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Dear RentMen visitors, RareAnimal chose to answer 16 interview questions that were last updated on 15 Feb 2018

Interview

  • What are your hobbies? What do you like to do in your spare time?
    From a builder's pov I enjoy architecture and design. I'm not gifted when it comes to planning projects from scratch and visualizing an outcome. I must dive in and begin. No plan. No idea. No fear. That's when magic happens for me. I build like a sculptor and am always amazed at the result.
  • Tell us what you consider to be your greatest life experience.
    4 years ago I walked away from a conventional life. It was very difficult. I'm in the midst of the most interesting, arousing, humbling, and purposeful pursuit of my life. It's not what I had expected or planned. I followed my heart.
  • What is your ‘niche’?
    Very simple. I am present. I am genuine. I am "salt of the earth." There's no image creation or mask that I put on. Read my profile. Look at my not so professional pics. It's Me
    I don't take myself too seriously. I have an innate ability to connect with most anyone....I tend to avoid "role play" or "scenes" because doing so takes away from my strength. That's not to say I won't fulfill a fantasy. I NATURALLY fill many roles that men hope to encounter.
  • What do you do for fun?
    I am rather simple. Sometimes to a fault...a free day is gladly spent sleeping in. Daydreaming. Spending time at the gym, and in the river, napping...I have a black belt in napping and I'm not afraid to use it.
    I love a project as well. I'll spend a sleepless couple of months creating an environment in which I'll spend subsequent months lounging.
  • How do you go that ‘extra mile' in your life?
    Giving. A word that I have come to embrace as a practice in my life and now know as the direct connect to happiness. In truth it's a most selfish pursuit as I collect bountiful bowls of fulfillment as a result. So, I go the extra mile by challenging myself to be more open, available, and sharing with everyone.
  • If you have to pick one thing that everyone else should absolutely know about you, what would it be?
    I am an old soul born a generation too late yet refuse to grow up.
  • What would you like your followers to know about you that is unique and even a bit personal?
    I get a bit nervous before meeting new clients. It's my responsibility to set clients at ease so trepidation is hidden well behind a warm smile...but yeah, nerves are there. When I am no longer nervous I will step back and take note...then challenge myself to expand in new ways. Grow or wither. Easy choice!!
  • What makes you stand out from the crowd?
    I do not judge. I accept everyone for who they are and meet them at a level that accentuates compatibility. It's how I'm wired. It's also a surprise to most. I enjoy discovering what makes people tick...especially as it drives their sexuality. Meeting there without judgment leads to a more powerful connection and experience.
  • If you and I were on the beach having some wine and great food, what would you tell me about yourself.
    Is it me, or does this interview question sound like it was picked from the scrap pile over at matchmaker.com? :) I digress...I would also likely crack wise and spin tales between bites of stinky cheese and toast points. I never understood toast points. Nothin but a poor man's cracker with a fancy name if you ask me. At some point, I might look to the sky and catch a shooting star and take the conversation so far into the philosophical stratosphere that you would run like hell or we'd be friends for life.
  • What are your greatest personal traits?
    Authentic Masculinity. I have always been uncomfortable with labels and monikers that attempt to define masculinity. Top, straight, straight acting, butch (despise that one), etc. What's "special" about me isn't all that special. It just is. I'm a naturally masculine Man as defined by the American standard. Probably how I was raised. It just is. I'm comfortable with myself and exude confidence without having to beat my chest or grunt. (Though I do grunt more than I probably should:)
  • How often do you travel? Do you prefer to travel or you are more of a homebody?
    I travel when I can. Between construction projects and meeting clients I log many miles by plane and by truck. I enjoy the fast pace and the challenge of balancing a full life.

    At the same time, the redwood forest of Northern California is where I call home. When I am home I am a hermit. As much as I enjoy being out and about, I require grounding time in the forest.
  • What kind of diet and fitness regiment do you follow?
    I'm an animal in the gym. When there I am in "gorilla mode." I listen to obnoxious heavy metal music. I may even foam at the mouth. It's my outlet..my therapy. I leave it all in the floor along with a ton of sweat.
    Diet? Do my best to shovel in the requisite amount of whatever it is that I'm supposed to. I'm now sure I'd be twice the size if I took my diet more seriously. I'm terrible with vitamins,powders, and potions.
    Meat, cheese, a lot of vegetables...and shakes. That's pretty much it.
  • What’s your lifestyle? What makes you who you are?
    Intentional simplicity. I’ve lived a “big” life and have since washed my hands of it. I now live a life exactly the way I want with roots in nature (Redwoods on the Russian River) as well as urban life (Long Beach). Spending time in both places and traveling keep me balanced and challenged.
    I march to a different drum beat...always have...and am wise enough to know it makes no sense shoehorning myself into society. I am housebroken however:) and clean up nice. I may even use the correct fork at dinner. But it won't take long for the boots and Levi's to go back on.
  • What should others absolutely know about you?
    Old fashioned, country solid, integrity that carried forth from my Midwest upbringing. People are quick to trust me and feel a sense of comfort in my presence. I take this seriously. In ***ing, this allows for barriers to come down fast so the heights of exploration can be reached.
  • What do you enjoy most about yourself?
    Paradox. I am comfortable with paradox. Actually, I prefer paradox. I live, think, eat, sleep outside the box. Yet I spend most of my time grounded in convention. I am many peoples "fun friend" that will never let the conversation stay trite. I'm the curveball.
  • Name 5 things that you can’t live without.
    Earth, wind, fire, sex, and
    a sense of humor:)