tennis at the country club, video gaming, reading, quiet runs in the morning when the earth is just waking

Shawshank Redemption is probably as good as it gets, but I like just about any movie without one-dimensional characters and predictable plots

Rock all the way... red hot chilli peppers, audioslave, muse, radiohead, the fray, pearl jam, led zeppelin, nirvana... all perpetual faves. of course, pop, hiphop, jazz, country are all good

Huge scifi/fantasy fan. Just ask.

A dazzling smile, a hand on the shoulder, sweat under the sun, a book by the bedside

phonies, arrogance, pretty much anybody ugly on the inside

I'm supposed to be successful and happy. I'm smart and have good educational/career prospects, i'm good looking, well at least above average, with my fair share of female admirers, but somehow it just can't all click together. I'm always friendliest with others at the start, because people look at how I dress, how cool I look, and they automatically assume I'm someone who's got it all together, when nothing could be further from the truth. over time they slowly realise i'm either really introverted or just plain withdrawn cos the conversation always seems to dry up really fast. It's only really recently that I've come to realise I can't just wait till tomorrow to stop being a loner. It's really hard to tell someone else outside the family that 'I'm socially anxious. I don't mix well with crowds and stuff' without getting weird looks or getting outright ignored. I guess I just like the idea of having a bunch of people who understand completely.

And if I may, I wanna rant a bit about the one thing I really dislike about this site. That reddish banner that says 'Online dating for the mentally ill'. Socially anxious, yes; mentally ill, NO.