SPOILER ALERT! "wherefore" means "why". now you know.

i really like poetry, stand-up comedy, victorian architecture, collecting tiny things, people with mohawks, fairies, and being kissed on the forehead.

i'm a classically trained singer and i play the autoharp. i grew up wanting to sing professionally, but i tried music school and it was the worst. *fart noise with mouth*

i've been to 10 countries so far and am constantly dreaming about my next trip. i'm really interested india, senegal, south africa, and belarus. i've never done any kind of humanitarian work abroad and am always itching to do something useful when i'm in another country. i hope that someday i'll be able to work in some capacity with sick kids, or teach women about sexual health, or plant trees in the desert (google "great green wall initiative"). i should probably work on finishing college and generally getting my shit together before i launch off to africa or eastern europe, but having a dream (albeit a lofty-as-fuck dream) lights a fire under my ass, and i see that as a good thing.

i've had my nose pierced since 2008. sometimes i wear a nose ring, and sometimes i don't. (the status of my nose is often a source of confusion so i thought it would be necessary to mention.)

i could probably put other things here if i really wanted to. (that's what she said?)

i major in social work at cinci state (well, okay, pre-social work/"associate of arts"), sing in a women's choir, and do yoga. i also have an enormous cat/fur-child and a pretty alright group of friends.

i intend to get my bachelor's and eventually master's in social work and also get whatever certification i need in order to counsel. i'm interested in rape crisis work and would love to work with people who have survived sex trafficking. i'm super passionate about raising awareness about trafficking within the united states and will probably school you on it if you're crazy enough to agree to a date with me.

important! i have spina bifida, a physical birth defect. i have trouble with walking and a multitude of other things that are less apparent. this is vital information because reasons.

subject-verb agreement.

scaring away men at bars who want to talk to my friends.

being a cuddle slut. i will, in all seriousness, cuddle your face off. beware.

my enemies' bloodstains on my clothes.

okay. let's do this.

some of my favorite books are catcher in the rye, brave new world, animal farm, a separate peace, the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, and dry: a memoir. i'm pretty into short stories, too, like william dean howells' "editha", vonnegut's "harrison bergeron", and nabokov's "signs and symbols". all good stuff. my favorite thing to read is poetry; i love e.e. cummings, hafiz, billy collins, ogden nash, and kapka kassabova.

i'm not a very avid movie-goer, but i absolutely fucking love one flew over the cuckoo's nest, a clockwork orange, the graduate, my neighbor totoro, the fall, SLC punk, fantasia (the original one from 1940), american history x, mary poppins, paris je t'aime, and an assortment of others. i mostly prefer watching movies alone or with a friend or two in my living room.

i do watch a fair amount of tv and have a huge range of stuff i like (mostly guilty pleasures). some long-time favorites are spongebob, new girl, glee, america's next top model, and adventure time. adventure time is probably my favorite show ever. i also have enjoyed copious amounts of best ink, america's worst tattoos, taboo, strange sex, stuff on animal planet and discovery health, bob's burgers, phineas and ferb, andddd jesus christ i watch way too much tv i should stop listing things.

i always kind of dread talking about what music i listen to because there's so much of it. i adore the buffalo bills (a barbershop quartet), against me!, arcade fire, vampire weekend, miscellaneous choral music, country and rockabilly from the 50s, big band jazz, reggae and ska, the smiths, andrew jackson jihad, bikini kill, black flag, neutral milk hotel, old crow medicine show, wilco, simon and garfunkel...it would probably just be easier for you to message me and ask me. this list is scattered as fuck.

i'm a picky-ish eater. i love italian, pizza, burgers, chicken wings, barbecue, indian, falafel, and cheesecake.

extra credit time!

some of my favorite musicals are the music man, sound of music, mary poppins, south pacific, avenue q, spring awakening, my fair lady, and hair (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH HAIRSPRAY, WHICH I STRONGLY DISLIKE).

my favorite operas are porgy & bess and tchaikovsky's eugene onegin. i've probably seen 7 operas ever, though, and am by no means an expert.

some comedians i really like are john mulaney, louis ck, kumail nanjiani, demetri martin, margaret cho, tig notaro, pete holmes, and the late, great mitch hedberg.

1. my mom
2. animals!!!11
3. laughter
4. nature
5. music, i guess, if you wanna get all cliche with this
6. chocolate

*in no particular order. except chocolate comes first.

oh, also? i need a number 7 in here because r kelly completes my life.

badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger mushroom mushroom.

watching "trauma: life in the ER" with my cat.

i have a song by marilyn manson on my spotify.

you'd be willing to be my salsa partner. i've been itching to learn how to dance. (you have to be patient, though! my ass is handicapped.)

helpful side note!
you may have figured out from looking at my profile that i am a feminist.
i do not hate men. i hate people who make ignorant assumptions about feminism.
please educate yourself!

you are now approaching the end of my okcupid profile. mind the gap.