One time, I went skinny dipping in Antarctica.

I have a law degree! And I'm moving to Quito in August for a fellowship in refugee and asylum law. I have prematurely changed my location because I'm so excited about it.

Having just the right jumpsuit for the occasion. Cooking for 50. Thinking up projects. Long backpacking trips/chilling in the woods. Being loyal to a fault. Losing my keys. Honest and open communication (at least, I aspire to be good at this. And it's key).

Wide eyes. Wide smile. Overenthusiastic hand gestures.

I am often described on first meetings as "nice." I like to get down with other people who could also be described as nice.

I like nonfiction and poetry, documentaries and comedies, RuPaul's Drag Race, and mostly vegan food (with an occasional exception for fish, and a more frequent exception for dairy). I prefer books over television and dance music over every other kind of music.

1. Sunshine
2. Airplanes
3. Spandex
4. Otherwise, I am pretty flexible.

Being open to meeting new people is important to me. I've had a profile on couchsurfing.org for about 5 years and while it's not necessary to my being I think it's an amazing project: http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/alisarose3/

Bike routes, the next adventure, what to do with my life, what to make for dinner, what music I would play if I started my own yoga studio (Erykah Badu/Regina Spektor, probably), how to be anti-racist and fight homophobia and transphobia, privilege!, wow that's a hot girl, no that's a 12 year old boy, gender roles, chosen family, how to play that pop song on my ukulele, mass incarceration in the USA, what goes on in other peoples' heads....um, honestly, usually lately I am thinking about legal theory. Also, I think this paragraph just took me 30 minutes to write.

Dancing.

This is not private at all, but just wanted to tell you that I prefer to identify as queer. I am excited about dating people with many different gender presentations/identities.

you are passionate. you are down-to-earth. you like to boogie.