So. I might as well get this out of the way. I get paid to make video
games, so if you have a thing about me getting paid well to be a
professional geek, then, as Dionne Warwick so succintly sang, walk on
by. Having admitted that fact, though, I'm not a geek who is going to
get pushed around. I study classical Japanese martial arts, and if I'm
not in the ocean on my surfboard, I'm probably somewhere riding my
snowboard. What else? Oh, I used to be big into music, but my
professional life keeps me so busy that I haven't had time to update
my scenester street cred. I rely on my buddy at MuchMusic to keep me
in the know about the kind of hip bands who have obscure names and a
small but rabid fan-base of Rivers Cuomo-esque indie rock kids.
Apparently, I like to move a lot; Vancouver is the third city in which
I've lived in the past year. Before Vancouver, I set up residence in
Montreal, and before Montreal, I lived in Los Angeles for 2 years, and
before Los Angeles, I was a denizen of Toronto. See, gypsy. I think
the 'Couv may be the place for me. We'll see. The other pedestrian
details that one normally finds in a personals ad also apply to mine:
well-adjusted, no criminal record, never been the subject of military
experimentation, closet fan of honky tonk music, doesn't get 'Donnie
Darko'.
I'm not looking for my partner in crime, nor am I looking for my
soul-mate. All I'm looking for are a couple of smokes, a cup of coffee
and a little bit of conversation. Sans the smokes, to be honest
Actually, I'd be happy to meet a date buddy who would sing Hope
Sandoval's part while I sang Jim Reid's lines in a stirring karaoke
rendition of 'Sometimes Always'.
I guess if you want to know more, you'll smile. Or attempt to
establish some kind of psychic rapport.
