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I'm quite self-contained, I analyse my own thoughts quite a lot, I enjoy dissecting strong or familiar feelings to see if they're still powerful when they're understood. As for less abstruse activities, I like reading, music, art, working out, doing the crossword, and eating out at cafes. I also love going to the theatre, or the orchestra. I'm also a pretty big fan of men, which is why I'm here - I have little opportunity to meet people day-to-day. Unless you go to my gym, or the cafe I live above.

I work out a few times a week, but have taken a bit of a break over winter and can't see the lines in my shoulders anymore. If you don't like the idea of a girl who likes weights, move along. I'm not *buff*, but I like lifting more than any other form of exercise, and will usually look more *toned* than a typical girl - although this winter has made me pretty typical!

I used to train five nights a week in martial arts, and was working towards becoming an instructor, but I don't have the time these days. So if you're not interested in a girl who's probably been in more fights than your average redneck footy player, again, move along. I think martial arts was one of the biggest influences I've had in the last few years, and although I'm not training in *anything* right now, I credit it with a lot of my confidence and interest in fitness.

I can quite happily be taken to a bar to play mediocre pool and listen to feedback mixed with fantastic unsigned talent, but I generally don't do very much in the way of social activities off my own back. I like books, I work pretty long hours, and I'm very comfortable alone. That means I usually have trouble letting people really get close to me, but it's something I'm working on.

I'm very comfortable and familiar with quasi-relationships which are really just glorified acquaintances with whom you enjoy a lot of sex, but my heart is beginning to make noises about being left out all the time, and I'm starting to want something deeper and more connected. If we get along really well, though, and you're not interested in commitment, I'm open to starting something. Just don't expect me to remember your name.

What goes on in my head is well described by a line from a poem by Dorothy Parker, called "Fair Weather", which runs:

"They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm."

Oh, and I should add - I'm young, but I'm almost never interested in men under about the age of 28. Just not even a flicker of interest. Sorry!

I'm working in finance, having spent most of my (albeit short) adult life studying mathematics, and physics. I work a lot of hours a day, and talk about the market a fair bit. I live with my sister, in Newtown, and spend a lot of time thinking about my hair.

Ah. Maths... I'm alright at drawing and singing, too, and have a passion for programming in matlab. Sick, I know.

I'm a redhead. Is that an interest? It interests me. I'm quite tall, and typically wear very abbreviated shorts or skirts in summer. I like seeing my legs.

I abolutely adore anything by Palahniuk,Vonnegut, Albee, Stoppard, Tennessee Williams, etc. The list goes on. I have a *lot* of books.

Music - I like Tool, A Perfect Circle, The Whitlams, Josh Groban, Sting, Muse, Katie Noonan, again, the list goes on.

Movies - eh. I love movies, but don't hold many close to my heart.

My Ipod. Matlab. Sex. Mathematics. Urban Bites. Family.

Sex. Matlab. It's worrying me that these two have been juxtaposed in my responses twice now. Trust me, it's purely coincidental. I spend a lot of time thinking about myself, honestly, and my own thoughts. I daydream.

At home. Or at the gym. I like time alone.

I've let my pride hold me back from asking a friend to come and sleep in my bed with me a few times, I've felt so alone. I should probably have asked.

My profile made you smile. Or think. Or hard.