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MakiZushi

20 / F / gay / Single

Golden Valley, Minnesota

The Skinny

Last Online
Join Date
Ethnicity
White
Height
5' 6" (1.67m).
Body Type
Full figured
Looking For
New friends, Long-term dating, Short-term dating, Long-distance penpals
Smokes
No
Drinks
Rarely
Drugs
Never
Religion
Agnosticism
Sign
Virgo but it doesn’t matter
Education
Working on college/university
Job
Student
Income
Kids
Likes children
Pets
Owns cats
Languages
English, Swedish (Fluently), Japanese (Okay)

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I am effervescent, spunky, and inqusitive.

My Self-Summary

I adore cats and the great, wide world in equal measure. My three purring fluff balls and my time spent in Sweden and Japan are dear to my heart. Children are another of my loves (no, not in a "here little girl, I've got candy" type of way), and I'm working towards becoming a high school social studies teacher. New experiences are the creme de la creme of life, and I never turn down an opportunity for adventure, big or small.

I'm fairly quiet around new people, but I warm up quicker than a hotdish, and amongst my friends I'm known as the one who laughs hardest and the most often.
Now in Swedish
Varför läser du den här? Du är inte amerikansk! Då kan du säker prata fler än ett språk. :D Å, vad synd vi amerikaner är!
Now in Japanese
私は が 大好き、と 日本も スウェーデン にこうこうせいでべんきょうした。高校の 先生に なりたい。ときどき、私は ちょっと しずか、が はやく もっと おしゃべり に なる。^_^ ともだち グループで、 私は 一ばん おかしい な 人、 と わらう大好き。

What I’m doing with my life

The world of academia will soon be taken by siege and held hostage until I receive my major in secondary education and minor in Japanese. After I deem that Stockholm Syndrome has set in satisfactorily, I'll flee back to to Japan for several years to live and teach English at my former high school.

After that? I'll probably return to Minnesota (or perhaps tempt my luck in Chicago) under the guise of a social studies teacher (Psychology, human geography, politics! I can't believe people get payed to talk about this stuff all day!).

Should my kitties decide to keep an eye on me, they will undoubtedly find a way into my luggage in order to keep me company during my travels.

I’m really good at

Foreign languages! (Swedish (fluent), Japanese (proficient), German (some), Spanish (a little)). Getting along with people, chatting folks up, having a sense of humor about life, speed-reading. I also excel at sleeping through loud noises and poking fun at myself. I like to think that I'm also highly articulate, enthusiastic, and conscientious; along with a bit sarcastic.

The first things people usually notice about me

My enormous smile or loud laugh - depending on whether they see or hear me first. Upon closer inspection, people will often note my color-coordinated outfits, plethora of earrings, and (in writing) my love of the Oxford Comma.

My favorite books, movies, music, and food

Books: the Bourne Trilogy, Tipping the Velvet, Harry Potter, In Cold Blood, Lord of the Rings, The Giver, A Tale of Two Cities, The Beauty Myth, The Bell Jar, psychology textbooks. Absolutely anything by Emily Dickinson or Henry David Thoreau.

Movies: Harold and Maude, Amelie, Bound, Show Me Love/Fucking Amal, Fight Club, Run Lola Run, Tonari no Totoro, Sweeney Todd, Gran Torino, Howl's Moving Castle (why yes, I am a nerd. ;)).

Music: Linkin Park, 3 Doors Down, Three Days Grace, Papa Roach, Basshunter, Kent, Pink, Lady Gaga, Evanescence, Utada Hikaru.

Food: Sushi, chocolate, green tea ice cream, watermelon, lobster, grilled salmon, Japanese-style curry, Swedish cookies.

TV shows: The Rachel Maddow Show, The Colbert Report, Late Night with Conan O'Brian, SNL, Firefly, Stargate Atlantis, Cold Case, Project Runway, Bones.

Video game series: Harvest Moon, Animal Crossing, The Sims, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy.

The six things I could never do without

- My cats - my friends occasionally comment that I'm going to grow up to be a crazy cat lady, and although the term "lady" implies a degree of placidity that I'm not sure I'm looking to achieve, I consider the rest a most delightful prospect.

- Traveling - The world seems both larger and smaller when you're abroad. Larger in that the magnitude of how MANY people in the world there are can make you feel very small indeed, yet the world somehow also shrinks when you see that people the world 'round have the same worries and dreams and that smiles are universal.

- Books - Reading provides us innumerable places to go when we have to stay where we are.

- Politics (including but not limited to commentary by Rachel Maddow)

- Laughter

- Colors - Especially the VIBRANT ones! And neons have a special place in my heart, right next to my aortic valve.

I spend a lot of time thinking about

The world, and how I relate to it. I am set on making a difference, and my ultimate goal is to help other people throughout the course of my life. I spend a lot of time thinking about how our culture views and treats youth, and about our mental health care system, and how each of these things could be improved in the future. Have any thoughts on these subjects? Bounce 'em off of me!

On a typical Friday night I am

I'm not really a partier, as I don't care for alcohol much, so I'm usually at home reading my latest book or catching up on the week's politics, cuddled up with a mug of chai tea and a cat or two draped across my lap.

As for the rest of my free time, at home I enjoy throwing together fine Japanese cuisine, alternately chastising and applauding the talking heads on MSNBC, and doing various fussy little crafts like folding origami and hand-sewing. My domestcity ends, however, before the point where one joins a bitch-'n'-stitch sewing circle and takes to knitting tea-cozies.

When I'm out with friends I like to hit foreign films or local going-ons like pride and art fairs. One of my favorite places to go is the Dudley Riggs theater - it's my absolute favorite (and little-known) comedy venue!

The most private thing I’m willing to admit here

I never was able to tie a cherry stem into a knot with my tongue. :(

You should message me if

I love meeting new people, and am always looking for more queer friends in and around the twin cities.

And remember - when messaging, grammar, capitalization and punctuation are your friends! Please write properly. For the sake of the children.
Now in Swedish
Om du vill! Jag alltid tycker om at känna nya vänner som är gay/lesbisk/bisexuel eller kan Svenska eller Japanska!
Now in Japanese
あなたは日本語を話せますと英語をれんしゅうしたい、それても新しい友達がほしい!