***At the moment I'm really looking for friends-just-friends not sexy friends. If you want to hook up, you are barking up the wrong tree my friend. ***

I use the word 'I' a lot because objectivity is a myth.

I tend toward simplicity to make room for the inevitably complex.

I am not squeamish.

Literacy and social justice are important to me.

Bisexual is an incredible oversimplification. I don't believe in "sexual orientation". Bi/homo/trans/xeno-phobia is stupid.

I'm a bike commuter.

I change my hair a lot. A LOT. This may or may not be some kind of "statement".

Give me rocks and trees and dirt and water and open spaces and you've got a very happy human.

I can be very silly. Like, scatological humor silly. Also puns.

I'm a bit of a smartypants know-it-all. Neener neener neener!

Most days I like to do things as opposed to talking about doing things.

I'm an introvert with an extrovert streak.

I actively participate in my life, it doesn't just happen to me.

I'm probably not monogamous. HOWEVER, if the right person came along, a well-understood monogamous relationship isn't out of the question.

I am looking for folks I can respect. If you're not honest and respectful with yourself, how can you expect anyone else to be?

You know. Having fun. Making peace. Writing and (occasionally) performing poetry. Taking pretty good care of my body via singing and moving joyfully every day and eating good things. For money I am a nanny and separately, a home/office bookkeeping badass.

Being kind. Sarcasm. Working with kids. Listening. Smiling at people. Communicating. Perceiving emotional pain in others.Problem solving.Leading back-countrycanoe expeditions. Doing laundry. Singing phone-messages. Oh, and laughing.

The fact that I am there, not looking for approval. Other than that, you'd have to ask people. Whoever that is.

*I pretty much never read this section of anyone's profile, let that guide your perusal. I probably didn't put much effort in here*

I can't recall the last time I tried a food I didn't like. Nope, that's a lie, I tried marmite again recently to confirm that it is still revolting. It is. I have yet to discover a cuisine I dislike.

Music:
I've been on a classical kick lately. Such expressive sounds!!!
The rest of the time: I probably haven't heard of it, but I'll probably dig it (unless it is gratuitously violent to my eardrums).
I have extreme enthusiasm for awful/tacky pop and country. I like Ani Difranco and Brandi Carlile, Tegan and Sara, and almost all accoustic/folk tending alternative rock with lead singers that sound like nerdy boys. (Think Neutral Milk Hotel, the Decemberists, R.E.M.)
I also like oldies: I'm a fan of the Temptations, the Supremes, (they just don't make music like this anymore!)

Movies eh?
There are many I have enjoyed, in general I enjoy films that are visually or conceptually remarkable in some way. Or feel-good, or silly but not stupid. Also: live theater.

A drop in the bucket of books I've enjoyed: Maus, Persepolis, The Ethical Slut, Harry Potter, Adios Barbie, The Tao of Pooh, The Bluest Eye, Musicophilia, Listen Up, Corelli's Mandolin, Fire and Ink, Their Eyes Were Watching God, things by Sherman Alexi, Alice Walker, William Stafford, and Mary Oliver.

feeling grateful
socks
my body
a journal and a writing implement
a natural water source
physical contact

Six things I would really like to do without:
irresponsible penis owners
bigots of all stripes
advertising
institutional oppression
many folks' self-hatred
processed sugar

An expanding definition of sex, social justice, changing the world. What I want and how to get it. Privilege, yours, mine and ours. Feminist/queer theory. Poetry, writing, reading and performance. How important it is to me to be around people who take responsibility for their lives.

I also spend a lot of time practicing gratefulness.

gloriously spontaneous.

Sometimes I eat/drink snacks/ tea/ beer in the shower.

at least three of the following are true about you:

You are fucking smart. You respect yourself. You are unrelentingly honest. You know me in real life. You are interested in social justice. You understand that everything is simultaneously cosmically significant and universally unimportant. Similarly, you understand that there is both great urgency and no rush. You think I'm interesting/sexy/intelligent or something... You are not flaky. You are emotionally stable. You want to be friends. You like to play with gender and wear many styles of underpants. You laugh and cry freely. You like occasionally androgynous and gender-flexible folks. You're some kind of queer who likes other kinds of queers.