/* I live in Berkeley (hopefully for just one more year) but will be in southern California until around August 23, mainly around Pasadena. */

My name is Lisa, not Risa.

I say things to entertain myself. If you aren't very good with sarcasm you will think I'm insane.

I'm not a hookup.
One of my main motivations is proving that women are not just sexual/decorative objects, so please don't treat me like one.* There are plenty of other girls that are ok with that. if that's the kind of girl you're looking for, go to them.

Politically, I am much more Berkeley than Texas. Please be the same.

*This does not mean i'm lacking a sex drive, but it does mean i want to be respected.

I took some time off from school and am now working on my undergrad in computer science. you DO NOT need to be interested in computer science. i cannot stress this enough.

I'm the first in my family to go to college and am super proud that I've been able to do it for free. And that will be the extent of my boasting forever. Except boobs. I have boobs. and NOW boasting is complete. (that was just to lighten the mood. Don't send me messages about boobs.*)

*some of you will think you're suuuuper clever and send a message stating you're sending me a message about boobs.

Writing sentence fragments
Procrastinating
Being pigeon-toed
Attracting people I don't find attractive.
Teetotalling
Inconsistent capitalization

Let's see...other than my overwhelming beauty?
I'm short.

Movie: Young Frankenstein, Gingerdead Man, Girls With Low Self-Esteem

Books:
I'm illiterate.

TV:
arrested development
parks & rec

Music:
Radiohead can do no wrong.
I listen to pretty much everything... Bon Iver, Evgeny Kissin, Ratatat, Regina Spektor, and Mumford & Sons.
hip hop/rap is also fun to listen to. I like feeling ridiculous as I sing along to the songs.
Lately I've also been listening to One Direction. I'm man enough to own up to it.
Oh, and Beyonce brings out the fierce woman in me. Don't mess with me if I've been listening to Beyonce.

Food:
Bacon.
teriyaki beef jerky.
landjäeger.
...pretty much any cured meat.

Faith
Family
Friends
Faculties (my)
Flank steak
Some other f word. But not THE F word...or maybe it IS the F word...*bow chicka wow wow*

The BBC news app...much more entertaining than the NPR one. Don't be surprised if I tell you about random stories I've read.

one of my favorite stories last year: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19349921

the best picture to accompany a story last year:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18620860

'Wait. what was i doing?'

Subject-verb agreements
Subject-verb arguments

Poop. Seriously. It must run in my family (thinking about poop, not our actual bowel movements).

Pulling a drive-by or slanging for some extra cash.
just kidding.
i'm workin' them street corners.

I think I'm really normal and everyone else is super weird.

I developed later than all of my friends, so at one point I thought I had been born a hermaphrodite and after a very successful penis-removing surgery was raised as a girl. then a year or so later (after thinking this, not after birth) I overdeveloped. pretty sure I'm a woman.
to clarify: i was not born with a penis. only lady parts. and no, this doesn't mean my lady parts look weird. I just didn't have much to compare them to at the time.
and yea, i actually had to clarify.

I genuinely want one of these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw1g2yKxb0I

Unless it's hot outside, I'm in jeans and some sort of cotton shirt. I'm also usually without makeup. So yeah... Don't message me unless you're okay with that.

You don't need to be a science genius or make a million dollars, but you do need to be down to earth.

if you are a science genius:
I'm looking to date you, not hire you. I don't need to know your publications/fellowships/etc right off the bat.

You: sarcastic. humble. honest. good communicator. Not materialistic. Easy going.

Oh, and I don't drink. It IS okay if you drink. I just won't be doing it with you.

I'm pretty busy, so you should be relatively low maintenance/non-jealous.

also, if you rate me highly, i won't see it. i pretty much always click "skip" in quickmatch.