PLEASE NOTE: I am ABSOLUTELY NOT interested in couples or women who are already in relationships. I am on this site to find a serious relationship for myself involving one other person.

That said, here's the other stuff.

My name is Paula, but I go by P to avoid the confusion of guessing when people forget what the P stands for. I am a graduate of Bethany College in WV, with a degree in English Literature, and I'm working on my MFA in Writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) at the moment, which should take up the next two years. I love literature and books and the English language, and am fairly snobby about all of it, but I will do my best not to make you feel stupid. I hate it when people talk to me like I'm stupid, so I try to extend the same courtesy to others.

My other big hobbies, obviously besides reading, are knitting and watching anime. I love to knit strange things, the stranger the better, and I'm pretty good at it. I've been knitting for about 5-6 years now. Anime, I have been an avid connisseur for about the same length of time as I've been knitting. Consequently, I am very interested in Japanese and Asian culture in general. I consider myself to be Soy-Asian after the manner of a soy-burger: I'm like Asian, but not really. I eat a lot of Asian cuisine, especially sushi, but also Chinese food, and I have developed a serious love of rice after my stint in South Korea as an English teacher. That was, unfortunately, cut short by the illness of a family member who is no longer with me, and whose loss I feel keenly every day, but nonetheless it made a profound impact on my life and way of thinking.

And what else does one say in a blurb of this nature? I'm sarcastic and clever, lots of fun, but also loyal, empathetic, sympathetic, and a good listener. In spite of my grumping, which I often do just because I feel complaining in the face of unchangeable situations makes me feel better, I am infinitely patient and tolerant of other people's idiosyncrasies (i.e. other people's bullshit). I'm not one of those people who like to argue just for the sake of arguing, which means if I'm upset, I'll just get really quiet and say as little as possible. I may also do this when tired, but you can distinguish between the two by noting that when tired, I will also stare at some fixed point in space possibly without blinking.

Other than that... If you have questions I didn't answer here, message me? Or you could read some of the stuff below, if you're still interested in doing so.

I'm living in Bohemian poverty in downtown Chicago while I attend the illustrious SAIC for my Master of Fine Arts in Writing.

Writing, I hope? Otherwise that whole MFAW thing is kind of pointless. I'm also a good knitter, and your go-to girl for witty remarks.

At this point in time, it will be my partially purple hair. But normally, I don't know? Possibly my eyes. I think they are my best feature, but being that I'm not another person, it's a little difficult to know what someone else would see in me.

(a) My favorite book at the moment is "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas, but some other favorite authors are: Jhumpa Lahiri, Zadie Smith, Ali Smith, Ian McEwan, Margaret Atwood, Oscar Wilde, JK Rowling, Anne Rice, John Keats, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jane Austen, and etc.

b)Movies: Interview with the Vampire, Velvet Goldmine, Silence of the Lambs, Lawrence of Arabia, Van Helsing, Victor/Victoria, Amelie, Wilde, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, Quills, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Kinky Boots, Harry Potter, Finding Neverland, Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Underworld, the Four Feathers, the Big Lebowski, Heights, What Dreams May Come, Guys and Dolls, the Boondock Saints, Stage Beauty, Sweeney Todd.

(b1) TV: Family Guy, Cowboy bebop, Venture Brothers, Futurama, Trigun, Full Metal Alchemist, ATHF, Trinity Blood, Wolf's Rain, Paradise Kiss, Loveless, Metalocalypse, Law and Order: SVU, House, Monarch of the Glen, King of the Hill

(c)Music: Rufus Wainwright, Savage Garden/Darren Hayes, Splashdown, Nickelback, John Mayer, Imogen Heap, Laura Nadeau, anime themes, SuperJunior, Ingrid Michaelson... basically anything except country and rap.

(d) Sushi!, Korean food, Chinese, curry, rice, meat, chocolate chip cookies, and a good chai latte.

Aside from the obvious food, water, etc., I'd have to say:

The Internetz/my computer; sushi; tea; my fat little dog; books; and yarn.

I'm having to do without my fat little dog at the moment, and I'm finding it excessively difficult.

....Writing. That is what I'm doing with my life, so necessarily I spend a lot of time thinking about it. I also spend a lot of time thinking about books and literature. Knitting and potential patterns.

I also spend a lot of time thinking about humanity, and I'm pretty sure it needs to become extinct before it makes all the other species extinct. I suppose I'm what you would term a self-loathing human. It should therefore come as no surprise to you that I like animals more than people. :)

I am typically trying to talk reluctant people into going out with me somewhere, anywhere... and failing miserably... Which means I usually spend Friday night watching anime or reruns of House and stuff on TV while I knit weird things.

I say "bisexual" because I'm trying to keep an open mind, just in case my person is not of the socially-accepted gender. But I wonder sometimes if I'm not really a lesbian, because I have never really had a successful relationship with a man. That doesn't mean I'm giving up on men, just... that I wonder if maybe I should. :/

If you want to talk about any of my three primary hobbies: literature, anime, or knitting.

Or if you think I'm really interesting and just want to talk.