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First things first: My philosophy on life can pretty much be summed up with a few phrases from Beyond the Hanging Wall by Sara Douglass

"...Who comes to claim?

Who dares the Dream

And Daring-"

"And Daring... Laughs"

"Yes. Laughs."

"To laugh is to dare, because laughter dares fate and sorrow, and the weight of all injustices"

- I am chaos. I am trickster. I am woman. (hear me roar! {or at least whisper jokes in your ear :P})

-I can be wild and crazy (and enjoy it), but just as often, there are times when all I want is to curl up and know that I'm safe- that I don't have to push myself any farther.

-I do what I have to, but that doesn't mean that I like doing it, or that I'll do it if it Isn't necessary (though it does matter a great deal on what it is).

-I'm really not an outdoorsy person. I do like going for the occasional stroll through the woods, but for the most part, my going outside is for exercise, work, getting somewhere, getting away from somewhere, or working off stress.

-I am very cautious, and don't trust easily (and DON'T, whatever you do, let the smile [or physical affection] fool you).

-ok. time to SUMMARIZE what I originally had next. I do a lot of thinking about everything. I'm always absorbing all the information around me like a sponge, and that much information can take a while to process. I tend to not do very well with responding to things that happen suddenly. Occasionally, I find it easier to just stop thinking in words all together. I imagine that at those points, I can seem a bit air headed, because I can't explain anything worth anything (though I react to things far more easily), and I get flustered if I have to try.

In person, I'm generally very physically affectionate, but I tend not to open up very much conversation-wise until I feel I can trust you. Indeed, how easily I start talking about things I think about can generally be used as a measure of how much I trust you. :P

~ I really like being very physical with my friends. I enjoy touching, tickling, wrestling, mock fighting, hugging, and cuddling- just to name a few. I tend to be really careful around my female friends, though- I'm sure that most of you can understand why.

WARNING: for my size, I'm very strong and difficult to hold on to. I mention this, because I really like tickling and being tickled, and find it very fun to worm my way out of a person's grasp, pin them, and tickle the hell out of them. Anybody who can't handle occasionally being held down and tickled- get out of here, because I can almost guarantee that it will happen if you spend very much time around me. *grins widely*

- I'll continue updating this as I think of more important things to mention, or of ways to phrase things better/more flatteringly ^_~

Growing, changing, living, getting stronger; wiser; and more centered.

After having to bum off my dad and grandmother for far too long (about a year and a half), I'm finally standing on my own two feet again. I have an apartment that is both well built and affordable.

Wanting to dodge this one horse popsicle stand.

I'm wondering what Maine is like. Some one suggested it as a place to consider that was suitably distant from central iowa.

Washington or Oregon might also be nice... *day dreams*

Listening when you need someone to unload on.

AWFUL, AWFUL puns. for some reason, people have a tendency to groan when I tell what I think is a perfectly wonderful joke/pun... I just don't understand... *innocent look* for example:

Q: What game are you playing when you're chasing a large pop bottle down a hill?

A: Follow the liter.

^_^ smiling when I don't particularly feel like it.

giving massages- I've been told that I have healer's hands, and I've been told that I've done more good than someone's chiropractor.

cooking- though not following recipes. as my grandmother used to say about how much was enough- "until your conscience hurts." I make an awesome banana bread dumpling, scrumptious pumpkin pie bars, and so much more. ;P

Reading. I don't read as much as I think I should nowadays, but I still find time for a book or three per week.

I'm not very good at writing though. I get writer's block like freaking crazy. T.T

My mood. probably. I think. I've been told That, and I've been told that I'm a broadcast empath, so... It seems the most reasonable thing to assume people notice first about me. I suppose that people who don't pay any attention to emotions would just notice that I'm short and cute... that also seems reasonable.

*UPDATE* I"m now very close to bald. I'm pretty certain that that is what will be the first thing to catch most people's eyes for a while. ^_^'

Music, movement, stove/oven, new knowledge, scents, the feeling of something primal. simplicity, complexity, life, being me.

:P

How to get to where I want to go (take that to mean whatever the hell you want, and you'll probably be right- or at least partially right! ^-^), what I want, what I need, what I can get, how to deal with what I can't get. how I can apply random things I've learned to random other things I notice. logic problems or sudoku. feelings and emotions (which are not one and the same thing Damnit!)

Paradoxes(sp?)

All of the reasons I should go to college

Sadly working. Sometimes snuggling with my bf or a close friend. ^_^ I likes my snuggles (if you will forgive the intentional bad grammar?)

"Don't let the smile fool you." the best feeling in the world is when I just can't help but smile. it doesn't happen very often.

I'd rather take a gander than a goose (though a goose might not be completely frowned upon when coming from the right person... ^_~)

At last count, I had seven pairs of black boots... ^_^'

*update* make that nine, but three are falling apart.

Also- I prefer dating sites to most other ways of finding potential friends/sex partners/love interests, because I can far more easily filter out those that I wouldn't get along with.

you think you can handle my quirky absent-mindedness and horrible sense of humor, if you want a platonic cuddle buddy, ^_^ if you want to tell me a good pun, or if you would just like some one to sit and talk with over a drink of some kind. OH! and if you're Patient! Patience is absolutely wonderful! Though it's not strictly necessary, it helps. ^_^ if you want (for some strange reason or another) to help me with my search for likable colleges in places far, far away from Iowa.