I believe in contradictions, and fluidity, and impermanence. I am attracted to transgression, honesty, and terribleness. also playfulness, directness, and ridiculousness. ness ness ness...

Depending on the situation, I think I can be more dry and detached than these words make me seem.

Spending some time here, escaping Chicago winter. In a transitional phase. Working at a preschool, learning how much I love working with kids, and trying to build a small semblance of a social life.

I got a degree in art. Sculpture is my thing, but I like painting and printmaking, too. I like textures and color. I like touch. I am interested in themes of gender, craft and the ridiculous, among other things. And interactive play.

Don't know what I'll do with that degree, but I think things will work out.

In the past I taught blacksmithing as camp counselor in the Adirondacks.

dressing up. clashing. verbing words. getting blisters, because my feet hate most shoes. making really terrible jokes in all senses of the term. stretching my money for all its worth. living in the present and taking my damn sweet time.

I'm Really Not Good At: waking up/getting out of bed. censoring myself (what i say, and what i do with my face and body). keeping my personal spaces organized.

Probably my nose. It's "prominent."

I can be slightly awkward when first meeting people and just about any other time. It's generally intentional. I enjoy awkwardness in situations. And I'm comfortable in silence.

Several people have complimented me on the arch of my eyebrows....yeah...I don't get it.

I wish it were my caustic wit and intellect..... However most people use their eyes to first notice things about people. Maybe my caustic wit and intellect are what blind people first notice about me. How 'bout it blind people? Let me know.

a) Jitterbug Perfume, Lolita, Midnight's Children,The Handmaid's Tale, The Time Traveller's Wife, Catch 22, His Dark Materials trilogy, My Name Is Asher Lev, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, favorite authors: Francesca Lia Block, Hesse, Breece D'J Pancake.

b) Wet Hot American Summer, Frida, Titus, Evil Dead, MST3K, Harold and Maude, There Will Be Blood, The Fifth Element, Natural Born Killers, In America, Shortbus, Dark City, Little Miss Sunshine, Grindhouse, Once, Dark Knight, Slither, anything by John Waters, Julie Taymor (except Across the Universe), the Coen Bros, David Lynch, or Monty Python. I watch a lot of movies.

Television: Sifl & Olly, Mad Men, Battlestar Galactica, Dexter, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, 30 Rock, Project Runway, Deadwood, Carnivale, Firefly, Arrested Development, Daily Show, The Office (both), X-Files, Ugly Betty, Mad Men

Though I enjoy watching television series, I don't have an interest in paying for cable of any sort. I watch my TV like I watch movies. Whenever I want.

c) !!!, Animal Collective, Battles, Beck, Bjork, Cibo Matto, Cocteau Twins, David Byrne, Explosions in the Sky, FischerSpooner, Feist, Fiona Apple, Gravy Train, Grizzly Bear, Girl Talk, The Gossip, the I'm Not There soundtrack, Joanna Newsom, The Knife, Le Tigre, Lightning Bolt, Ladytron, The Lovemakers, The Mars Volta, M.I.A., Missy Elliott, Mr. Bungle, Neutral Milk Hotel, Savage Garden, Sleater-Kinney, Sonic Youth, Talking Heads, Tori Amos, TV on the Radio, Ween, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, trip hop, and lots of mixes

d) Indian, salmon, vegetarian chili, cornbread, good salad, homemade mango salsa, cheese and fruit, bagels, just about anything with curry or ginger, and breakfastes, leftovers and free stuff. I'm a coffee addict, but not a quality snob. When I was a kid I would steal vegetables at the grocery store rather than candy. I would still rather steal vegetables than candy. I almost always prefer savory over sweet.

art, food with flavor, my sense of touch, music, hassle free peoples, coffee, and pockets

random people.

social intersections.

pining for the ability to teleport.

Gender and how to play with it.

How to play with things in general.

I'm ADD as fuck, but very much not hyperactive.

My hands are fidgety. How can I occupy them? Squish toys! Or peeling beer labels.

Feminism and other things having to do with namby pamby liberal ideals.

What does that thing feel like?...Oh man! That's awesome!

Oh, and art. Duh... Art is probably what I think about most these days. juxtapositions, space, form, color, process, etc.

Well, now that I'm out of school sex seems to be winning over art. Though they certainly aren't mutually exclusive.

Ideally it includes looking some sort of ridiculous and flailing and bopping about to the soundtrack of the evening. Either that or a conversational equivalent. Flailing arms included. There would likely be drunk or something involved. Or watching movies with friends and the cats or the dogs, depending on location.

Since moving here, I have yet to set a routine and need to find friends with whom to go out. I like beers, though. Beers and conversation. Simple as that.

I had a dream some nights ago in which I was informed I was pregnant. The clinic that told me this seemed to be in a Walmart or Costco type place. Like a counter where you get your photos developed. They also said that in the very sex act by which I got pregnant, I had apparently lost my virginity as well. This was entirely untrue, and thus very confusing. All that was of minor concern, though, for my primary concern throughout the entire dream was how I absolutely needed to get an abortion. As much as I am skeptical of dream interpretation, I think this dream was about my unwillingness to deal with certain major responsibilities in life. Also I am very much pro-choice, though that's not private.

You're entertaining, creative, confident, low stress, intelligent, and a weirdo sense of humor. You have real friendships with real life people. You're ok with me not biking. You're crescent fresh. You want to get crafty with me and teach me crafty things. And you enjoy absurdity and discomfort.

I suppose I should mention that, though I'm not usually one to fall into a relationship, I seem to have found someone who is excellent and worth every minute of my time. So these days I'm here to meet people who have purely platonic intentions. I get friend crushes. You probably do, too. Let's use this site to make friends because it's less creepy than other social networking sites.

Also I often don't get around to writing back, because I have issues with writing anything, but messages are generally appreciated anyways. You would do best to not be boring.