I'm a recent college grad, a mom, a soon-to-be freelance graphic artist, and a friend to animals and the environment. I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Graphics and Fine Arts. Ended up on this site after taking an unflattering personality test. Came to satiate curiousity (why the guerrilla recruiting tactics for people NOT interested in dating?) and to take more quizzes.

Re-connecting with family. Finding old friends on Facebook. Looking for a better job. Pondering a return to school to learn web design. Fighting a losing battle with the ants in my new apartment. Tinkering restlessly with my profile. Among other things.

Have a pleasant singing voice. Also have a brand new appreciation of three-dimensional artwork. Have recently exhibited my assemblages in a local art expo. Intend to do it again.

I'm really bad at:
Math, dancing, swimming, and most organized sports.

Green eyes (and apparently, my eyebrows). On the flip side, the last thing they notice is that I'm older than I look. Great for blending in the college classroom, terrible curse when job hunting.

Last good book I read was "Only Joking" by Jimmy Carr and Lucy Greeves. My to-be-read list is getting infinitely longer, and includes "The Alchemist". Favorite authors are Ray Bradbury (the short stories) and the late Douglas Adams.

Have a few favorite movies, esp The Princess Bride, Groundhog Day, Raising Arizona, The Jerk, the Evil Dead movies, Army of Darkness, Death to Smoochy, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (but who doesn't love that one, right?), The Big Lebowski, Bladerunner, The Pink Panther movies (Peter Sellers), Cemetary Man, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou, Office Space, What About Bob, The Impostors (Stanley Tucci, Oliver Platt...) almost anything with Bruce Willis (including Hudson Hawk, excluding Last Man Standing-ugh) and almost anything by Tim Burton or Mel Brooks.

I love Warner Brothers cartoons, they are the best ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQJe5yWHSsg

I like a lot of singer-songwriters; Billy Joel, Tori Amos, Alana Davis, James Taylor... Current favorites are Rachel Zamsteen, Matt Nathanson, Imogen Heap, and Ben Folds.

All-Time Favorite albums: (in no particular order)

Graceland (Paul Simon)
Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic (The Sundays)
Flood (They Might Be Giants)
Boys For Pele (Tori Amos)
Blame It On Me (Alana Davis)
Fear (Toad the Wet Sprocket)
Details (Frou Frou-Imogen Heap)
Under the Table and Dreaming (DMB)
Practical Magic (sdtk)

A Few Favorite Songs:

Marianne (Tori Amos)
Walk This Way (Aerosmith)
A Day in the Life (The Beatles)
My Favorite Mistake (Sheryl Crow)
32 Flavors (cover by Alana Davis)
Ants Marching (DMB)
Let Go (Imogen Heap w/Guy Sigsworth)
Basement Apt. (Sarah Harmer)
Delicious Surprise (Beth Hart)
Mr Brightside (The Killers)
In The End (Linkin Park)
Coal (Michael Penn)
Try Not to Breathe (REM)
Today (Smashing Pumpkins)
Interstate Love Song (STP)
Copperline (James Taylor)
Semi-Charmed Life (Third Eye Blind)
Hammer To Fall (Queen)
The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota (Weird Al Yankovic)

Tea, my laptop, planner, good books, good music, and a comfy pair of tennis shoes (substitute sandals during the summer months).

BTW-I'm talking things, here, not people. The people in my life are absolutely priceless.

Six things I could do without:
Televised poker, movies starring professional athletes, Humvees for personal use, paneling (especially the fake woodgrain variety), spiders as pets, and Microsoft Publisher.

Starting my own business, finishing an art project, moving from Fairmont, WV to a more artist-friendly community. I worry about things I really have no control over (world hunger, eco-system...). My sense of humor, and my rarely shakeable belief that God has a plan, are the only things that help put it all back in perspective sometimes.

I also worry about the increasing number of charming quirks that my laptop has developed, the balance (or lack thereof) in my checking account, the last place I think I left my cell phone charger...

Typical? That word does not compute.

I was freaked out by the Oompa Loompas when I was a kid (from Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka movie, not the Johnny Depp version) and they still give me the creeps.

You are another artist or graphic designer who wants to network. Or if you feel like it. I will message you back if I feel like it. I don't care about your orientation, your religious preferences, your sign, your age, or whatever.
And just so you know, unless its Thursday and you are binooby, I don't want to see your naked photos.