Sooooo I'm Natalie. My name actually isn't "eleanor". So if you IM me and call me that, I will know you didn't even read the first blurb of my profile. Anyway. Yeah, I'm Natalie. I love to read, write and eat. I am big on acceptance/tolerance of every sort of people. Like, really. I despise it when people make fun of others. I don't call things "retarded" or "gay" because I think that's just another mild form of ignorance. Also, I really enjoy proper punctuation, grammar, spelling, and all of that. I'm mortified whenever I make a mistake. I mention these all first because these are the things that probably most define me as a person.

I keep trying to reword the fact that i sort of dislike optimism, so let's see.....I understand that perky and happy people are usually the most pure and fun and all that, but for some reason perkiness has always just irritated me. So I'm a bit cynical. I still have my hopes and dreams, of course.....but I still have that negative side to me.

I am also sort of a nerd for a girl. Sort of. I am not very hardcore. The nerdy things I enjoy are usually of the pop culture nerd variety (books, movies, TV shows, computer games) as opposed to knowing much about computers and such. Although I do like to think I know more than most girls. But I'm probably wrong.

I loooove the Pacific Northwest. I love rain, I love the ocean, and I love forests. I could only live somewhere with those three things.

I don't smoke cigarettes, but I do like a toke or two. It's cool if you do, it's cool if you don't.

I love people who are nerdy, liberal, witty, literate, funny, kind, and into making out and stuff.

I had been on the journalism career path, but I dropped out of WWU about a year ago since it didn't fit right. I'd much rather write for fun than write with deadlines (I have procrastination issues). I have the intention of going to school to become a massage therapist, but right now I'm just working. I feel too young to feel much pressure about the whole career thing. I should probably get on that though....

making sandwiches, sex, backrubs, writing (ish)

Either that I'm too quiet or I talk too much. I do both, depending on the circumstances.

I love books. The Harry Potter series, Pride and Prejudice, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (or anything by D.A.), Lucky, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Hobbit, Angela's Ashes, anything by Dave Barry, Star Wars novels (no, I'm not joking), The Da Vinci Code, My Friend Flicka, A Wrinkle in Time, A Ring of Endless Light, a bunch of others that I can't remember as I write this.

Movies.....the beatles movies - A Hard Day's Night and Help!, The Princess Bride, Across the Universe, Sixteen Candles, Star Wars Episode IV, Spaceballs, Blazing Saddles, LOTR, Little Miss Sunshine, Sleepless in Seattle, Love Actually, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Notebook, Life is Beautiful, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Breakfast at Tiffany's, X-Men, The Birdcage, The Virgin Suicides, 500 Days of Summer, Beauty and the Beast

Music......The Beatles, ABBA, Simon and Garfunkel, Arlo Guthrie, Fleetwood Mac, The Supremes, The Bee Gees, Air, Pink Floyd, Dion, Queen, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Elton John, The Mamas and the Papas, Marvin Gaye, Elton John, Dean Martin, Jimmy Buffett, Heart, UB40, Three Dog Night, Supertramp, Jason Mraz, a bunch of others...basically I love classic rock and oldies with an occasional modern favorite.

TV.....The Office, Pushing Daisies, Gilmore girls, Seinfeld, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Friends, SNL, Top Chef, Arrested Development, 30 Rock, The Golden Girls, Roswell, Glee, Frasier, Ghost Hunters, That 70's Show

And I love all food. Except like three or four random things. Which you will just have to find out.

love, the written word, a computer, food, quirkiness, sex

love, the meaning of life (42), my future, human relationships, possible book ideas

Either hanging out at home with my cats and a blanket or going out with a friend or two.

I am a girl who appreciates sex probably almost as much as most men.

Also, if I have any sort of doubt about whether or not I'm spelling something correctly online, I immediately open a new tab in firefox and enter it in the google searchbar at the top to see if it corrects it for me. Usually I'm just second-guessing myself....but I like to be sure.

-You are generally pretty awesome.

-We have something (significant) in common

-For some reason you think I sound interesting

-You're not just going through random profiles looking at the photos and trying to hook up with girls for sex.

-You have actually read everything in my profile and have made it down the page this far.