So, about me. Ummm... If you were to describe me like a forecast, it would be something like "partly lazy with a high chance of scattered wit. Expect random bursts of brilliance." I recently described the process of making friendship bread as "a baking circle jerk." I am a total whore for physical affection. I am the proud owner of the world's cutest dog. People have told me she looks like a baby lion, a hyena, and Alf. I like to take her for walks. I am constantly hitting my head on things. I love to cook and am happy to live in a place with a stove again. I know how to play several musical instruments, but have not really done so since high school. I would love to start/be in some sort of choir. I am in favor of get rich quick schemes. I love road trips. I am a feminist, and if queer were a political perspective I would consider myself a member. Jerri Blank is my favorite fictional character. I'm getting greener all the time, and am big on recycling and such. My bedroom is a perpetual disaster. I would like to travel more, but lack of funds prohibit me from doing so. I like to paint. Walls, not paintings. But if you give me a canvas I'll go to town.

I just ended a two year relationship and moved from Atlanta, where I got a masters in film studies, back to the Lansing area. So looking for a job and a house with a yard.

Reading. Being smart. Harmonizing. Long conversations about important issues. Procrastinating. Film, gender and queer theory. Being stubborn. Staying up too late. Empathizing. Baking. Long conversations about nothing. Being hilarious and generally awesome.

What I think: My curly hair. Or my laugh.

But more probably: My ample bosom.

Books: 1984, His Dark Materials Trilogy, Harry Potter, The Time Traveler's Wife, Love in the Time of Cholera, anything by David Sedaris, The Great Gatsby, I Know This Much is True, Alice in Wonderland, The Second Sex, Created In Darkness By Troubled Americans, Farenheit 451, anything by Chuck Palahniuk or Chuck Klosterman, Running With Scissors, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, The Handmaid's Tale, The Trial, A Tale of Two Cities, The God of Small Things, Sophie's World, The Thief of Always, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Virgin Suicides, Ender's Game, I could go on and on.

Academically speaking, I love Laura Mulvey, Richard Dyer, Judith Butler, Eve Sedgwick (Between Men is my shit), Foucault, Gayle Rubin, and others. If you are familiar with any of these people, you should message me.

Movies: Wet Hot American Summer, The Passion of Joan of Arc, The Big Lebowski, The Aimless Bullet (if you even know that this film exists, nice work) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, anthing by Quentin Tarantino, Magnolia, Lost in Translation, All About Eve, Tarnation, Citizen Kane, Singin' in the Rain, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Memento, Pepe Le Moko, North By Northwest, Shortbus, Howl's Moving Castle, The Lives of Others, Sunset Boulevard, The Squid and the Whale, The Truman Show, The Women, Rope, Notorious, The Graduate, Being John Malkovitch, Requiem for a Dream, Election, Dirty Dancing, Bringing Up Baby, Fight Club, Dogma, The 39 Steps, 2LDK, Dancer in the Dark and many more. Judd Apatow is the man. I have written more on Superbad than any other single film.

TV: Freaks and Geeks, Heroes, 30 Rock, My So Called Life, Arrested Development, The Office (both versions), 21 Jump Street, Strangers With Candy, Planet Earth, Weeds. I don't own a television, so I use hulu a lot. I'm also interested in television academically. For instance, did you know that the US and New Zealand are the only two countries that allow pharmaceutical advertising on television? I wrote a paper about it. And, like many things that are potentially dangerous, it makes money so it must be a good idea. Or is it?

Music: Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright, Sigur Ros, Postal Service, Bob Marley, The Decemberists, Elliot Smith, Scissor Sisters, Stevie Wonder, Leona Naess, Neutral Milk Hotel, Mates of State, Explosions in the Sky, Radiohead, Wilco, Iron and Wine, Portishead, My Morning Jacket, Hooverphonic, Damien Rice, Heart, Fiest, Sufjian Stevens, Franz Ferdinand, The Gorillaz, Tenacious D, Morecheeba, Journey, Bjork, Cake, The Arcade Fire, Death Cab for Cutie, Kelly Clarkson (don't judge me).

Food: Mexican, Indian, Thai, Italian. The only real genre of food I can't get with is sushi. I can't get past the whole raw fish thing, and I'm not a big seafood person to begin with. I have a terrible weakness for chocolate. Especially dark chocolate. Coffee. Pizza with green peppers, tomatoes, and feta cheese. French toast. I hate salad dressing and most sauces/condiments. I'm trying to go vegetarian, but it's hard.

My dog. Hilarity. Sex. Inside jokes. Snow. Captain Morgan. Books. My glasses. Movies. Intelligent conversations. I realize that's more than six.

Oh god, I spend way too much time thinking about everything. I am a chronic overthinker. I can think myself into and out of things and then back into them if given enough time. I think about my relationships, homosociality, get rich quick schemes, my dear friends who are scattered about the world and who I miss terribly, Judd Apatow, the cleaning I should be doing, inside jokes, what to read next, things that make me sad, the intersection of gender, sexuality, and class, what I should wear, my dogs, things that make me laugh, what I'm doing with my life, my family, what I'm going to do with my life, and just about everything else.

If I'm not working, I'm watching movies with friends or at a bar. Preferably one with karaoke.

I can't cross my eyes.

Bonus: I almost never wear socks.

EDIT: Since I have moved back to Michigan, I have been freezing. And thus, worn more socks.

You love Strangers With Candy. You know what all three of those words at the top of this page mean. You are concerned about the fate of the planet. You want to smoke a bowl. You have an excellent sense of humor. You have some sort of video game system you'd like to kick my ass on. You have a deep need to show me your favorite bar/cafe/bookstore/bowling alley. You want a new friend. You find me at all interesting. No psychos need apply.