Greetings. I'm a Native Son of Chicago following my muses here in RI. I`m a creative professional and passionate about social justice, human development and philosophy.

I enjoy so many aspects of life that I could not list them all here. Suffice to say that I`m curious about the world. However, some of my interests are listed here. I tend towards self-reflection but enjoy meeting and engaging people.

I'm easy-going (usually), open-minded and friendly. My curiosity about the world is a huge part of who I am. I'm also a bit of a closet philosopher, and on a quest to find the truth of our existence. I'm driven by my art, my writing and desire to know. I love learning and being back in college really fulfills me.

I seek new experiences. In my life I've learned that I have to take the time to discern how people really are, and be clear on and insistent about the kind of people I want in my life.

I'm interested in making new friends with positive, hopeful people who can relate to our (my) cultural identity. It would be cool to find folks to play hoops and go bike riding or white-water rafting with and who share similar interests in art, ethics, games, books, music, theater and movies.

Ok, now that I've been out here for a minute...

It's refreshing to see other kinksters out here. People tend to put you in the weird/strange category without even bothering to find out what you're about, or that you're just as normal as everyone else.

From what I gather, a lot of folks here gather points to do fu-things. I'm not really into that and even if I was, my schedule between school & work wouldn't allow it. I am a bit amazed at all of the going-ons around that stuff though.

What I've done so far is to check out people's profiles - that's interesting in itself. But if I'm really being honest I'd say that I like looking at photos of women I find attractive.

I rate everyone as 10s regardless; it takes a lot of courage to be yourself in our looks-obsessed society. Beauty comes in all shapes, sizes and ways so I'm not dissing any of that.

I do however stay away from profiles that seem unsavory; folks with hateful images or such usually get ignored or blocked. I also tend to lay low with married folks or those who are in a relationship. I'm not into any kind of smoking or drug-use and won't date those that do.

I'm not on here expecting to meet anyone; I'm open to being friends (as much as one can in cyberland) with people, and possibly more as I do travel on vacation. In terms of sheer numbers you can only interact with so many people. I have some fu-friends and already feel like I can't keep up with them; we'll see how that goes.