Not sure if this is allowed but I feel like I should update mine. It'd take quite a while to search for my other post in here to edit it, and I don't know if anyone else goes that far back anyway. So here's me now.
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So, my name's Travis. Or Boxman, or Boxy or just Box.
I'd like to think I'm very easy going, care free, and humorous. At least, those are the three traits that stand out the most. I'm also intelligent, eccentric, artsy, and nerdy. I can be serious when need be, but often I find that those who are serious all the time are just too high strung.
Recently turned 21 years old. Haven't drunk too much, though, and have not touched much soda for a while, either. Right now I weigh 197 pounds, but am looking to get that down to maybe somewhere around 150 or so, and then I'll see from there what I've got to lose. So I've been trying to live healthier. I started out at 254, so I know I can do this if I just keep at it.
As I said, I'm super nerdy, or at least when it comes to video games, and I'm proud of it...ok, well, proud is a strong word, but I'm not ashamed. I've enjoyed a ton since childhood and consider them just as valid a form of art as any other medium, if not more so. Zelda, Final Fantasy, Fallout, Metroid, Halo, near anything Suda 51 related, etc.
Guess I'm also a bit of a bookworm. Have particularly read a lot of work by Stephen King, 'The Dead Zone', 'Misery', and 'Hearts in Atlantis' being among my favorites, but I've also read various others. 'Flowers for Algernon' was very touching, and 'Lake Wobegon Days' was just a fun, lighthearted joy to read. I think that books are probably the only medium games can't quite compare to, because there's just something so much more powerful about words simply sitting on a page, and yet the author almost has to have some kind of telepathic link specifically to you in order to convey their message well. All of these different stories and more have inspired me to try and become a writer, as I feel there are a lot of my own that I would like to share and to hopefully change the lives of other readers for the better.
That said, being some sort of cartoonist might also be fun. I've always loved drawing, and trying to replicate all of my favorite cartoon characters back then was fun. Not as serious about this and it is more just a hobby, but I have been trying to get better at it regardless.
Anyone who's seen me post around here probably already knows I dislike gender roles. I don't care for sports at all, nor do I know much about cars at all, and there are plenty of other "guy" things I just don't get. So if you're looking to find someone who's overly, ridiculously filled with testosterone too the amount that it's spilling out every orifice(or, in other words, macho manly man?), then you probably won't find what you're looking with me. On the other hand, if you're on the lookout for someone who is a bit shy, quiet, sensitive, quirky, and fun, then I may very well be exactly what you want. Normally I'd prefer to get to know someone as a friend first before deciding whether to get into a relationship, but as that has yet to work, I guess this is a bit of a compromise on my part; I'd like to get to know someone with a more domineering personality, who's willing to get me out of my shell a bit - but also respects my boundaries enough to know I'm more a slow burner and can take a while to be comfortable with someone new.
I think my expectations would be a bit too high if I said I wanted to meet someone close by, what with everyone here being so diverse, but if you do live in or near Claremont, New Hampshire and are interested, don't hesitate to send a message. And even if you don't, I wouldn't be against anything long distance, either. It's actually another way I prefer getting to know people, as meeting someone entirely new in person would probably cause me too much anxiety to make things enjoyable. So yeah, any women out there, perhaps between the ages of 18-25 seeking a nerdy, funny guy should look no further.
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About suffering they were never wrong,
The Old Masters: how well they understood
Its human position; how it takes place
While someone else is eating or opening a window or
just walking dully along...