My self-summary
This is actually (and illogically) the last portion of this profile
I'm writing, so we'll see what hasn't fit elsewhere and thus ends
up here.
There are many things I love/am. I adore where I'm from (
Montreal), which has had
me judging Waterloo, where I'm at uni, a little harshly. That said,
I've magically found myself part of a fantastic community here,
stuffed to the brim with lovely people, music, elaborate meals,
eccentric get-togethers, sports, artsy times, and sheer
ridiculousness.
I get a great deal of enjoyment from
lists (if you don't you should stop
reading my profile right about now),
logic,
science,
punctuation,
cooking,
forests,
fondue,
fancy cheeses,
wine,
poutine,
languages,
tangents,
sharing music,
dancing,
women,
etymology,
devouring books,
sexual intimacy,
and
cuddling.
I'm not entirely sure of what I'm looking for at the moment on this
site.
I do know that meeting friends is not my primary goal - for that
there are certainly better venues than okcupid. I guess my ideal
outcome would probably involve cuddly, bubbly adventures with a
lovely lady in her 20s (who obviously meets my "you should message
me if" req's below). We'll click and have scintillating
conversations, of course, and be open to whatever may (or may not)
come of it.
Also - if I have to choose between straight, gay, and bisexual then
bisexual it is, but that's not a word I would willingly describe
myself with. Honestly, sex and gender are pretty irrelevant to me.
I care infinitely more about a myriad of other defining
characteristics. It seems like the only feature that's shared by
those I've been sexually involved with is their fierce
intelligence. So intellectualsexual is a hella lot closer than
bisexual, really, and infinitely more fun to state (the
non-made-up-by-me term for this is sapiosexual, but I always enjoy
invented words and rhyming). All that said, thus far the sparkly,
brilliant, and hella sexy individuals whose pants (and/or lives)
I've wanted to get into have been much more likely to be ladies.
OkCupid: Now in Spanish!
quieres, senora okc, que me describiera en espanol tambien? estas
muy exigiendo..
OkCupid: Now in French!
okcupid m'encourage à me décrire en francais mais j'ai vraiment pas
envie maintenant. je l'ferais plus tard.
What I'm doing with my life
I do a lot of
traveling - it's a passion, edging
into an obsession ever since I took a year off being an adult to do
so (around South America and India). Israel and Jordan are coming
up next (this March!), but, sadly, only for a few weeks. I
intersperse jet setting with universitying and working (alternating
rounds of the latter two = my co-op program, whereas the travel
requires finagling). I'm majoring in environmental studies, but
seem to be taking a good deal more philosophy, poli sci, women's
studies, and Spanish courses. If all goes according to (a very
preliminary) plan, I'll get to combine these while thesis-ing in
Ecuador on the impact of oil development on indigenous communities.
EDITORS
I'm really good at
-
being
really happy
-
learning
languages
-
spooning,
cuddling and all
things physical/affectionate
- flinging clay across the room from a pottery wheel
- forgetting about having self-preservation instincts, such as
while cliff or bridge jumping, or...
- moving down inclined surfaces quickly (think snowboarding,
skiing, rolling, sledding), or...
- playing rugby, or...
- climbing up most anything and hanging/flipping upside down off
it
- making animal faces/touching my nose with my tongue
- combining unusual ingredients while cooking
- keeping a beat/rhythms (I play drums)
- scribbling down poems, but then losing them
- making
sexual
jokes all over the place
-
talking a lot,
especially tangentially
- missing people's birthdays
- NOT playing annoying games that too many girls seem to excel at.
Au contraire, I err on the side of being too straightforward and
blunt.
- un-annoying games, such as word games or board games or sport
games (I might not be really good at these, but I do really enjoy
them)
- getting lost
- being outgoing (and, included therein, being really open about my
sexuality)
- making really
elaborate desserts
and breakfasts
- alternating between being incredibly scatter-brained and entirely
competent
- having amazing, super-healthy, loving relationships (though this
is not what I'm always looking for or doing)
- having a sense of myself and what I need, want, and will be made
happy by. and working on updating this when I seem to have fallen
behind on myself.
- being a wee bit random
- making excessively long lists
The first thing(s) people usually notice about me
Definitely my hair. It can get *really* big. Closely followed by my
energy (no, not in a new-age, aura kind of way - I mean my
exuberance/bounciness).
OkCupid: Now in Spanish!
¡mi pelo! puede ser enorme a veces. y también mi energía.
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
a) Anything by
Roald Dahl or
Edna St. Vincent
Millay (you cannot possibly imagine how much I adore these two
people and anything/everything they've written). Jeanette
Winterson's another favorite. No one else I've read can pull off a
novel where the protagonist's gender, age, and name are never
revealed (that's "Written on the Body"). Ignoring her novels, just
her online, monthly column and posted poems and articles are enough
to make me fall in literary-love for her.. Other excellent reads:
Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children", Ann-Marie MacDonald's "Fall
on Your Knees", Virginia Woolf's "Orlando", Margaret Atwood's "The
Handmaid's Tale" Jane Goodall's field notebooks, Anne Michael's
"Fugitive Pieces", Harry Potter, Orwell's "1984", Rachel Carson's
"Silent Spring", most everything by Sarah Waters, Anita Diamant's
"The Red Tent" most of Mary Oliver, e.e. cummings, Adrienne Rich,
Alden Nowlan, and Pablo Neruda's poetry collections, anything
translated by W. S. Merwin and Susanne de Lotbiniere-Harwood and a
thousand more (I'm always reading...)
b) I find I have a very short movie-memory. Thus I can enjoy movies
but remembering names of ones I've enjoyed is difficult. Will try
nonetheless. I love
Disney movies. And
Fern Gully (which,
surprisingly, isn't Disney) is an old favorite. Others I remember
loving (or have recently watched and enjoyed) include: Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Les Invasions Barbares, C.R.A.Z.Y,
Amelie, Chocolat, Everything is Illuminated, Samsara (which my
friend - a Tibetan monk I met in India - is in!), Life is
Beautiful, Matilda, Beautiful Mind, Ray, Be Kind Rewind, The
Science of Sleep, Manufactured Landscapes.. As far as tv shows: I
don't own or have access to a tv, but, very stereotypically, "the
L-Word" is a guilty pleasure. Oh and I thoroughly enjoy "Cold Case"
which is incongruous with my general dislike of crime-shows.
c) Lately, (according to my itunes recently played list) I've been
listening to a lot of Tracy Chapman, Nina Simone, Deb Talan, the
Weepies, Of Montreal, Arctic Monkeys, Benny Goodman, Erin McKeown,
Rickie Lee Jones, Velvet Underground, the New Pornographers,
Architecture in Helsinki, Manu Chao, Dobacaracol, Pony Up!, Ray
Charles, le Tigre, Kaki King, Moldy Peaches, Sarah Harmer, Belle
and Sebastian, Beach Boys, Feist, Stars, Simon and Garfunkel,
Islands, Los Campesinos!, Kate Nash, St. Vincent, the Unicorns, the
Cliks, Martha Wainwright, Calvin Harris, and (always) Janis Joplin.
The six things I could never do without
I could not happily do without excellent:
friends
books
food
sex
community
New experiences are pretty key too. As is alone-time.
I spend a lot of time thinking about
lately:
-feminist translation
-zine distribution and when our next one will come out
-why "fair trade" can and should be about much more than which
products people choose to buy
-whether the length of my "I'm really good at" section indicates an
extreme lack of modesty
-the types of jobs I don't want to have (blaming this cheerful
thought-spectrum on co-op and my recent job with the federal
government)
-anti-oppression
-community building
-synaesthesia
-whether I overuse brackets
-a tattoo I'm considering (t'would be my first)
-bunnies and snakes! (both elicit the same "squee!")
EDITORS
OkCupid: Now in Spanish!
como estoy perdiendo mi espanol..es muy triste. ¡Tengo que volver a
sudamerica pronto!
OkCupid: Now in French!
les langages me fascinent. Si je deviens un de ces gens qui
*vraiment* n'arrête jamais d'étudier je ferais un phd en
linguistique.
On a typical Friday night I am
some possibilities: cooking up a storm, dancing at Starlight,
spooning with roomies, studying at Cafe 1842 (while cursing myself
for prior procrastination), hosting a bizarrely-themed
get-together, at the Boathouse in Victoria Park, arts and crafting,
developing a new sangria recipe, working, bussing or training
towards a weekend destination (likely Montreal or Toronto, but
occasionally NYC, Ottawa, or Whistler), reading in bed with hot
chocolate, cleaning up to yummy music.
The most private thing I'm willing to admit here
Though I sometimes pretend (rather unconvincingly I've been made
aware) to be badass, I'm actually a little embarrassingly squidgy
(think of a shellfish temporarily without a shell). Oh, and I'm a
cuddle-whore.
OkCupid: Now in French!
j'viens du quebec et je sais que je devrais être parfaitement
bilingue et tout ça mais je ne le suis pas et j'aurais toujours mon
accent anglophone et cela ne cessera jamais de m'embarrasser..
You should message me if
You're quick-witted, have a decently high EQ, are open-minded and
quirky, enjoy sarcasm, can express opinions and hear those of
others without getting touchy or aggressive, are generally happy
and communicative, live nearby enough (to Waterloo, where I'm at
till at least May) that meeting in person is conceivable (and,
weather permitting, ideally bike-able), and aren't apathetic.
If the above doesn't apply, you'd better have something hella
intriguing to say.
Oh, and after extensive statistical analysis of my own habits it
would appear that I'm definitely much more likely to respond if you
don't happen to identify as male (trans guys exempted). And if your
profile is longer than a few sentences and features a photo or two.
OkCupid: Now in Spanish!
si quieres ayudarme a recordar y practicar mi espanol que estoy
perdiendo...
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