I'm a (perhaps overly-) sarcastic redhead with a temper to match my hair. I like films and reading, particularly sci-fi. If it has aliens, vampires, werewolves, or guns, I'll watch it. I have six tattoos, which often surprises people. Maybe I just don't seem like the type...

I enjoy a night in on the couch with alcohol and friends over a night out clubbing; I'm inherently lazy though I try to be less so. I tend to flail about things, and I have the attention span of a particularly dim spaniel.

I usually split the bill for dinner, but I like a date to offer to pay.

I've been a little unlucky in love, so I can be a bit standoffish.

I like my space; it doesn't mean I don't enjoy talking to someone, but I need to decompress from the outside world every so often.

I want someone who will challenge me, who'll make me think, who won't just roll over and let me walk all over them. In the words of Clementine: I'm just a fucked-up girl looking for my own peace of mind; don't assign me yours.

drifting - had a spell of ill health at the beginning of the year, so for the time being I'm back living at home with my parents, joy of joys. Desperately looking for a way out of that, though...

writing, wasting hours of my life on the internet, designing and stencilling tshirts, singing along to Buffy's musical episode with my insane (and utterly evil) ex-flatmate, procrastinating with knitting.

My hair, my height, my boobs ;), my geekiness. I spent years hiding it, and it took me until Uni to realise that I didn't give a flying f**k what people thought. Now I will quite happily talk about Harry Potter and Game of Thrones to anyone who will listen.

I am capable of 'normal' conversation too, mind you. ;)

TV:
Battlestar Galactica
NCIS/CSI/general crime procedurals
Spaced
Firefly
due South
Life On Mars
Leverage
Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog
Game of Thrones
Supernatural
Red Dwarf
Sons of Anarchy
Rescue Me
The Walking Dead (I'm very behind...only seen ep 1 of s2. Spoil me and die....)

Film:
The Fall,
Inception,
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,
Pitch Black,
Blade,
Princess Bride,
Night Watch,
Avengers, and the set up films (Iron Man, Captain America, Thor)
Star Trek,
Spirited Away,
Moon,
50/50
Shark Attack 3: Megaladon - possibly the only film to rival Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus in terms of ridiculousness...

Books:
anything by Neil Gaiman (particularly the Smoke and Mirrors short stories, Stardust, and Neverwhere),
anything by Terry Pratchett,
the Harry Dresden Files,
Christopher Brookymyre - Sacred Art Of Stealing (though anything by him is worth reading),
the Princess Bride (the book's just as good as the film. 'Inconceivable!', I hear you cry...silently...um...yes. MOVING ON.),
Mark Gatiss' Lucifer Box series,
Sherlock Holmes
I've just read China Mieville's Kraken, and wonder why no one's ever suggested I read it before.

Music:
Everclear,
Fall Out Boy,
Amanda Palmer,
Jason Mraz,
Incubus,
Christian Kane,
Barenaked Ladies,
Queen,
Johnny Cash,
Matchbox Twenty,
My Chemical Romance,
Anais Mitchell,
Billy Joel
The Civil Wars
Dirt Poor Robins
...I have pretty diverse taste. I listen to a bit of everything, other than dance and hiphop.

my computer, my knitting stuff, my books, my bed, annnd...hm. tea.

See above re: world domination.

I also, occasionally, think about fluffy kittens. And gay porn.

Going to the cinema with friends, or taking turns cooking dinner and drinking wine with same. I'd far rather entertain/go round to a friend's house or a pub than go out to a club - conversation gets me going, not loud music and watered-down drinks.

I write in online RPGs, and as a result, have *thinks* about 14 characters living in my head. Not in a call-the-men-in-white-coats kind of way, but yes. It sometimes gets a little crowded. And yes, I write about them having relationships. This sometimes means sex. No, that does not mean I'm having cybersex with the other writer. That would be wierd.

You're open-minded, a little bit geeky, sarcastic, laid-back, and patient.

And here's a tip, guys: saying 'hi' and nothing else? Is not going to get you a reply. Because there's absolutely no effort involved in that at all. You want to get someone's attention? Show them you're interested in THEM. Not just firing off twenty messages saying 'hi' to whoever catches your eye.