Born and raised in Kansas, went to the same school for 12 years with 20 people in my grade. Deciding I had had enough of the midwest, I went to college in Washington where I got my BS in physics. Now I'm at UC Davis where I got my MS and am now working on my PhD in physics (specifically astrophysics type stuff).

I'm a pretty diverse person, and my life so far has been very random and adventurous. Whether it's hanging out with Nobel prize winners in Marseille, seeing Lance come into Paris for his final Tour win (well, unless he does it again), doing a 500 mile off road race, setting tile for a movie producer in Bel Air, lots of traveling, etc... that's just how I like it.

I'm into all sorts of stuff. I went into physics because now I can work in many areas. For now it's really cool stuff. They send me out to telescopes in Hawaii and Chile, and conferences all over the place (last one was in France). It does get taxing at times trying to work with the data, but it's still fun.

telling stories. Sometimes I'll even act out the parts so you get the full effect.

well, if I had something in my teeth, it'd probably be that. Then it'd probably be my facial expressions... apparently I'm very facially animated.

My favorite food is sushi. If I was at home eating a plate of sushi, and there was a fire, the first thing I'd think to save is that plate of sushi... and now I'm thinking a romantic candlelit dinner with sushi would be a bad idea.

I like movies where it's obvious the people that made it were making something they were passionate about, not something that was going to get money. I was going to say my favorite movie was Amélie, but I just noticed they used that in the example paragraph so now I feel like a cliché (I'm having fun using the é). Another favorité is Amadéus.

I like deep house, something with a good beat and usually accompanied by an unintelligible female vocalist chant.

For books, I'm all about non-fiction, history, science. Right now I'm reading "Predictably Irrational" about how people make irrational decisions but in predictable ways (well-named book, huh?), and how that can be taken advantage of in marketing. It's bloody fascinating.

1) People to joke around with. Not just any people. Good-natured, stable people. If I was on a deserted island with only a jerk for company, I'd end up making friends with a volleyball.
2) I love to eat. It's just so wonderful. What eating does for me is synonymous with what massages do for other people.
3) A goal. I get bored if I don't have some sort of project, something I'm having to work towards. i.e. right now I'm learning French.
4) Books, tv, movies. Just like everyone else.
5) I'm thinking I shouldn't have clumped books, tv, and movies into one subject because I've run out of ideas.
6) Either I'm boring or just not needy.

The most random stuff. Because I get interested in lots of stuff, what I'm thinking (or discussing, debating, etc) about at any moment ranges from stocks to religion to politics to science.

Out to dinner with my friends. During my first year in grad school I made some really good friends, and now I'm all about going and hanging out any chance we get while we still can!

When I was little, I couldn't handle watching "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory". While the other kindergarteners were laughing at Augustus Goop being sucked up the chocolate suction tube or Violet turning into a giant blueberry, I was quietly but uncontrollably crying for the poor kids having their lives ruined... I still cry (albeit rarely) in movies... I just really get into them.

you have a friendlier personality than a volleyball... I'm basically looking for a real woman that I have good chemistry with and appreciates being treated like a lady.