I've edited this self-summary about a million times and will never be satisfied with it, which says a lot about either my perfectionism or my narcissism. Anyways, I get that this exercise is more about self-presentation than anything else, so I'll just start talking, and maybe somewhere in my ramblings will be something that piques your interest. If not, hey, no hard feelings.

I moved up from San Diego in 2010...I'm from LA originally, but went down there to study philosophy, and after that didn't work out I spent a few years as a lab technician, mostly making people smell things for a living. Then I decided to give this grad school thing another shot (update: that didn't work out either :-/ ), so here I am.

Logic games, languages, spotting dropped earrings, mixing delicious cocktails, misrepresenting my abilities on standardized tests, forgetting where I put my shoes. They were just here, I swear.

Things I'm working on getting better at: cooking, driving, teaching, conversation, having a designated place for my shoes.

My eerie, unobtrusive aloofness, suggestive of a calm spirit, yet with an inner darkness the depths of which few dare to plumb. Also, shiny hair!

So, previously, I ignored the categories and instead described my favorite orchids, planet types, toes, and neurotransmitters. This is partly because I thought it was funny, partly as a snarky commentary on the superficiality of the profile questions, and partly because I can't ever decide what my favorite things are.
But since complaining about the questions is itself sort of an okcupid cliche, why not just play along and reductively label myself according to my most recent tastes in food and media? It'll be fun.

Anyways, here's some stuff I've enjoyed recently:

Authors: Alison Bechdel, Italo Calvino, Albert Camus, Patricia Churchland, Dashiell Hammett, George Lakoff, H.P. Lovecraft, China Miéville, Peter Milligan, Alan Moore, Lemony Snicket, Neal Stephenson, Oscar Wilde

Movies: Batman Begins, The Big Lebowski, Blade Runner, Clue, Lawrence of Arabia, Memento, Star Trek II

Man I really don't watch much TV, but at various points in my life have been pretty into: Arrested Development, Babylon 5, Cowboy Bebop, Futurama, Mad Men, The Simpsons, Star Trek (esp. TNG), The West Wing

Music: Blondie, David Bowie, Deerhoof, The Delgados, Franz Ferdinand, The Go-Betweens, Idlewild, Lavender Diamond, Stephin Merritt, Janelle Monáe, Neutral Milk Hotel, Of Montreal, The Pixies, Queen, R.E.M., The Rolling Stones, Schubert, Scissor Sisters, The Supremes, Talking Heads, The Who

Food: Mexican, Japanese, Indian, shellfish, bacon, garlic, avocados, weird cheese, lemonheads

My glasses, tasty food, a decent night's sleep, the Internet, my iPod, and ugh my phone.

This is kind of a pedestrian answer. "Hey, it turns out that I value comfort, diversions, and eyesight. Like-minded individuals are encouraged to message me."

Emotion, politics, eudaimonia, self-improvement, obscure board games, meditation, science and technology, food, oncidiums, free will, the Museum of Jurassic Technology, Star Control, apophenia, and kittens.

pretending I'm straight.

edited by sneezetime

I'm not this much of a smartass in real life. I'm probably being
so glib because I'm uneasy with the prospect of taking online
dating questions seriously?

[This is a lie, in real life MechaSaprophyte is the most
viciously catty bitch anyone's even heard of]

Also, kirapoms is in love with me.
She's kind of weird, but since she lives a continent away, I can deal.

Lastly, I am apparently willing to accept just about any profile
edit, perhaps to my detriment. [Then again, becoming profilepedia has its advantages.]

edited by halfbright, kirapoms, and ladykayura

You knew that the plural of "Pikachu" is, in fact, "Pikachu," and it distresses you that I've pluralized it otherwise.

...Heck, message away; I'm sort of on the fence about relationships as such, but I've met a few people off this site, and they've been nice, so maybe you would like to be friends, or just say hello? Saying hello is underrated.