compulsive knitter, flirt, procrastinatrix, nighttime scribbler, crushslut, terrible liar, word-nerd, homebody, hard femme, shy-ish, square, upstart, enthusiasm-enthusiast, shoe-fiend, feminist killjoy, geek, kinky queer, masochist, chubbytired.

*update* i am mostly using this site to make new friends in Toronto. i'm back in school and don't have a lot of time for dates or energy to invest in new romances. feel free to flirt if you want to, but i might not respond, or take a verrry long time to do so!

i'm a niche market, not a crowdpleaser. i have high expectations around communication, consent, boundaries, respect, and care. I'm really fucking earnest.

i'm in an open relationship- i have something pretty fkkin great already, so you'll have to try a bit to impress me.

i'm going back to school for an MSW in social service administration- kinda like an MBA for anti-capitalists (i hope). i also teach (lefty, jewish) sunday school and work for this rad magazine (www.twistcollective.com).

i am also perfecting my bananagrams skills, knitting myself a house, coming late to the zine-making party, and dreaming about more tattoos. I also like to explore on my bike or my jogging feet. i do a lot of crossword puzzles, but i am not very good at them.

word games; stick'n'poke tattoos; knitting; making the most of the barter system.

it's more fun and easier to tell you what i am terrible at. for example: knowing what direction i'm facing; comprehending sarcasm; waiting patiently for anything; lying; push-ups; proprioception.

punk rock haircut; nerdy tattoos; great rack; my eyes change colour.

i don't really care what you like as long as you like stuff! disaffection is boring! but i guess i can tell you a few things to make myself more culturally intelligible....

writers i am crushing on right now include ivan e coyote, david sedaris, paul auster, kate harding, dave eggers, chuck klosterman, chuck palanhiuk, and dorothy allison. i also highly recommend dolly parton's autobiography.

i grew up on johhny cash and queen; i listen to eminem and rancid when i run; i like dancing to gossip and rihanna; i love live bluegrass. i like story songs, and i like to sing along. i'm open to suggestions, but i have little patience for music-related snobbery.

as for food... i love it. unless it is cantaloupe or it wobbles, i probably like it.

1. burritos
2. crunchy leaves
3. knitting
4. cute underpants
5. a flask of whiskey
6. kissing

(in no particular order)

puns; short fiction; longer fiction; naked swimming; systemic oppression; racism; sincerity; scrabble; making out ; making soup; shoes; cruciferous vegetables; bathroom wall graffiti; consonance; consent; consensus; cupcakes; colour-coordination; buttons; pretty dresses; polka dots; the prison-industrial complex; the barter system; puddlejumping; bedhead,'spooning; smelling like campfire; knitting; sex; power; gender; bdsm; feminism; tummies; making old things into new things; belts that do tricks; freckles.

probably drinking fizzy water or bourbon while watching degrassi junior high, or doing a crossword puzzle in my underwear and listening to the CBC. i might be shaking my butt at a dance party, if someone cute invited me to one...

i'm a mammal and i don't care who knows it!

i'll let amanda palmer elaborate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcoreV10hI8

you like big butts and you cannot lie.
no really, i have a strong aversion to deception of nearly any kind--and my butt is very large.

you want to make me something in exchange for me making you something.

you want to ask me out

you want to invite me to an event where it would be appropriate for me to wear some of my more ridiculous items of clothing, ie elaborate sparkly 80s prom dresses, black leather minidress, fuzzy leopard print platform shoes that look like they belong to a spice girl. These things go out even less than i do!