Scuba diving; cycling; most things to do with the water; the environment; photography; geocaching
Music
Kate Bush; Patti Smith; Evanescence; U2; Sting; Norah Jones; Porcupine Tree; Rolling Stones; David Bowie; My Chemical Romance
Movies
Lord of the Rings; Jean de Florette; Pulp Fiction; any Pedro Almodovar movie; Matrix trilology; Moulin Rouge; El Mariachi trilology; Kill Bill; Pans Labyrinth
Television
Carnivale (when it was on HBO); CSI; West Wing (when it was playing); Seinfield;
Books
Lord of the Rings; Jean M. Auel books; Steven King books; Anne Rice - the earlier vampire books
About me:
I'm an Englishman in New York (thanks Sting for phrasing that so well). I have been living in New York for three years now after moving up from New Orleans. Thankfully I was not there when Katrina hit.
I got certified in scuba diving whilst I was still in New Orleans, just before I moved to New York, and I am hooked on the sport. There is nothing to compare it to. I go diving off Long Island, both from the beach and from boats. I am starting to do technical diving from boats in New York but I will not give up the beach diving and the Caribbean.
I enjoy cycling and aim to do two century rides per year. I don't go for speed but distance. When preparing for a century, I'll be cycling most evenings after work. I tend to only break a training schedule for a dive. :)
I try to swim most mornings. Wait, let me rephrase that. I go snorkeling most mornings. I'll go to the pool and like to swim for an hour. I treat this as down time, a place to go and chill out. As such, I'll put on my mask and snorkel and swimming fins and do a modified breast stroke. My objective is to swim 100 lengths (not laps). One day I may do that by swimming freestyle but it is not important. In fact, I think I would need to take lessons as my breathing technique is not the best. My style is good however. :)
I am both newsletter editor and website designer of our local dive club. I may have a link to it somewhere here. I enjoy doing that a lot. I have an underwater videocamera which I am looking at making documentaries and seeing if I can do something with that. Hey, if you need some underwater footage taking, I'm your man!! Don't expect great things as I am still learning.
I enjoy listening to music, rarely watch TV, going to the movies and eating out. I watch a lot of independent and foreign movies and greatly enjoy the selection they have at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington. For food, I cannot get enough sushi. The odd rare steak is good to get the juices flowing. I'll prefer a good red wine to white and like to sample different types of beers. I prefer the darker ales to the continental type lagers.
Who I'd like to meet: I am interested in meeting fascinating and unique people. On the dating side, I would prefer if you were into cycling and diving as that is where I spend a lot of my free time. However, it's not important if you aren't.
Are you melting in this heat??? I could use a pint or two... Let's catch up soon. Went to Robert Moses on Sunday, thought of you and your watermelon...
