Chas

University of Wisconsin - Madison, Master's Degree
University of Illinois - Chicago, Bachelor's Degree

College Administrator

Theater, Film, Travel, Art, Museums, Food and Wine, Leisurely Dinners and Conversations, Biking, Walking, Hiking, Woodworking, Photography, Sports

"At Swim, Two Boys"--Don't read enough novels.

Sunset Boulevard, Cinema Paradiso, Seven Samurai, Memento, Touch of Evil, Fargo, Rear Window, All About Eve, The Twilight Samurai, Amadeus, Gosford Park, The Pianist, The Third Man, Rebecca, A Streetcar Named Desire, Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon, Far From Heaven, Enchanted April, too many movies to list here.

Eclectic--Classic Jazz (Louis, Ella, Miles, Nina, Billie, Duke, Sarah, Julie, Benny, Charlie, Carmen, Sammy, Dinah, Dizzy, Blossom, Shirley, Diana), Pop (Snow Patrol, Amos, Feist, Dido, Cardigans, Norah Jones, Cranberries, Lavigne, Jewel, Lennox, McLachlan, Bareilles, Nalick, Zsiga, Gabrielle, Frou Frou, Moyet, Evanescence, Beth Hart, Imbruglia, Natalie Merchant, Lifehouse, McCluskey, Kate Bush, Five for Fighting, Counting Crows, Matchbox Twenty, Dave Matthews Band), Musicals (yes, really) and American Songbook, Classical, Classic 70s-early 80s Rock, and more.

Grey's Anatomy, Boston Legal, Ugly Betty, Heros, Desperate Housewives, most any science-related show

I am down-to-earth, stable, passionate, caring, thoughtful, fond of life, and outspoken. I love all seasons; take long walks and bike rides for no reason other than to walk or to bike; can be nerdy; make clothing and build furniture; work in computer technology but use it on a limited basis outside of work; changed majors six times in college, ending up in anthropology and archaeology; am a trained photographer; can have breakfast at a cheesy American diner, lunch at a Thai dive, and dinner at a romantic 4-star restaurant; could live on espresso, dark chocolate, cherries, avocados, raspberries, gelato, salmon, filet mignon, beef brisket, pulled pork, and wine; love to cook as much as I love to eat; watch little TV; love to hold the hand of the man I love at movies and theaters, at dinner, on the street, in a cab, on a bus, on the couch . . . anywhere; see hundreds of films a year; love live theater, art galleries, musicals, and museums; can talk for hours on end with someone whose company I enjoy; feel the same at 45 as I did at 35 (or at least almost the same); love the feeling of a fresh, warm spring breeze; love to sleep; travel for pleasure for months every year; prefer to rent than to own; do not own a car nor desire ever to own another one; can spend endless hours, days, and weeks alone and not feel lonely; love a hot shower ever morning; can kiss and caress a man I find sexy for hours on end and want it never to end; live life to the fullest each and every day.

I enjoy the company of a person with an intelligent curiosity, a passion for life, a desire to learn and to experience everything possible, a strong sense of self and confidence, a caring, considerate, and thoughtful nature, a well-considered point of view on many topics, and a clear perspective of what is right and wrong.