I am a southern girl transplanted around the country. I moved to Dallas in June, 2010, and then to Denton in 2012 to pursue my PhD in psychology. I'm always looking for new stuff to do, though. I got my SCUBA certification in 2011, and I passed my concealed handgun licensing class and test last year. I took my first flying lesson this past summer, but I don't think I'll be pursuing a license. I'm big on cooking (and more recently, some molecular gastronomy stuff such as sous-vide and transglutaminase, though only on a limited scale). I like to make things grow. Right now I have Spanish lavender, rosemary, mint, wildflowers and a lovely bonsai tree. I love to travel (although I have yet to see East Asia, Australia or Africa--there's much to do!). I started up with a Yoga class again for 2013, which is nice because I used to do it every day but I haven't been able to find a good studio since i left Chicago. I would like to learn more about dancing, so that's my next step, I think.

I love big cats but I am wary of very small dogs. I have a wonderful black cat named Roland (named for both The Gunslinger series and a favorite Warren Zevon song...that and he comes when I say "Roland," so I guess he likes it), and a red tabby named Olive. I love dogs, too, but I don't have the space or time for a dog right now.

I like the mountains (hiking up them, not falling off of them). I read a lot. I'm really into movies. Netflix is not one of the six things I couldn't live without, but it's damn close.
I think (almost) all drinks taste better through a straw, and I use one whenever I can. I love to travel and want to do more of it. I believe in getting as much out of being alive as possible.

I just started my PhD in Psychology. While I could practice with my MA and license, I wanted to do something more academic and I want to be able to teach. Wish me luck!

I'm a therapist by trade. I recently left my job at a private clinic in order to pursue my doctorate. Previously, I supervised the psychiatric intake for a hospital and also worked in rehab, and I spent two years working with eating disorders in a private clinic. I love what I do, but I'm looking to move into private practice, teaching and research.

I like to cook and bake and people tell me I'm good at it. I also like to read Tarot (pondering Jungian archetypes is a bit of a hobby). I love games especially spades, dominoes, rummy and trivial pursuit. I am also decent at sizing people up and remembering the little things about them. I know how to pick a good wine at a restaurant, and other people's pets seem to like me (lucky me!)

My conjoined twin...and my bouncy hair!

Books/Authors: Crime and Punishment, Lolita, Nabokov in general, Italo Calvino, Douglas Adams, Cat's Cradle, Roald Dahl, Nicholas Nickleby, Clive Barker, Terry Pratchett, P.G. Wodehouse, Steinbeck, Rushdie, Evelyn Waugh, Haruki Murakami, James Thurber, e.e. cummings, Anais Nin, Isabel Allende, Charles Addams, Toni Morrison, The Selfish Gene, David Foster Wallace, Kingsley Amis, Richard Matheson, Anthony Bourdain___________Movies/TV: Some Like It Hot, Mad Men, The Godfather, Rashomon, Intolerable Cruelty, Harold and Maude, The Sting, Singin' in the Rain, Carrie, Dr. Strangelove, Wall Street, Annie Hall, Caddyshack, The Big Lebowski, 8 1/2, Groundhog Day, both versions of Dawn of the Dead, the original Sabrina, Jackie Brown, Touch of Evil, The Fog of War, Ghost World, Wild Strawberries, Sunset Boulevard, A Separation, Wet Hot American Summer_______Music: The Beatles, Bud Powell, Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright, Miles Davis, Elliott Smith, Tori Amos, Andrew Bird, George Clinton, Radiohead, The Pixies, Outkast, John Lee Hooker, Tom Waits, Django Reinhardt, The Clash, Frank Zappa, the Kinks, Rasputina, Beethoven, Pantera, Mos Def, The Dead Kennedys, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, They Might Be Giants, Bessie Smith, Johnny Cash ________ Food: Sushi, real vanilla ice cream, spinach, mango, pastrami on rye, asparagus, vindaloo, strawberries, pancakes, good bourbon, better beer, vintage port, etouffee, blue cheese, bagels, sweet potato pie
________Comedians (a special genre for me): Louis C.K., Joan Rivers, Greg Proops, Wanda Sykes, Richard Pryor, Patton Oswalt

Not counting the basics (food, water, air): My passport, good conversation, freedom, solitude, humor and music

insanity, situational ethics, birds

Dinner, outings, or random web-chicanery with my boyfriend, going out with my friends to blow off steam, or, on occasion, just staying at home to do all the stuff I told myself I was going to do earlier in the week.

Sometimes I eat peanut butter out of the jar.

You're bored and you want to have a fun conversation.