I mean, what are we even thinking at this point? You'd think we'd know better by now than to constantly be in different places at the same time, or the same place at different times. But no...

Seriously though, it's been a while since I posted. I made a few friends, and friends are awesome, but I am still kinda hoping for someone for a travel-buddy-and/or-relationshippy-kinda-sorta-thing. (Yes, that's a technical term.)

And hey, if I end up with a friend or two more, that's also good.

Me:

• I'm a functional nerd.
• I have my shit together.
• Not stupid (I took the tests).
• 6'3/190cm. 48 years old, medium-gray-ish hair, trimmed beard, brownish eyes, glasses.
• Pasty white German, living in Berlin.
• I work as a team lead for an IT company.
• I see the world in 2d (really).
• I don't smoke and I rarely drink.
• Atheist, but not really interested in making others see the error of their ways.
• Despite being German I do have a sense of humor. (I am such a rebel.)
• I am single. No kids and no ex-wives.
• Vaccinated. Four times. Caught COVID despite all precautions. Survived it. I shall now be invincible. (Well, probably not, but my initial plan of being the last human on Earth not to catch COVID failed, so we'll call this "plan B".)

I started a new job a couple months ago, which keeps me very busy and very little spare time. I expect that to improve. I do keep up with TV shows a bit better, and I signed up for an online game of Dungeons & Dragons. Earlier this year, I took a voice acting class (and decided it wasn't for me, but it was fun while it lasted). I play some video games, but pretty casually at this point. I dabble in writing and drawing (not good at either). I still walk a fair bit, just not late at night anymore. My cautious optimism for real vacations for 2022 was mostly misplaced, but I did go on two short trips. Never make your vacation plans without considering the ineptitude of the property management responsible for setting up construction work at your place.

You:

• Please have a brain or something you use for one.
• You can hold your end of a conversation.
• Speak decent English.
• Drama free.

That's more or less it. I mean, bonus points if you're tall, have an accent, and are not a pasty white German, but it really doesn't matter all that much.

We probably won't get along if you're a political extremist on either end of the spectrum ("ACAB" or "MAGA", no thanks to both). I am just wondering what a European version of "MAGA" might be. Probably "Russia is being threatened by NATO" or some bullcrap like that, but that lacks a catchy acronym.

Conversation Starters:

• Most outlandish travel experience you can't quite believe actually happened to you.
• What will complicate 2023? Robot uprising? Alien invasion? Cats & dogs living together?
• Topic of the novel you never quite finished writing? Or the one novel someone really should write if only they weren't sitting on their lazy asses and doing things like working a day job.
• Space. The Final Frontier. Our next best hope, or best left untouched lest things man was not meant to know start stirring when the stars are right and go bump in the night?

Or feel free to ask me anything. Or tell me about your 2023 travel plans so I can totally steal your ideas. Or a random factoid that's no more than mildly interesting.

Please send a PM, not a chat request. I'll reply asap (a year on, I am still not logged in 24x7. Shocking, I know).