I'm interested in meeting new people, but not interested in getting too serious. I'm fun to be around, because I usually have a pretty good attitude and am always game to try something new.

I am seeing someone that I care about very much, but it's not an exclusive relationship at this time. I guess some folks would describe that as "open". That may intrigue some of you and freak others out. It's new to me, but so far a very interesting and fun experience.

Enjoying my job, doing art, going out with friends and family, learning to cook, cuddling with my two cats, exploring the outdoors, figuring out what love means and how different it can look than I ever expected, discovering how much I like physical pleasure and that I have a previously unknown streak of adventurousness (wow!!!). In short, I am having an amazing time these days.

SQL. Computer programming. Neck/shoulder/back rubs. Making out. Enjoying the little things. Finding the silver lining. Being generous. Getting attention. Baking. Making people laugh. Being geeky. And a few other things.

My height (I'm tall), my hair (it's red and very short), my laugh (loud and often).

Oh, I could spend all day filling this out.

I'm not sure how I feel about this section, anyway. Sure, it's nice to find out you have something in common with someone through favorites, but at the same time, are you looking for someone who likes the exact same things you like? I sure am not, one of my very favorite things about meeting/getting to know new people is learning about the stuff they love that I've never heard of.

So, I'll come back to this, once I've resolved to fill it out. If I do. I might just say "Wanna know?? Ask me!"

Great sex. Tried to, didn't work, never trying that again.

Good coffee.

My self-respect (no, really, I'm totally no effin' good to anyone without that).

Someone to care about, who cares about me in return.

Hope.

A good book.

A cat. I have a soft spot for my two :), but I know they don't live forever. Still, I think I will always have to be living with at least one cat, for too many reasons to list here.

A car that runs. I know, that's so not cool here in pdx, but I'm being totally honest. If I can't hop in my car at a moment's notice and go to the coast or the woods, it feels like something in my life is terribly wrong.

Free Time. At least a little bit every day, to use how I see fit, even if that's just sitting on my couch, staring out the window lost in thought.

My sister, who is my favorite person in the whole world, and her daughter, my niece.

Being able to make up my own mind, make my own decisions, figure out my own sense of right and wrong. I will never again allow myself to be brainwashed by a religion, so don't even try it. I'm not bitter, just resolved.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I went way over six, and I don't give a crap :).

what I have learned this last year about myself and life. Goals I have and how to reach them. How to make my budget stretch to payday every month. How to translate the ideas in my head into art/images. How best to help my loved ones through the stuff they experience. How relationships work and how to be courageous in my communication. When's the next time I get to go to the coast/the forest/the mountains/sailing on the river.

out on a Fancy Dress Happy Hour get-together with my girl friends. Or at home with a cat or two on my lap, reading a book/watching a movie. Or doing something fun with the person I'm seeing. Or hanging out with family. I like to change it up, I'm happy by myself as well as out being social.

I think that's in my Self-Summary (non-monogamy! Whoa!!).

Also, that I have a giant crush on Jennifer Connelly. And that my favorite movie is The Terminator.

You think I'm cute! Or, you think I'm someone you might get along with in person. Or the Sea Monkeys told you to.