Originally from (very far) south of these parts, have been living in London for nearly 5 years now and still love it. Moving here was a major shift in my life and I still feel a sense of adventure about it most days (subject to planned engineering works).

I'm afraid I just can't bring myself to put forward a list of adjectives describing myself. If you're at all like me, you'd just skip over that anyway. But, for the record: I have never described myself as 'zany'.

Instead, some random 'likes':

- Slightly rambling, enthusiastic discussions over lazy weekend lunches in a pub with an open fire (or out in the sun), involving precisely one glass of wine beyond what would have been appropriate. Then a nap (ideally not in the pub).
- Typography
- Kayaking and horseriding (both mostly just to get to beautiful remote places I couldn't be faffed walking to)
- Inflicting my poor language skills on unsuspecting French people
- Rusty nails (of the hangover-inducing type, not tetanus-inducing)
- Mindfulness
- Ambling around a flea market
- Eating outdoors. Possibly a bit too obsessed with this..
- London, Sydney, Paris, Vanuatu
- Compassionate people
- The concept of neuroplasticity. Very comforting.

My dislikes:
Fruit in savoury dishes.

Outside my work existence (and actually even within it), I'm a bit of a dilettante. I like to dabble - to ensure I avoid becoming really accomplished at anything.

- enticing squirrels to climb up my leg by pretending to have food
- talking to strangers
- making pavlova
- letting go of work issues the nanosecond I leave the office
- playing devil's advocate
- appreciating the kindness of strangers
- catching bugs and spiders (when required - not as a hobby)
- remembering lyrics from nonsense songs and poems
- baseless optimism

Taking a wild stab at it, I'd guess my hair.
Then accent.

Couldn't do justice right now to a list on which my entire personality is to be judged. But if your humour tends toward any of the following, we could probably at least have a pleasant chat:

- Flight of the Conchords
- Tom Lehrer
- Black Books
- Jon Stewart
- David Mitchell
- Calvin & Hobbes (not the theologian and the philosopher, although I'm sure they had their funny moments after a few ales with friends).

But I won't bore you with a list of my food preferences. I just can't believe that an otherwise brilliant relationship could be scuppered by the discovery that we have diametrically opposed views on tiramisu ...

Passport
Soured cream

Can't think of anything else truly essential.

- How a supposedly intelligent person who manages to hold down a responsible job could be unable to master the concept of taking off her watch before getting into the shower/bath. Repeatedly.

- How the human mind works and how to tame mine. That is, how to keep getting better at allowing the Universe to just be as it is today ...

- Whether the RSPCA would have a view on squirrel enticement.

I am a bit scared of cows. Even the baby ones. Even when I'm on horseback and could easily outrun them. I suspect that the whole 'blank-eyed stupidity' thing they have going is just a ruse.

And that I sometimes split my infinitives. And overuse parentheses.

And that I'm a bit less flippant and more thoughtful than this silly profile might suggest...

You are quietly funny and basically kind..