Hi. I'm shy, but friendly. Say Hi back. I won't bite unless I find out you like that sort of thing. I'm also much better in conversation (IM or horror of horrors actually speaking out loud) than in these personal summary thingies.

I am a physicist by training and inclination. This tends to warp the way I see the world. I consider this a good thing.

I dance. Salsa, meringue, modern jive/ceroc and bellydance with a fair degree of competence, but I've tried many styles - from Argentine tango to contact improv.

I am short, sharp, and mostly harmless

Half of Wellington is working for the Government, the other half are artists in various stages of starvation. I am, unfortunately for this bio, in the Government half.
When I'm not in the office I can be found one of a couple of dance classes or out photographing the city.

Solving small, practical problems, experimental cookery, making things.
Bellyflutters.

Also you know those pub-quiz style questions? The completely random ones that don't fit into sport, geography, pop music or any other category really? I'm pretty damn good at those.

I don't clearly remember noticing me for the first time, so its difficult to say. If I ask my friends, I'm bound to get a facetious answer, so I'm rather at a loss as to what to put here. Suggestions anyone?

Books - I default to speculative fiction, but read widely. Authors I currently reread include Iain Banks(with or without the M), Lois McMaster Bujold, Terry Prattchett, Patrick O'Brian.
Music - I tend to the dark (Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen), augmented with strange World-dance music and old Kiwi pop.
Food is Good. Except for seafood, peas and Brussels sprouts. Chocolate, citrus, wine and scotch are particularly good.

My camera. My computer - a link to the world. Friends, I don't see often enough. Dance. My books - and the library. Livejournal.

The environment. Energy. Food. Interesting pictures. Dance. The fundamental interconnectedness of all things. I seem to be on Hitchiker's kick today. Beats Heinlein anyway.

Recovering from work. Having a drink and/or watching embarrassingly crap reality TV.

I still like playing dress-ups.

* You like to be on the receiving end of randomness and obscurity