Obnoxious, funny, true and mean. Unwittingly hilarious, torso-hugging, diminutive kitten-lioness of a girl. Smart, yet a little slow. Intense, extreme, laid back, inconsistent and contradictory. Insulting and sweet. Obscenely, uncomfortably forthright. Bitey.

Picky as all fuck, I get bored of people easily. Extremely indecisive. Prone to short-lived obsessions. List-making, internet addicted hula-hoop champ. Unabashedly ungainly and gauche despite half-hearted attempts at culture. My friends tell me I'm endearing, dorky, and a muse, though I'm not sure what kind of jelly beans they're smoking.

I prefer pubs to bars and gigs to clubs; putting potato chips in my sandwiches; and utilizing alcohol as a social lubricant. I love many things. Some are: written words, the startling generosity of people, measures of music, breaking free, rebels, soft blankets, and the pseudo-privacy of a photobooth.

I demand wit, intellect, and fun. Elitism and misanthropy are both tolerated (perhaps even desired), just don't be pedantic. I want someone smarter than I, although men who are alarmingly bright can be intimidating. Those inclined toward the arts (writers, musicians, photographers) are always favorably regarded, and gold stars on your chart to those who make me laugh uncontrollably.

You must enjoy: correct grammar, "ethnic" foods, the pursuit of knowledge, tangents, and wordplay.

If you care for such things, I usually test as ESFP although it wobbles a bit.

Applying to grad school eventually, but for now I need some breathing space to gather my wits. Some day I hope to be a bad-ass librarian or some sort of information scientist.

My life is has settled down recently. I was ready to move to Oakland, but that didn't pan out. When you start dating someone who only lives 4 blocks from you, you start to question moving 45 minutes away.

Quite honestly, I used to be much more interesting. Geocaching, rock climbing, and good ole shenanigans used to be my cuppa tea. With a full-time job, I don't have time for anything but practicing my photography or reading my books.

I can almost remember when I was young, spontaneous, and full of laughter. Now you get the curmudgeon before you who squanders her time riding her bicycle, reading books, and watching Adult Swim and the History Channel with her boyfriend.

Edit: Trying to fix this by going to Oktoberfest in Munich this year. Woot!

Being too direct, overanalyzing the shit out of everything, talking too much and too fast, snorting when I laugh, touching my nose with my tongue, people-watching, tripping over my own feet, walking into things, winning people over, and being mean without meaning to.

I have a talent for gathering new acquaintances, but possess very little skill juggling them all and keeping in touch. Sadly, I am a defective jack of all trades: I am a well-rounded, eclectic individual who's especially good at nothing.

In person, people immediately realize that I am hopelessly short, klutzy, and have blue hair. My voice is also deeper than one would expect out of a tiny, Asian girl.

(a) Books

• Anything Calvin & Hobbes (Bill Watterson)
• Catfish and Mandala (Andrew X. Pham)
• Ender's Game (Scott Orson Card)
• Fables comic books (Bill Willingham)
• Good Omens (Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
• Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony
• Lots of short stories by Edward Gorey
• Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
• Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)
• O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)
• Sandman comics (Neil Gaiman)
• Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
• Give me disaffected. Give me snarky. Give me bittersweet. Give me Jewish.

You can stalk what I'm currently reading here.

(b) Films

Back to the Future, Better Off Dead, The Big Lebowski, Delicatessen, Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Office Space, Requiem for a Dream, Shaun of the Dead, Sleeping Beauty, Snatch. I like Wes Anderson, dark comedies, Coen Brothers, and good cinematography. However, I don't watch a lot of films; someone please help expand my horizons!

(b1) TV Programs

I no longer own a television set, but I manage to watch shows here and there.

• Arrested Development
• Battlestar Galactica
• Black Adder
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Firefly
• Freaks and Geeks
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Metalocalypse
• The Office (UK and US)
• Pushing Daisies
• Red Dwarf
• Spaced
• Venture Bros.

(c) Music

• Archers of Loaf
• Beulah
• Built to Spill
• Cut Copy
• The Dears
• Final Fantasy
• Jarvis
• Local H
• Maximo Park
• The National
• Minus the Bear
• New Order
• Okkervil River
• OMD
• Pixies
• Pink Floyd
• Radiohead
• Songs: Ohia
• Sonic Youth
• Voxtrot

My musical taste is recorded in all its schizophrenic, info-tastic glory here.

(d) Food

Everything and potatoes. I'll try most things once, because I firmly believe in being open-minded.

In no particular order: books, a camera, good coffee, a computer, my friends, and my passport so I can travel.

Where this world is headed, how information is going to be organized and accessed, death/mortality, how people tick and tock, what should have happened, what do I want, what makes me happy.

Boys, boys, boys. One day, maybe even men.

Geekry, watching DVDs of TV shows with my friends, fascinated by my personality badges, or generally faffing around (probably on the Internet).

Also: losing my faith in humanity, especially when someone woos me. I hate woos -so much- but it's a good indicator as to whether someone has read my profile or not. This is not a numbers game; don't be lazy.

Fucking write me a real message of interest.

I am trying to be a sweet person again. I've encountered enough jerks that I tend to be rather distrusting and unforgiving.

Despite my bitterness, I just want a boy who fills me with smit.

Smit, damn you.

• We have something in common. Please, please don't message me if we do not share any interests at all.
• You have the ability to type in full sentences and perhaps with correct punctuation. Maybe even capitalization? A girl can only hope.
• On the same note, please be able to distinguish the plural from the possessive.
• I like good conversations. So if you don't talk, don't bother.
• If you're not needy about other people's time. I'm a busy person and people who need too much get cut out. Quickly. On that same note, I don't always promptly respond to messages. I apologize in advance, but I do have a wonderful boyfriend with whom I spend my time.
• You are affectionate, discerning, and unconventional.
• Alternatively, if you are an ice cold motherfucker.