First, a note: If you think I am neat, and want to message me, all power to you, but you need to be poly. I'm not interested in replacing my boyfriend, so monogamous ladies and gentlemen will just have to struggle on without me.

Ok, now on to meat and potatoes.

This is the part where you summarily pass judgment on me based solely on my entertainment value.

I'm entertaining. You'll like me. Just accept it.

I tend to be fairly quiet, but quite clever. There's nothing better than that shell-shocked look on someones face when you interject a comment that is clever, unexpected, and fully developed. It's worth waiting for.

I'm somewhat arrogant. I think I'm awesome, and generally people agree with me. I also am that rare female... I like how I look. I've never dieted, I don't plan to, as food is way too delicious to get all uptight about. It's like getting self-conscious about sex. You'll never have an orgasm if you are worrying about it.

Generally, when I have work, it's in a bookstore, because I can't stand sitting down all day. I make a living telling people what to read. Also climbing stairs and lifting stacks of books. My best is 21 hardbacks. That's all the space there is between my chin and the ends of my arms.

I've stopped making plans. I used to know where my life was going, what I wanted out of it, and how to get there. I had a 12 step plan. Now I have no idea, but I'm comfortable in my uncertainty.

While not exactly bitter toward religion, I am not a fan of it either. Why close off whole realms of experience just because some ancient civilization had to ensure the continuation of the species?

I recently moved to Boston, as I really disliked CA. Yes, it has good weather. I admit that. However, it's expensive and I don't like the culture.

At least I can be where it's expensive with tolerable people around.

Currently out of work, so filling out applications 'til my fingers bleed, of course. What else does one do post-college when the economy sucks?

I dance quite a bit, swing, contra, a little blues, a little salsa, a little ballroom, pretty much anything except line dance and square dance. I paint and create things in illustrator and photoshop.

photoshop and illustrator, painting, drawing, sculpture, making people laugh, cooking and other domestic activities, reading (and boy do I do a lot of it!), making up god-awful jokes and/or the most random stories you have ever heard, and drawing connections across seemingly unrelated incidents/objects.

my hair. definitely the first thing people notice. It's bright, it's red, it's hard to miss.

Another thing. I am frequently asked if I'm European. A trip to England at the age of 16 (which hardly constitutes "Europe") doesn't really count, in my opinion. Perhaps my apparent European-ness can be explained by the vast vocabulary I have amassed, or my peculiar lack of swear-words other than the occasional "bloody hell." Or, perhaps it is explained by my combination of pale skin/blue eyes/red hair. I don't know. But in any case, though my ancestry is entirely European, I am definitely not.

I doubt any of you lovely people reading this profile needed to know quite so much about that particular topic...

books - anything by Mercedes Lackey or Tamora Pierce, "War for the Oaks", Jane Austin, anything by Luis McMaster Bujold, Spider Robinson (particularly the Callahan series), Hitchiker's Guide, Neil Gaiman American Gods rocked my socks, and Good Omens made me laugh so hard I cried, John Dalmas, particularly The Regiment. I love odd memoirs about people who aren't famous, or are only a little famous, like "The Glass Castle", or funny ones, like "The Idiot Girl's Action-Adventure Club". I recently read a book on the psychology of sexual fantasy called Who's Been Sleeping in Your Head?. I also like children's books such as "Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late", "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs", the original Eloise books, and "Where the Wild Things Are".

Movies - I am a huge geek. I love me some sci-fi. Basically, if it has one or more car chases, fun special effects, large explosions, ridiculously unrealistic sex scenes, aliens, or space ships, I'll like it. Movies I like include: anything Miazaki, Amelie, 5th Element (which is my favorite movie ever and which I have seen 20+ times...the Big Bad is a GIANT EVIL MOON!!! Whats not to love?!), First Contact, The Thirteenth Floor, Garden State, 10 things I hate about you, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Transporter, Boondock Saints, Any of the Blade movies, Chocolat, Nicholas Nickleby, Pride and Prejudice, Gattica, Tim Burton movies (though I will admit, he always makes the same movie, just with different characters.) Dark City, Dune(both versions)...I also have a close friendship with the Disney from my childhood (little mermaid, etc.). Pixar and I are good buddies.

TV - When I do watch tv it is usually Castle, Burn Notice, White Collar, West Wing, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, History Channel or TruTv (the forensic science channel).

Music - The Postal Service, Mae, Snow Patrol, hellogoodbye, Juanes, Gomez, The Ting Tings], Guster, classical, Garbage, Vienna Teng, Tori Amos, M.I.A. right now I'm listening to Metric a lot. I will also probably like anything else with a tune that I happen to be introduced to, other than tuneless screaming (different from tuneful screaming)... Which I don't particularly like.

Food - anything served on thanksgiving, Cherries Jubilee icecream, roast beef, Steak (med. rare), pasta, lasagna, peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches on wheat bread with a big glass of milk (problematic, as I am lactose intolerant), french cut green beans, peas, mashed potatoes, spinach, I also will try just about any country's food once, within reason. I have no interest in eating bugs, jellyfish, or anything prepared in lye.

fun people, my family, knowing, books, music,

Tea ...we're talking 7-10 cups a day, here...I really need my tea.

the future, my family, money (I'm a poor 26 year old living in a ridiculously expensive area, what do you expect?), the world, stuff I read in books, nothing.

relaxing after a busy week, maybe out with friends, seeing a movie, swing, blues, or salsa dancing, at a goth club, reading a book, doing stuff in illustrator, painting a picture, or watching people do karaoke.

I am decisive in relationships, both on entrance and exit. This can cause problems, as I come off as flighty and changeable.

I'm allergic to eggplant and also to pot.

I can only watch about 2 hours of TV in a given 24 hour period. Then I get bored and want to go do something else. (This my boyfriend finds quite difficult to understand. I find sitting on my butt for hours at a time difficult to understand.)

You like art, museums, or wandering around (in the city or on hikes). You have a low bullshit tolerance and a high self-confidence level. A little geekiness wouldn't hurt, either.