Hey all, trying to make myself shine through the swamp of other posts in here. I think my chances of finding the one might be a little low, but we'll give it a shot!

Surprise TLDR at the top instead of the bottom: I'd love someone to chat about random things, and just go out into the city and try new restaurants and activities (axe throwing, escape rooms, cute museum dates anyone?). I'm a little bit west of the city, but a short bus ride to Port authority. But, if I don't hit your boxes for a partner, I'd love just a new friend to drag me out of the house to try new restaurants, expand my social circle and stuff. But let me know if that's more your speed, don't want to waste anyone's time here!

Some simple pleasures: - Meal prep Sunday while listening to a YouTube video or podcast. - Playing video games for longer than is probably healthy. - Lying in bed binge watching a new show, or reading a new book / manga - Dragging myself to the gym and then eating more food than I should after I'm 5'8", Chinese American, ~170lbs.

Here's some homemade food and a few photos of me ! https://imgur.com/a/Xqg1wwR

TLDR over and back to me rambling!

Dating apps are well... dating apps. A bit difficult for the woman to swipe through the flood of likes for being a woman just to find little ol' me. Plus it's always the pictures that get you, and I'm pretty average guy and just a tad unphotogenic..

To try to fix that, I've recently gotten into fitness to get in better shape. Daily walks, gym, etc. and I've also taken my love for cooking and make healthier food to supplement that!

Between working out and cooking, I have less time for my hobbies, but I can always still find a way to carve a few hours to play some video games, rock climb, binge TV, or read something (books, manga, webtoons, etc.). I will forever be a nerd 🫡. Lately I've been listening to Dune while getting my daily steps in.

But, I digress (sorry business email speak coming out) - to be honest, I don't get out all that much, so it's hard to meet new people. But I've been toying with the idea of going to some cooking classes to just meet new people. I'm definitely a homebody who needs friends to drag me out of the comfort of my room (if you're not into dating, let's be friends and just drag me out of my house please). With most of my friends being at least an hour away, I end up staying in most weekends, besides for an afternoon walk, workout/climbing session, cooking, or grocery shopping.

I'm a pretty shy guy, even around family, but I definitely open up more with new people, and talking to strangers on the internet, I'm oddly flirty.

Anyways, that's a little bit about me. There's so much more to uncover, both good and bad. If I've piqued any interest, feel free to send me a message! I'm mainly looking for someone in the area (so we can go on cute dates), but let's just chat and see what happens! Hopefully our conversations won't dry out and we'll hit it off, maybe we'll be one of those success stories ☺️. If you want, we can skip the boring " where are you from, what do you do," and tell me about what excites you! Whether it's your work, recent Pinterest post, new book, show, or movie you're invested in. Whatever works!