I am a graduate student studying pursuing an MA in Literature at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. When I am not studying and writing, I like to go adventuring! I like adventures in pretty much all forms—bike rides, hiking, camping, traveling. It all works for me. I love to be outside. I’ve been playing guitar since I was about 14 and still love to make music. I think singing is therapeutic and wonderful (even though I’m not the best). I like to make things in general, actually. Ceramics, knitting (very manly, yes), painting, cooking…mmm…cooking…

Anyway, family is very important to me. Mine always has been close, and remains so. What else…? Sometimes, I let my hair grow kind of long, and sometimes I cut it. Sometimes I like dressing up, and sometimes I don’t. I intend to be a teacher, and will always be creative in some way. I’ve lived in big cities (Chicago) and in some truly rural areas (20 min. drive to even a gas station), and like and dislike certain things about both. Also, I love the ocean. I’d like to live near water of some kind, eventually—whether it’s a lake, river, or sea.

Really just going to school at the moment. I want to teach when I am done--I've just always felt called to it. Oh, and I love to buy savings bonds. Mmmm, savings bonds...

Yikes! Well, people tell me I am pretty good at guitar. I don't know, I think I used to be better. Oh well! People seem to like my poetry, too. I have a weird knack for doing ceramics on the wheel, but this is NOT the case with hand building! I think I am good at being involved with my family and letting people who are important to me know that I care about them. I like to give random gifts.

Physically? I guess it's my hair...

Music: My favorite musician is Paul Simon, but I like lots of stuff. I guess it's the musician in me...but here are some examples: Depeche Mode, Jeff Buckley, Nina Simone, Led Zeppelin, Rancid, Operation Ivy, Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Jimmy Buffett, David Bowie, Arcade Fire, Jay-Z, Regina Spektor, Van Morrison, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Buddy Holly, UB40, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton (Derek and the Dominoes, etc.,) The Eagles, Garth Brooks, Miles Davis, Chopin's Nocturnes...sigh...I love me some Chopin Nocturnes. Oh, and I really love Christmas music, even though I am not Christian.

Books: How about authors? For Fiction: Ernest Hemmingway, Milan Kundera, Tom Robbins, Kurt Vonnegut, William Shakespeare, Jack Kerouac, Henry Miller, John Steinbeck, Hunter S. Thompson, Joseph Conrad, etc., etc.,

Poetry: Robert Frost, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Robert Hass, Gary Snyder, Richard Wilbur, Edgar Allen Poe, John Berryman, Davis McCombs,

Movies: Moulin Rouge, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Waking Life, The Corporation, Clint Eastwood westerns, i.e., Pale Rider, High Plains Drifter, etc. Also, It's a Wonderful Life, Donnie Darko, Almost Famous,

Food: Thai food! Mexican food! Chinese food! I love curry, and I love hummus, falafel, oh, and Italian food! I love burgers and fries, hot dogs, pizza...mmm...I really just love food. As long as it doesn't have tentacles or more than about four legs (or less than two), I will probably eat it.

Assuming that things like "Family" and "Friends" and "Love" are granted, then my list would look something like:

1) A guitar
2) Coffee
3) Adventure
4) Theater/Movies
5) Mexican Food
6) Poetry

The choices I have yet to make.

That I am on a dating site. But hey: so are you!

You want to!