Begin with a competitive, artsy, geeky gamer girl with a love for film, pen-palling, and writing. Add some hip tattoos and a hairstyle that changes from long to short and red to black on a whim. Hi! That would be me, Alyssa. If you're not into fat girls, sucks to be you. I'm not into most smokers or people who can't type more than eighty percent English in a text or other message, and it's good to be picky.

Currently I am attending college to study film-making and writing. I plan to graduate in May and head on to snag a Master's of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and/or Media Arts. If I can stumble into a college-level teaching position following graduate school, I'll be very happy.

Cooking. I learned from my mother and grandmother and my chef brother. Also, listening. I am not generally quiet because I'm bored, but because I love to listen to the world around me and just think.

My naturally curly hair or big, brown eyes that kind of hide behind ginormous black thick-rimmed glasses.

Asking me to pick favorites is difficult. Like, reallly, super difficult.

Books include The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint and Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.

I adore so many movies, but I'll choose the Saw series, "Ink", "MirrorMask", "ClosetLand", the Transporter series, and "Gamer", even though I love actions and thrillers, but don't really dig the romantic comedies or chick flicks most girls are into. Give me some so-bad-it's-somehow-good scary movies and I'm one happy camper.

"Torchwood", "Doctor Who", "Bones", "Criminal Minds", "True Blood", and "Mythbusters" are among my favorite shows, but I don't watch TV unless it's streaming from my laptop while I'm with someone. TV by yourself is no fun.

Ranges from Two Door Cinema Club and The Wombats to Lady Gaga and Katy Perry to Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie. Throw in some oldies, and nineties to the early two-thousands rock music, and you've got me, babe.

As for food, well...sushi, mango, and crab kind of rock. A lot.

Music.
A notebook.
My family.
Creativity.
My friends.
Dreams/sleep.

The future. Fun dates to go on. Music. Stories I could tell. Games.

Cooking, playing video games, and going out with friends, or staying in with my laptop and writing.

I have the worst paranoia when it comes to silly, improbable things.

But I'm not afraid of spiders, so guys, worry not! I shall protect you!

If you don't mind getting dirty going camping or could randomly pack a tent and supplies to go on a road trip, message me. If you can deal with losing to a girl who plays video, board, card, and role-playing games, and occasionally tennis, message me. If you like, or want to know how, to cook, message me. If you appreciate the arts (film, music, painting, writing, crafts, etc.) then message me. If I seem like someone you'd like to know, well, I think you've got the point. =P