Date men from United States / California / Eastlake, 34 year old

Date someone special from Eastlake, United States. Born and raised a Midwestern farm boy. I miss my family, but when I came out here in 2002 I fell in love with SD and decided to stay. Love my career too, however it doesn't consume my life. I'm always making time to break out of the daily grind. I'm genuine, good humored, true to my word, feisty, and very motivated. Confident but not cocky. I have an artsy side that fuels a passion to create. I'm also an adventure guy with plenty of bad boy to keep things interesting...however I'm grounded with those values and morals which I feel are very important. I really appreciate the little things. I'm always real and my friends love me for that. Although I've mainly had long term relationships, I feel I'm currently single due to some pretty big goals that I've spent a lot of time pursuing. Things have finally settled down, I'm stable now and ready for the next step.
So I'm looking for a best friend (I know sounds cheesy but true). Someone who has their head on straight, but not boring! Someone fun, witty, not afraid to try out new things. I just bought a new tent, let's go camping! I need a girl who's active enough to keep up. And who doesn't need a reason to wear sexy heels. If I ever have a funny story, a question, or great news...she'll be the FIRST person I come to. I'm completely self sufficient, but I appreciate a woman who genuinely enjoys taking care of her man. I'll have her back 100% so it needs to be reciprocated. I've never had a specific "type"...regardless of ethnicity shape or size I just need to be attracted to her inside and out. Just a pretty face won't keep me around, there needs to be something else to back up that smile!
Bottom line all sparkles and fluff aside, I'm a big boy now ready for a grownup relationship. However, I'd rather be single than settle. The girl I'm looking for definitely has to knock me off my feet. I'm a real guy, with a real life, in the real world that's into real interaction with another real person. Online dating is weird enough right, so if your style is to email back and forth like pen pal buddies, without ever surfacing from behind the solitude of your computer screen and pajamas, then I'm not your guy. Recently what I thought was a great "match" said that instead of exchanging phone #'s she wanted me to download some app where we could message. Uhhhhhm?? My response was, "If I wanted to download apps and play on messengers all day, I'd date a high school girl. No thank you." But I'm not in the party scene and meeting someone outside of a professional work environment is tough so I'm giving this a try. It's probably why you're on here too. BTW if you have 6 photos and 5 are of your cats, I know just the guy for you!! But unfortunately it isn't me, thanks for the wink but I won't be interested.