Right, well, I've just moved to Edinburgh from Newcastle for postgradery, so I'd love to meet lovely new people.

I might politely be described as "eccentric." I'm terrified by this whole OK Cupid thingie, so please feel free to talk to me if you feel the same way!

I have a phobia of dogs.

I have the same birthday as Bruce Forsyth, George Washington, Kenneth Williams and Jeri Ryan.

I used to be ginger, but seem to have forgotten how.

Currently studying a masters in Creative Writing. Yeah... professional nerd!

Making chilli
Pre-modern history
Air Guitar
Wearing a kilt

"Why does he have this weird posh accent instead of a Geordie one?"

Books I like:
Discworld
Song of Ice and Fire
Lovecraft
The Name of the Wind/The Wise Man's Fear
Snow Crash
Gravity's Rainbow
Neuromancer
World War Z
American Gods
Batman comics, The Sandman. Trying to get into comics after the New-52 started

Films

LOTR again
The Matrix
Star Wars
Serenity
Dark City
High Fidelity, because it's secretly a rom-com.
My favourite Disney film is the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Scott Pilgrim

I love making fun of bad films like Highlander II, The Room and Top Gun

TV:
Star Trek
Babylon 5
Buffy/Angel
Battlestar Galactica
Spaced
Red Dwarf
Farscape
Game of Thrones
Also cartoons, and anime: my favourites include Evangelion, Berserk, Beck

Music:
Iron Maiden
Metallica
Queen
Blind Guardian
Muse

I like rice pudding, Chinese food and chocolate. My favourite sweets are Revels.

Well, besides air and a central nervous system...

Ideas
The Internet
Books
Privacy

Nerd stuff
Writing stuff
Feminism
History
Philosophy
General navel-gazing

These days? Mostly reading fiction.

I wish Pokemon were real

You are a strong, intelligent, nerdy young woman who enjoys interesting if weird conversations.

You're not weirded out by the fact that I'm dressed as a Pokemon in my profile picture.

You can name said Pokemon