It's always nice having that closeness, but with many people lately it's been so fleeting. I'd love to find someone I vibe with to chat and hang with on the regular, and hopefully for a long time. Doesn't need to be anything more than that. :)

About me:

• Native New Yorker that moved around a lot for work, but have now settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• I work as a TV newscast director, which has a bit of a stranglehold on my schedule and can sometimes lead to me not being around a ton at times.
• Amateur musician, I even have a second degree in it that I waste every day of my life. I play guitar, bass, piano, some ukulele, and a little mandolin and banjo. I write poppy acoustic singer/songwriter garbage. I’m like a middle-aged dollar-store brand messy guy version of Taylor Swift that plays almost exclusively in my living room to myself.
• Video game enthusiast, primarily PC, but own own a Switch and PS4. I *love* cooperative games and spooky games. Some recent favorites are Palworld, 7 Days to Die, Phasmophobia, Deep Rock Galactic, and Terraria. Been itching to get into Sun Haven, Dinkum, and Stardew Valley as well. I also even love playing different games but streaming to each other and chatting while we play. I have another post up from a few months back in r/gamerpals detailing more about games I'm into while making the same awkward jokes yet again.
• Adore watching shows/movies/streams with people. Willing to watch pretty much anything, and maybe you can be the person to finally get me to successfully watch anime. On a horror kick lately, but up for whatever, including re-watching The Office for the 28th time. Even trashy reality TV is on the table.
• For those that care about it, I’m an INFP and a Cancer, and embody both pretty thoroughly. I’m also a Slytherin! I’m even a twin, so there’s basically two of me.
• Things that impress me quickly: artistic abilities, wit, and good taste in music.

About you:

• 28 . The older the better so we can reminisce less about our dope time in college and more about drowning in debt while crying salty tears into our unpaid utility bills and scraping out the last bits of an off-brand ice cream straight from the carton that we indulged in only because it happened to be on sale that week and we had a coupon.
• Share some similar interests. Pretty much the nerdier you are, the better.
• Understands that I do the best I can with my free time, but sometimes I’ll be too busy with work, or tired to hang out. This one is important since I've lost a number of important people due to my availability sometimes being a bit in flux.

Feel free to reach out! DM, chat, signal fire, carrier pigeon. Whatever you're feeling. We can switch over to discord pretty quick since reddit is a terrible medium for long-term chatting. Please tell me a bit about yourself in your message!

(P.S. If I haven't responded to you in the past, or if I don't respond now, it's nothing personal - sometimes I just get a bit overwhelmed and caught up with some conversations with a few people and accidentally neglect to check back in on the post and other chat requests. Please feel free to reach out again I'll try to do better!)