Thanks for the replies everyone especially jspill. I know my pictures are a problem and I actually tried to get the first girl I met to help me take some - not for dating sites, but to register as an extra with casting agencies talked about at the beginning of this thread (I guess they could be used for both).
The second one everyone says I look real rapey was supposed to be for my book jacket/press stuff - kind of how Robert Parker or Stephen King try to look all bad-ass:
http://imgur.com/EiJPs5b,
http://imgur.com/5it9w7h (it's strange people want artists to be "tortured souls", but only sometimes I guess)
Yeah, the beard definitely gets a reaction. Walking down Cowboy the coyotes were grabbing it to pull me into the bars lol. Some of the tuk tuk drivers have said "cool" or "viking!" and I got a lot of those reactions in San Fran too. There's actually a bead in it now which was a suggestion from a friend when we we're 15 and listening to Cypress Hill:
http://imgur.com/nIXeiFG
So, yeah I'm not sure if I should keep growing it, add more beads, trim it down, shave or what - probably why I'm looking for a woman - thinking I need some feminine influence in my life.
As far as where I've been looking for women. I took the advice and stayed right on Nana for 5 days and looked for a place within 5-10 BTS stops for longer term (found something nice off On Nut). So, since I was in Nana the first week most of the women I met were in the bars there. I think I might have been too honest with them though when I said I was looking for a partner/longer term because I got this emoji a lot
When I moved to On Nut though, one of the bar girls from Nana came over and said she had a friend and the next day I was getting a lot of interest from several very good looking women, but I was very confused (and still am) because there were so many of them and she had said "a" friend and this was only a few hours later.
So, it seemed like a lot of people were trying to set me up even parents and I was having a hard time telling what was a scam (and still am). Like I mentioned, I had been buying a lot of people drinks, not trying to be a baller or anything just friendly, and I think that's where the reputation came from.
All in all though, the experience so far as been a bit overwhelming and made me a little gun-shy. There's already the wealth disparity to begin with, but for me I think the problem is compounded because my appearance and education suggest much more money than I actually have. People are looking at me as a "provider", however one of the reasons I'm searching for a "partner" is to boost my income (someone to fight on my side since it seems everyone else is only out for themselves - including my own family).