. Talking Heads. Elvis Costello. R.E.M. Goldfrapp. Antony. Sufjan Stevens. (and I have a soft spot for Beyonce)

Fellini. Almodovar. Antonioni. Campion. John Waters. Russ Meyer. 60s Italian horror. Lynch. Cronenberg. And Shortbus :)

Picasso. Rauschenberg. Warhol. Vermeer. Rembrandt. Miro. Rothko. Cindy Sherman. Man Ray. Diane Arbus.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust