I have cats (it's like having crabs, but less contagious). Bengal cats. And I built my computer. I tend to ride my mountain bike around through the city late at night. I have an irrational phobia of cockroaches, but I think snakes are lovely. I have too many blankets for one person. There is a sign on my front door. I ride a crotch-rocket. I'm learning to play instruments and it's going very slowly. I am a Thelemite. I drink an awful lot of tea...

I was living in a foreign country speaking a different language and behaving under new cultural norms. This is as interesting as it sounds, but way more challenging than a person might expect. Even if she expected it to be way more challenging than she expected.

I am recently returned from Peace Corps service. I am back! Getting another degree now, in computers. Stuff.

Writing, telling stories, kissing, helping people feel better. I make the greatest chocolate chip cookies and I'm getting better at choosing red wines. Being a friend and a lover at the same time. Addendum: apparently I'm *not* getting better at choosing wine. Thanks. :D

My eyes and my boobs. And, when they get close enough, usually that I smell quite good.

(some authors I like) Stephen King, Neal Stephenson, JK Rowling, Dan Simmons, SM Stirling, Dan Brown, Frank Herbert, Charles DeLint, Guy Gavriel Kay, Barbara Kingsolver, Carol Muske-Dukes, Cecil Adams, Gregory Macguire, Thomas Hardy, Colin Fletcher, Israel Regardie, Oliver Sacks, Douglas Adams, Piers Anthony, Shel Silverstein, Terry Pratchett, Orson Scott Card

(some movies I like) Tank Girl, Star Wars, XMen, Fargo, Wallace & Gromit, Memento, Fight Club, I Robot, X-Files Fight the Future, The Abyss, Monty Python, Sin City, About A Boy, Chocolat, Donnie Darko, The Wall, Monsters Inc., The Nightmare Before Christmas, Blue Planet (doc.), 9 Songs

(some musicians/groups I like) Sarah McLachlan, The Chemical Brothers, Indigo Girls, Green Day, Dave Matthews, Alison Krauss + Union Station, Nick Cave, Joan Osborne, Joan Armatrading, Delerium, Enigma, Guns N Roses, Nappy Roots, Bach, Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton, Aerosmith, Adrian Legg, Transiberian Orchestra, Cyndi Lauper, Pink Floyd, Taj Mahal, Poi Dog Pondering, Tina Turner, Ani DiFranco, Okean El'zy, Didiulya

(foods) strong things, sensual things, new things, comforting things

SCUBA diving, books, the great outdoors, the internet, music, girls and boys.

Strange religions, sex, and love. Oksiusha.

At the home of friends, hanging out, laughing; playing a game; finding a way to be in water; sleeping; reading.

I get shy.

You have pretty eyes. If you are sweet. If you have more than one name. If you play music or sing (whether you are good or not). If you love cats or dogs or ferrets or parrots any other animal. If you are interesting. If you are interested.