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About me and who I'm looking for

About me:

We can start off casually (coffee and conversation), but ultimately I hope to find a life partner -- to share not just entertainment and bed, but also a vision and purpose in life. Saint-Exupery said "love consists not in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction." That direction, for me, is political activism. Watching, shopping, voting are not enough. There are 7 billion people in my family; someday I hope to have dinner with them all. Will you carry your protest sign beside mine? I want change, not ritual, so the meetings I attend are not in churches. I'm a wild eyed idealist, socialist, anarchist, existentialist, Buddhist, optimist, humanist, humorist, pastafarian, antiauthoritarian.

I keep song lyrics on my shower wall -- I know every word of Vietnam Rag and the Internationale, and most of Aint No Reason. I'm very verbal, and seeking same; let there be emails to fill the ether; what are you reading, thinking, feeling? I'm a Lakoffite, on a quest for the magic words of enlightenment and class struggle. Search for my blog about the Worldwide Progressive Movement.

If you're seeking a companion for outdoors, concerts, fine wines, travel, bourgeois pleasures, it's not me. Proust said "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." My flat is a mess; invite me to yours.

I'm mostly serious and singleminded, but I like entertainments once in a while too, particularly movies. "Chocolat" and "Little Miss Sunshine" are delightful rebellions against conformity, and "V for Vendetta" is every antiauthoritarian's wet dream. (continued)

I'm looking for:

(continued) "The Corporation" is not fun, but it changed my life. I'm also fond of sci-fi flicks and romantic comedies, though I haven't yet figured out what those mean ideologically.

I'm still employed as a math teacher, but that's just my day job; that's not what I want to do on a date. That's not even how I see myself now. Decades ago I was seduced by math's promises of certainty, but now I see that only the dead are unchanging, and the most important questions in our lives are not mathematical.

My political and spiritual awakening a few years ago stems in part from dating ads like this: Right after divorce is a particularly good opportunity to take a fresh look at your life, but any day will do. Writing my ad, I had to think about not only who I was, but what I want to be. But I can't complete my metamorphosis alone. I need you to encourage my becoming, as I encourage yours. I'm surprised that most dating ads are so short, as though finding the right partner or finding yourself were of little importance.

Zen strawberries relieve my stress, but Powdermilk Biscuits haven't ended my shyness. As Morrissey said so aptly, I am human and I need to be loved, just like everybody else does. Will you be the heart of my revolution? Will you argue poetry and social theory with me late into the night, and conspire (breathe together) with me?

Beard negotiable after third date. Must love cats. Nashville only: I need a wrestling partner; penpals in distant towns need not apply. Photos required: I wish that appearance didn't matter to me, but unfortunately I am not yet as enlightened as that; to excite me a woman must not be Rubenesque.