I'm down to earth, even-keeled and my sense of humor is dry as a bone.

I read and write to process the world. I want to become more video-game-literate. I'm intensely curious about people and I believe if you get too comfortable, you've stopped growing. I've learned a lot by pushing myself and how I respond to others pushing me, and the last several months have been an exploration of me, led by me.

I've been on a few OKC dates. The idea of finding a match by typing into an electronic box still seems both limitless and absurd. And I have a broad appreciation for the absurd.

I am dating a man in an open relationship. This is my first venture into non monogamy and while I don't call myself poly, a relationship with me is going to be open.

I am not good at walking in high heels, but I have a nice matched set of wrist and ankle cuffs. I think adults don't get much of a chance to play, and I'm working on playing more and working less.

I like to run, write, paint, and pose for art classes. Sometimes I go to work. I have run two marathons, Chicago and Philly, and will run more of them, knees willing. Running gives me a mind-emptying joy.

I'm halfway through a Master's in Library Science. I've taken about two years off from my studies and I just returned to finish. However, I'm still not sure I want to be a librarian.

I am trying to find ways to travel more, make more art, stay physically centered, and quiet down the noise in my life.

Reading, seeing both sides, long slow runs.

The Bonnie-Raitt-circa-1987 grey streak in my hair.

I'm currently reading "On Photography" by Susan Sontag. What an intellect she had. It's bliss for me. I'm also reading "The Artist's Way", a gift from a friend who gets it.

I Don't Care About Your Band by Julie Klausner
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
Anything in Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski series
Louis C.K.
The jam-stuffed muffins from Ula Cafe in JP
Star Trek, and I'll throw down saying DS9 is the best of them
... And I just discovered Carol Burnett. Sometimes I'm a little late to the game.

I have a sentimental enjoyment for shows that are SUCH a product of their era, like Airwolf, fueled by Cold War rhetoric, but about a hot dude in a badass helicopter.

I hate this question. There is almost nothing I could never do without. I am grateful for my family, friends, books, comedy, Archer, and Indian food. And oxygen. And boots.

Writing and expression, sex, art, women, relationships, what I want, why any of us do anything. And yes, boots. And tattoos. And BDSM.

Out, in, alone, with friends, maybe working. What's typical?

I just got a new piercing.

You are articulate enough not to resort to text-speak. (OMG! BBQ!)

In some way, you want to leave the world a better place than you found it.

You like good conversation with an intelligent person and you can and will challenge me.

You read.

Your message will say more than Hi.

You don't think you have it all figured out. I know I don't, and people who do are boring.

What are you learning?