Nyan =^.^=

I have been off and on OKC for years, since the days of spark, and have found it to be a fun way to interact with people I would not normally meet in my regular life. ^_^

Anyway!

I started life misspending my youth, progressed to questionably allocated college time, followed up by a poorly spent adulthood, which I intend to continue to misuse for many years to come. There will probably also be cake.

In my youth I spent my time reading, playing video games, poking around MUDs, various kinky pursuits, and a little bit of theater. In college I got involved with anime/cosplay(and crossplay), tabletop gaming, more reading, working in a medium energy physics group, cutting my teeth with game development, trying out poly, and somehow managed to walk away with a degree in engineering.

In terms of relationships, I am currently in an open/polyamorous setup with egcharood51 and VeganPhD. While I am somewhat polysaturated at the moment, I am always up for making new connections, finding activity (or play) partners, and am open to the idea of more. I am one of those slow moving people who prefers relationships develop organically over time so I don't really do the whole classical 'dating' thing. This approach to relationships has served me well over the years.

I love to chat about all kinds of geeky things, including anime, photography, poly and kink, all manner of sciencey things and politics. And cake.

I am foo, bar, and baz,.. because in the end, aren't we all?

After school I spent a number of years in the game industry then eventually transitioned to working at UPenn developing serious games. Sadly it looks like that chapter is now drawing to a close, so in full disclosure I should list myself as 'between jobs'.

I generally spend my free time time reading, watching anime and playing video games, but I have also been working on learning photography, mostly in Ultraviolet, Infrared, and landscapes. Feel free to check out my stuff on deviantArt (SFW) .

I am a big fan of Minecraft, which has sucked up most of my video game attention lately. Though I downloaded a copy of Evil Genius the other day and have been having fun with that.

I occasionally set people on fire if they ask nicely, hit them with sticks, or other various kinky endeavors.

Since OKC seems bent on making them less and less accessible to new users, here are links to the Journal and Forum sections of OKC.... They used to be good ways to interact in groups and get to know people over time.

OKC Journals
OKC Forums

There is also a description for how new users can jump start their journal access:

Instructions for Creating a Journal-newbie version

Lasty I moderate Fetlife's OKC Discussion (formally Alternative Lifestyles) Group:
OkCupid Discussion

I have fairly long hair. Actually, really long hair.

My answer here got a little long so moved it to a journal entry: Favorites

The teal deer version would be.. I like anime, sci-fi, filk, and quite a few other things. Food is yummy, esp Japanese, Indian, and Thai... though I maintain that cookies are a valid form of dinner.

I was recently introduced to the Lizzie Bennet Diaries and have been obsessing over that. ^_^

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Hey, diddle, diddle the overflow pdl
To get a little more stack;
If that's not enough then you lose it all
And have to pop all the way back.
-- The Great Quux
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Gender norms and how to interact with people in such a way that both gets me positive outcomes AND does not compromise who I am.

Though one rather specific thing I think about is how to break the impasse of getting shy people talking to each other. Quite a bit of self interest in that one....

I spent most of my childhood thinking polypropylene was a cute little girl with pigtails. I wonder how much that twisted my fetishy self today....

.. You are shy, introverted, or socially awkward. Yeah, I know shy+shy is difficult to get things started, but I really like such girls even if they are harder to meet. So I explicitly encourage such people to say hello if they feel like chatting. I only bite when asked nicely.

.. If you have ever intentionally gotten dysentery just to make that damn grue sick.. serves it right for eating you...

.. If you can recommend a good anime that I haven't seen yet or want to talk games. Anime is one of those things that I do not currently have people to talk about with so that is something I am actively looking for people for. Same with gamer girls. Bonus points if you cosplay =^.^=

.. If you are around University City and want to go wander around taking pictures, or hit up one of the museums.

... If you are new to the country and enjoy comparing cultural notes.

... if you are a trans, poly, kinky, gamer, otaku/fujoshi, or just a nerd with your own fun stuff to share... I enjoy talking shop.

... in general I am always up for meet more kinky peeps. I have never been a fan of sites like alt or collarme, and never seem to really get into munches.