 Oh, hello, you beautiful viewer, and welcome to Loco in Love. I'm your host, Sergio Angelos. Did you know that according to the Pew Research Center, 75% of daters say that they have found it very or somewhat difficult to find people to date in the past year? Or that 67% of daters say that overall things in their dating life are not going well at all? And that 47% of Americans say dating is now harder than it was 10 years ago? Well, I hope that we can change that. Loco in Love is a new show by Lamont Public Media to help Lamont singles find love and to help two individuals commit the perfect crime to steal each other's hearts. Our first eligible bachelor is a charming, eloquent, warm-hearted man in his mid-30s. He recently purchased a beautiful home in downtown Launmont, loves his dog Remy, and makes a delicious enchilada sauce. Let's meet Shaquille, and as you get to know him, pay attention to your heart and see if it says, oh, there you are, I've been looking for you. I mean, secretly I'm a Bing fan. You know the ladies love Bing. I've never had applesauce before. No, I want to go back to the other question. Can you ask it again? I get nervous when I'm trying to impress someone. I'm depressingly straight. I'm good with my hands in multiple ways. Yes. What are you looking for? I'm Shaquille DeLal, 34 years old. I'm five foot six. I weigh 165. That's a lie. I weigh 155. 165 used to be the lie when I weighed 185, but now I can honestly say I weigh 155. I have two older siblings, two sisters. I moved to Longmont in 2017 to start a company. I break things before they get sent into space. Do you feel nervous? No, I don't feel nervous. Do you know I've never been in love? Have I ever told you that? I am looking for love. Do you have any pets? I have a dog. Her name is Remy. She's seven years old. She will always be happy to meet new people and she'll be very happy to meet you. Oh man, what is my favorite restaurant? I really like Long's Peak Pub. It's always less expensive than you expect it to be, even if you get beer and I really like the beer there. I like Westside Tavern. I think I have more favorite bars than restaurants now that I think about it. I mean, my favorite bar is Drowning Distillers. They are most famous for like their Escal, but I actually like their whiskey. Quarters is a really good place to take a first date. It's an arcade if you're like a little bit competitive and into video games. I think I am without a doubt a mama's boy. The way that I know that is because I've been cooking with my mom since I was five. I would get tricked into making this traditional flatbread that called a roti that Indian people make. It's sort of like a tortilla. Has to be handmade. Has to be fresh. You can't buy them in stores at least you couldn't back then. And so my mom would make like 200 of them every weekend for like all the week's meals and I eventually, I started doing it because it was fun and then it became a trap. But yeah, that's how I know my mama's boy. If you happen to be stranded on an island, what one item would you take with you? I mean is a dog an item? Can I call a dog a thing? Yeah, dogs are a thing. So I would take my dog. That's a good easy one. Yeah, yeah, we're going to go with the dog. Does the curtain match the drapes? Yes. What are you looking for? Sheesh. What? Do you want to match the drapes? Let's say a kid comes up to you and kicks you in the shit, what do you do? I would absolutely punch that child. How would my friends describe me? I try to be funny because I think people find that attractive and I enjoy making people laugh. I've been told that I can be really nice by people who have just met me. What's your favorite sex position? Honestly, I like cuddling and so anything that feels like cuddling is going to work for me. What's your secret sexual fantasy? I am really glad, comfortable with my privacy and just knowing that all of us are a little bit broken on the inside a little bit and as a result, we all have deep dark secrets that we'll never tell anyone and this is one of them. Truth or dare? Truth. I'm such a chicken. I'd rather reveal something about myself than actually have to do something. Here are three truth questions for you. Oh shit, I didn't realize we were actually playing this game. What's the last thing you Google? I actually turned my phone off so I'll go get my phone. Alright, the last thing I Googled. So does it have to be Google.com or what if I use a different search engine? It has to be Google. Wow, these are all really old actually. So the last thing I Googled was funny flags for house. So I have an American flag on my house because I am a very patriotic person. I'm liberal patriotic as opposed to conservative patriotic. Anyway, people tell me that having an American flag on the front of my house confuses them because that's like a very Republican thing to do. But you know what? Fuck the Republicans. It's our flag too. God damn it. What are your skills? What is it? Is it your tool belt? What's in my tool belt? I have a battering in my tool belt. I also have a flashlight in my tool belt. Not one of those people who carries a pocket knife, but I do have a pocket knife that I sometimes carry around as a tool. I really enjoy cooking. I am good with my hands. I like fixing things around the house. I like to think that I'm generally good at things that I put some effort into being good at. Woodworking is not one of those things. I find woodworking incredibly intimidating. First of all, I think the table saw is like a fundamentally terrifying tool that can never be safe. What's your favorite part of your body? I don't think I have a favorite part of my body. I've got body issues with it, just like everybody else. I don't really think I have a favorite part of my body. I think being a cat or a dog in a society that keeps pets would be a lot of fun. It would be real relaxing. It would be chill. Also, I think being a bird would be really cool. I think I would enjoy the sensational flying. I am a really bad swimmer, so a blue whale would be really cool. What are some of your hobbies? I play board games. I cook. I play with my dog. I'm really involved in my community. I love civics, so I'm involved in the local public access TV station, Longmont Public Media, LongmontPublicMedia.org. I really like local politics. I like getting involved in city council elections and helping candidates. I sort of think of my job like a hobby sometimes. I mean, obviously I'm getting paid for it, but it is a lot of fun to deal with stuff that goes to space every day. I really like work sometimes, actually. I liked science probably from like fifth or sixth grade on, but I think I knew I wanted to be a scientist after I took my first chemistry class. Yeah, so we'll call that a hobby of its own. I think if work wasn't scratching that itch for me, other things would have to. Where do you see yourself in the future? It's in Longmont. It definitely involves a family. I want kids. I don't know exactly how many kids. I think I'm going to be a really good father someday, and I'm looking forward to doing that. I think two is the right number. Three is a lot of kids, man. Raising three humans seems like a lot of work, but two I think I could do. What are you looking for in a partner? I think I'm looking for someone who has the same values that I do. I think values are what create a stable long-term relationship. Though in terms of personality, I like assertive personalities. I have a thing for prominent noses, like sort of angular prominent noses. I would describe my personality deep down. I am a gigantic softy. I get really sentimental about certain things. Yeah, I like smart people. I enjoy having conversations with people that are not just like small talk. I enjoy really learning about the other person because I think it's really interesting to learn how someone else sees the world. I think the view that I will never forget was a night in the summer of 2005. I was in the Monongahila National Forest, for a summer camp in West Virginia. I went for an evening stroll with the girl. We walked into this clearing in the woods where it was in the middle of the forest, but there were no trees. The cool thing about this part of West Virginia is that it's in the National Radio Quiet Zone. There is no light pollution of any kind. We walked into this clearing in the forest and the far tree line was just covered in fireflies. There must have been millions of them. You looked up into the sky and that was the first time I ever saw the Milky Way. 100% clear, no light pollution, nothing. I will never forget that moment. What's your type? I like assertive personalities. I like someone who just reads random things and has interesting things to talk about, whether it's like a magazine article or a news story, or just a fun fact that you have about whatever random situation we're in. I like having someone who I can experience something with and come away from that experience with more than if I had done it by myself. What are you looking for in a partner? I won't know until I see it. There have been people who I got really close to. None of them fit a template that I can identify. I don't know. I'll know when I see it. What? I think being in love is having a deep sense of trust with someone to know that you can rely on them and to know that they will be there and to know that you care more about their well-being than your own and that you can live your life assuming that level of ongoing support for them and from them and that's an empowering thing for a person that you can move through life with that kind of support. Were you captivated by Shaquille's gentle eyes or maybe his humor gave him more than a chuckle? Or maybe you were attracted to his radiant charisma. We'll be scheduling three dates for three lucky women and if you think Shaquille may steal your heart, let us know by visiting lawnmontinlove.com forward slash contestants. If you're single in lawnmont and would like to be on Loco in Love, let us know by filling out an application at lawnmontinlove.com forward slash apply. Tune in for the next episode and see if Shaquille inches closer to being Loco in Love. Until next time. 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