Self-summary bit:

I'm unnaturally laid-back, pretty sharp, directionally challenged, potentially verbose, often quiet, and always lost in thought/somewhat scatter-brained. I tend to play off of other people quite a bit, and as such feel most comfortable in/around absurdity.

Also, I should mention, I can be neurotic in certain circumstances. It's a cute kind of neurosis, though, and is largely limited to driving.

Geeks, in general, are appealing to me.

I get lost in my own head a lot. It's a well-worn path and easy to find myself skipping along.

Why the OKC bit:

Who knows anymore. Friends are welcome. Good friends are exceedingly rare. Boyfriends are simply good friends taken to the next level.

I'm currently a pre-k teacher again! Yippee! At last, after about a year and half hiatus, my inner dork can once again fully emerge and work blissfully in tandem with my slightly neurotic perfectionist side to produce awesomeness and fun rarely seen outside a barrel of monkeys.

I'm working on a nursing degree. It's taking a long, long, long--long--time. I then plan on doing humanitarian work overseas.

Someday I aspire to be a 1950s housewife. I like to take care of people and make them happy. It, along with my chosen career path, make more and more sense the older I get. Would have been nice to have had this figured out by 18, but better late than never, neh?

- being overly analytical, which is often mistaken for being overly argumentative (when voiced aloud)

- thinking myself into a rut, or a ditch--some kind of low-lying, wholly paralyzing conundrumous place (metaphorically speaking, that is)... usually so I can just crawl right back out again with a different and refreshing perspective.

- making up words like "conundrumous" because they seem most apt

- offending strangers at the grocery store by making funny faces at their bored, whining toddlers

- interpersonal communication, directness

- people-reading (it's like a super power most people think I make up)

- practicality

- being a sounding board/pseudo therapist

I'm short, and that I need a haircut.

I'd like to think I radiate awesomeness, but that's probably just wishful thinking on my part.

Also, I'm not any of these people ----------------------------------->

...because they all have STDs, extra digits on their feet, and will knife you in your sleep. Except the few that are my friends. (And yes, we do talk about you guys, and ignore you when you've mass messaged us all telling us how unique and cool we sound.)

Books: I have the bad habit of buying/borrowing books I only flip through or read parts of, even though I honestly think I'll read the whole thing. I have several sitting around that only get brief glances here and there.

Authors I've liked/read in the past and/or want to read in the future: Umberto Eco, Clive Barker, Laurel K. Hamilton, Robert Heinlein, Dossie Easton & Janet Hardy, Wittgenstein, Schopenhauer, Kafka, Nietzsche, Albert Camus, Proust, Anais Nin, Paul Ekman, Joseph Campbell, John Holt, et al...

Music: all kinds, though I have a general dislike of new country and most hiphop/pop stuff that's popular now. Favoring Bat for Lashes pretty heavily at the moment, as well as: Pomplamoose, Kate Nash, and Sambassadeur.

Movies: funny ones. Action-packed superhero kickass ones. Not so much into blood and gore, unless it's uber cheesy (think Black Sheep or Dead Alive). Off the top of my head... Finding Nemo, Life is Beautiful, Young Frankenstein, V for Vendetta, 50 First Dates, Harry Potter, What Dreams May Come, The Pianist, Talladega Nights, Hotel Rwanda.

Paranormal Activity did not scare me. If you can find a movie that actually will freak me the hell out, I will give you a cookie.

Food: red grapes and bleu cheese, pizza, cucumber sammiches, sweet & sour chicken, random tofu dishes I've never had at random places I've never been to.

Family/friends, my dog, tea, mental/emotional/physical stimulation in various preferred forms, solitude, self-defined purpose/goals.

-myself. I'm somewhat egomaniacal but I tell people I'm just introspective. This is especially true in terms of my interaction with others. (If there's one thing worth remembering here, that'd be it.)

-science, medicine, technology, and similar subjects

-my future plans/goals

-American society and how screwed up our priorities and perspectives can be

I'm either at home relaxing from a busy week, or meandering around Poutland (probably somewhere in the back, yelling obscenities at people). The pool tables are fun too.

Mom, your other darling daughter let it slip that you created a profile here so you can cyberstalk me. I know you miss me, but this is somewhat inappropriate.

And please ignore the "more kinky" badge. We both know that I'm still a virgin.

-you're a happy atheist

-you often blow raspberries into the abyss

-you can see outside your own immediate little life bubble

-you respect personal space and place a high value on the need for solitary pursuits, even when involved with someone

-you're a bit eccentric or unusual

-you're introspective and have the ability to be exceedingly honest with yourself (and to a certain extent, other people)

-you know what "critical thinking" is and apply it to most aspects of life

-you eschew common/typical relationship ideologies yet still find yourself living and loving healthily and happily

-your communication skills rock and you have high emotional IQ

-you've seen this and it makes you tingle with warm fuzzies.

...or, you're essentially me in guy form.