I want to start things off a little dark. Maybe that will help me find people I can relate with emotionally. I have no family, I have been no contact with my parents for years and everyone else is dead. No siblings, live alone, spend holidays alone. It's not as bad as it sounds and I don't try to inject myself into my friends' family holidays even though they'd probably take me. I'd say I'm a chronically lonely person and that feeling almost never goes away, but it does dull when I surround myself with others. I struggled with mental health a lot growing up and it wasn't easy getting to where I am now. I empathize with anyone who had family members who put them down and invalidated them. If you're struggling now just know things can get better and it's okay to fail. Why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.

I have too many hobbies. I play card games competitively (magic the gathering is one of them) and fly to tournaments all over North America. I build models and paint them from time to time, I sing and I promise I'm not terrible. I'm an ex MMO player, I've played tons of diablo 2/3/4 (This season is not it by the way), and I'm currently playing a few shooters (deadlock) in addition to league of legends/tft/hs: battlegrounds. Sci fi/fantasy are my favourite genres. LOTR, The Expanse, Evangelion, Your Name, and A Silent Voice are close to my heart for movies/series/anime. I'd love to find someone to travel with, I have some places on my list I'd enjoy much more with the right company.

I exercise to keep my mental health in check for the most part, and while lifting isn't my favourite thing to do I really enjoy boxing and by extension MMA watching. I've been pretty reclusive since the pandemic (I know that was quite awhile ago now) and I spend most of my time inside mostly due to my plethora of indoor interests (But a little bit because of my mild sun allergy). My hairdresser thought I was 26 the other day. Goes to show what no sunlight and napping in between meetings can do for your skin.

My corporate tech career lets me work from home and outside of meetings I can be available during the day. Nearby is always great but I think I can make most time zones work for the right person. If you're comfortable, I'd like to voice chat early on as I feel text is really lacking in tone/inflection. My voice for reference: https://voca.ro/1ShbPHVjjoF9

We'll see if anyone were able to make it through my wall of text. I'd love it if you introduced yourself, what we have in common, what made you reach out. The safety word is francais (which I can't speak fluently I'm sorry) so that I know you actually read my post. :')