Well to start -

I love cooking for people but I hate doing dishes. I can't bake to save my life. I hate anything artificially grape flavored and don't particularly care for onions either. Things I'm famous for: an assortment of risottos, green tomatillo salsa, chicken tetrazzini, and a Dijon vinaigrette.

I have opinions about things and I'm not afraid to share them. I tend to ramble when I don't have anything productive to say. I'm often sarcastic and have a very dry sense of humor. I won't tell you you're being awesome when you're not. I don't believe that we always need to fill the silence.

I probably wear my hiking boots entirely too much. A man in the checkout line at the grocery store once asked me if I was a mountain climber...it was probably because I was wearing my boots, cutoffs, and my favorite shirt (that I picked up for $1 at a yard sale in Wyoming)...

I've always got a song stuck and in my head and it's likely that I'm dancing down the street to its beat. I wish my life were the lyrics to "Keeping It Real" by Mason Jennings.

I just graduated from UVA and moved to New York for a while. I've always had a plan for life, but that plan ran out on May 30th so I'm not sure what my next step is. I studied biology in college and am likely going to make a career out of it.

1. Cooking de-li-cious food.
2. Playing ultimate.
3. Winning dance-offs.
4. Being Craft-y.
5. Being Spontaneous.
6. Making Up Random Phrases.

My eyes (yes, they ARE blue). Or my dancing...

BOOKS: The author Bill Bryson, Labyrinth by Kate Moss, Stupid and Contagious by Caprice Crane, and Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris, among others.

MOVIES: To name a few - 10 Things I Hate About You, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Orphanage, Singin' In The Rain, Reservoir Dogs, The Invisible (+soundtrack), and Blade.

MUSIC: Music with a beat and interesting lyrics. Recent addictions: Mat Kearney, Jem, Kate Nash, and Charlotte Sometimes. Re-addictions: Motion City Soundtrack and Steriogram.

FOOD.

THINGS: My drawing pencils, my camera, Pandora radio, my cooking, the smell of old books, rain, and the ocean (but not together!), DVR, exploring new cities, playing ultimate - whenever, wherever, and in whatever.

1. A kitchen.
2. Food to cook in the aforementioned kitchen.
3. A good alarm clock.
4. Books.
5. A space big enough to dance in.
6. My contacts/glasses.

What I'm going to do with my life...and what I'm going to cook for dinner.

There's no such thing as typical.

It's quite possible I could drink you under the table.

And I once won a rap battle in a pub in Dublin...

You think it's a good idea.

Hints that it's a good idea:
1. You enjoy using correct grammar.
2. You don't mind if I sing in the shower.
3. You've read a book when no one asked you to.
4. You enjoy taking shots of tequila.
5. You don't get grossed out easily. ( I often digress into biological explanations without realizing it...)

Hints that it's a bad idea:
1. You wear pink shorts seriously.
2. You hate being outside.
3. You insist on the girl you're dating to be vegetarian.
4. You hate dancing in public.
5. You can't deal with an independent woman.