"The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything." - Friedrich Nietzsche

So, everybody says they hate these things. I'm going to skip that part and get straight to it: I'm 25 and have lived in a lot of different places, but I'm a Jersey girl at heart. I have a passion for animals, and quite a few live with me -- so if you're allergic, you should probably stop here. I'm saving relatively unsuccessfully for both a backpiece and an Alaskan cruise. I have a bit of a gypsy's soul -- I love to travel and explore, even if it's just a long drive to nowhere. There is nothing I don't want to see, and so much out there I want to experience. I go to the Reniassance faire every year, regardless of which state I'm living in. I am dying to go skydiving, and also interested in taking flying lessons. I still watch cartoons. I believe nothing compares to live theater, and also love dance and live music performances (that would be everything from the ballet and symphony to small venue concerts). I read voraciously. I love classic car shows, bowling, and camping/backpacking. I have a written list of long- and short-term goals for life, to keep me focused on things I'd like to achieve. I try really hard not to lie to myself, and likewise I won't lie to you. I live by the motto that life is a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves (or, if you prefer Palahniuk to Nietzsche, "All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.").

"Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all." (also Nietzsche)

Enjoying it. Trying to get established in my new city of Greenville -- working out and exploring, mostly. For now, at least.

I'm interested in lots of things -- theater, Crossfit, the stock market, history, camping, photography, cooking, baking, scrapbooking, movies, all music, quantum physics, poetry, pets, tattoos, books, kickboxing, weight training, good health and nutrition, firemen, languages, CSI, Italian food, West Indian food, dancing, laughing, comics, cartoons, xkcd, learning, yoga, hiking, raw foods, Renaissance faires, motorcycles, fast cars, pursuring passions, anything fun. I try to keep myself busy!

I'm good at all kinds of things...Cooking, listening to friends even from thousands of miles away, reading your tarot cards or doing your astrological chart, making stock trading concepts seem simple, absorbing new information like a sponge, getting the impulse to move or change something major and following through with it, surviving the tough times and letting what doesn't kill me make me stronger, empathizing, talking, listening, believing that I can do absolutely anything and then proving myself correct...

Different people tell me different things -- I hear what a nice smile I have pretty often, other times it's other things...

I've also been known to be pretty goofy, and I am not easily embarrassed. So occasionally what people first notice is that I'm rocking out at karaoke or dancing to the music in the grocery store, or (worse, for some) serenading friends just about anywhere...

Books: fiction and nonfiction alike -- books on nutrition, natural health, social science (history, sociology, political philosophy and psychology); as for fiction, Great Expectations (with the initial ending), Wuthering Heights, Animal Farm, The Giver, Hitchhiker's, His Dark Materials, Where The Wild Things Are, Alice in Wonderland, and Night. I love anything by Jodi Picoult (The Pact, Tenth Circle, Plain Truth), Palahniuk and Chad Kultgen, and am big into poetry -- Bukowski, Neruda, Akhmatova, Dickinson, Cummings, D.H. Lawrence, Tennyson, Ehrman...I'm always open to suggestions!

Movies: The Princess Bride (always #1, regardless), Devil's Advocate, Fallen, American Psycho, Empire Records, Descent, The Others, Dead Alive, Donnie Darko, The Departed, Boondock Saints, 12 Monkeys, Airheads, Edward Scissorhands, Chasing Amy, Clerks, Kung Fu Hustle, The Lost Boys, Dead Alive, House of the Flying Daggers, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, anything Jason Segel, Seth Rogen, Tim Burton or Johnny Depp had a hand in...okay, obviously there are a ton of movies I love. I can never remember them all.

Music: my mixes are very, very diverse and I'm open to being introduced to anything you listen to. I jump around from country to rap to bluegrass to reggaeton to punk to songs from musicals and Bollywood movies, mixed up with some girl group greats, some hits by the Irish Rovers, some metal and rock, acoustic and folk, and pretty much anything I want to listen to. If I like it, I like it. I don't listen to the radio often, I listen to my mp3 player, mixes, and Pandora.com.

TV: I find reality TV shows to be like trainwrecks, and I can't tear my eyes away. I call them my sociological studies, in order to justify this to a lot of friends who don't watch any TV, or watch a lot less than I do. For actual shows, though, it goes like this -- The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother (which I find to be highly underrated), The Closer, Deadliest Warrior, Mythbusters, the CSI franchise, the Law & Order franchise, The Soup, The Office, Dexter, Burn Notice, and So You Think You Can Dance, which is my unabashed favorite show, for a lot of reasons.

Food: I'm open to new foods. I love Italian food, I love West Indian food (have you ever had curried potato in a roti wrap? if so, we need to talk now!), and I love to eat my fruits and veggies! I'm interested in and learning a lot more about raw and vegan cuisine. I love to cook, and I love to bake; I especially like doing both of these things for others.

1. Good Conversation (it's like a drug to me; I love talking to people, hearing about them and learning new things)
2. Stimulation (psychological, spiritual, emotional, physical)
3. My car (she and I have been through a LOT together, and she's stuck it out with me through it all)
4. My computer (it's how I make my living)
5. My friends (they have never let me down and have been with me through unimaginable things)
6. My pets (I feel a deep affinity for and connection to my animals and animals in general; yes, I'm one of those chicks)

Why people think there has to be a dichotomy between serious and fun, in terms of relationships (as in, why do people assume long-term relationships have to be safe and boring? Does that not become a self-fulfilling prophecy?). Why people think "may you have an interesting life" is a curse. The future (and how much better it will be than the past), the market, the state of the world, nutrition and good health, my friends that are so far away, where I will ever feel like home...

When I'm not thinking about that, I contemplate taking a class in ju jitsu or capoeira.

Also, I think about how funny it is that someone who got her degree in Political Science got the personality label "less political."

Doing any number of interesting things. I don't have a typical life, what can I say?

To each his own: I prefer a burning bridge.

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There is a wolf in me,
fangs pointed for tearing gashes --
I keep the wolf because
the wilderness gave it to me, and
the wilderness will not let it go.

If you've made it this far and actually read all this. Or if you're in the vicinity of Greenville, SC and want to tell me awesome things to do -- I'm new here. :-P

Also, I like people with things to say, with good stories, with life experience to share and wisdom to impart. I love a good conversation.