Hi there, my name is Heather. I'm a pretty down-to-earth girl. I enjoy spending time with friends and having long talks with sincere people, watching movies, reading, playing cards and boardgames, listening to music, getting my blood pumping with cardio exercises at the gym (you've gotta love those endorphins), going out dancing...when I'm buzzed and uninhibited, exploring the outdoors and camping, and eating good food.

I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a bit of a nerd. But I'm a very cool one. I can put on a pair of glasses like no one else can ;)

I want a fulfilling career that will allow me to help people and feel that I'm genuinely making a difference in the world. But even more than that, I want to find that special someone and share my life with him. I think that in the end, loving another person with complete vulnerability and honesty, and having that someone love you back, are a hell of a lot more significant than having your name published in some history book. So I guess you could call me a hopeless romantic.

I graduated in May of '08 from the University of Rochester with a degree in Brain and Cognitive Science, and now I'm working as a research specialist at a UPMC cognitive development lab and living "on my own" for the first time. I'm still getting used to not having homework and just enjoying post-college life in the city. I'm thinking of pursuing a Master's in Counseling Psychology at some point in the future.

Being there for people, sleeping, masticating (not as dirty as it sounds!), other things...

My eyes and sense of humor, I suppose.

Books: The Time Traveler's Wife, She's Come Undone, Middlesex, Life of Pi, Memoirs of a Geisha, Wicked, Still Life with Woodpecker, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, The Lovely Bones, Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, White Oleander, Drowning Ruth, Atonement, My Antonia, The Secret Life of Bees, My Sister's Keeper, Beloved, The Speed of Dark

Movies: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Juno, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Dan in Real Life, Old School, Little Miss Sunshine, Almost Famous, Memento, The Prestige, V for Vendetta, Dodgeball, Anchorman, In Her Shoes, My Best Friend's Wedding, Father of the Bride, Runaway Jury, It's a Wonderful Life, Troy, Serendipity, A Lot Like Love, Stepmom, Raising Helen, Sin City, 10 Things I Hate About You, Life as a House, Anywhere but Here, Fools Rush In, The Notebook, Forrest Gump, cheesy 80's flicks

Music: TV on the Radio, Bloc Party, Pearl Jam/Eddie Vedder, Spoon, Amos Lee, Cary Brothers, Jack Johnson, Joshua Radin, Timbaland, Regina Spektor, Iron & Wine, The Kooks, The Black Keys, Ben Folds, Tegan and Sara, The Weepies, Remy Zero, Nelly Furtado, Imogen heap, Jewel's old stuff, Michael Jackson's early tunes, Coldplay, Guns n' Roses, 80's tunes, oldies

Friends and family, books, music, my camera, sleep and food of course

Lots of things.

It depends!

I've already said a lot. But I guess a goofy thing I'm willing to admit is that I'm not a big fan of cheese...

...you think you'd enjoy getting to know me better