---- In a relationship ----

I'm on here bc I really love OKC and like to keep up with their latest antics. Sorry if I've wasted your time.

Describe myself... I like to sleep, cook, garden. I'm a very tiny girl. You might be able to put your hands all the way around my waist if you have big hands. Hope you think a southern accent is sexy. I make pie and cornbread from scratch.

What other assorted and sundry tidbits do you need to know that we would click? I'm a darkly humored, smart, fit girl that's looking for someone who can match me blow for blow. Modesty may not be my finest quality.

I'm a big art and tech geek, mostly right-brained with a larger-than-usual dose of math and science. I've been on twitter forever. Yep... big dork.

I can be impulsive and spontaneous when it comes to fun, insignificant things, but I'm very deliberate about the big things. By all indications, I'm a responsible adult, although it's a little hysterical to me.

Men usually use words like "feisty" and "firecracker" to describe me. My mantra of late is that if there's no possibility that this could all go up in flames, I'm not trying hard enough. I like taking calculated risks.

I'm attracted to guys that have a gift of gab with a natural confidence and grace. I like tall, skinny boys - not hipsters in girl's jeans... muscular and masculine is good. I'm looking for a guy 27-39. This is a very generous age range and I'm firm about it.

Also, please live in Portland. Beaverton is not Portland.

I am tiny, fiery, and southern

I will at some point abandon the life of making money and making other people money to travel to remote destinations. Eat food I didn't know existed. Meet folks of all generations and life experiences. Reinvent myself yet again.

-------- UPDATE 5/31/09 ---------
Got laid off. Attending to the above now. Will be on odyssey to Europe and Middle East for the next couple of months. Should be back in PDX by September.

-------- UPDATE 5/25/10 ----------
Did that. It was great. Came back. Got a job. Most importantly, now in a relationship (sorry boys). The good news is that I met him on here. We were a 98% match! Keep up the faith, friends.

"What size shoe do you wear?"
"I love the color of your lipsick!"
"Did you change your hair again?"

Music: Yeah Yeah Yeahs (FTT), Tom Waits, The Strokes, Woven Hand, Samuel Barber, Devo, the B-52s, The Duke Spirit, Animal Collective, Tacocat, Toots and the Maytals, Joy Division, David Banner, Major Lazer, Missy Elliot, Scratch Acid, Dazzling Killmen, PJ Harvey, Lords of Acid (see below), The Human Value, Snowden, The Presets, M.I.A., Nirvana, She Wants Revenge, Glass Candy, the Knife, Crystal Castles, Massive Attack, Basement Jaxx, Pink Mountaintops, Queens of the Stoneage, Lil' Kim, T Pain, Modeselektor, Bassnectar. I've never heard a Lil Jon song that didn't make me grin.

Movies: O' Brother Where Art Thou, Eternal Sunshine, Showgirls, The Singing Detective, Roman Holiday, The Great Happiness Space, Some Like It Hot, Julie & Julia

TV: Hoarders, Mad Men, Extreme Engineering, No Reservations, The Girls Next Door, Rome, Six Feet Under

Books: I'm currently reading South of Broad by Pat Conroy. Past faves include Crowds and Power, Under the Banner of Heaven, Freakonomics, Kinsey, Cryptonomicon, Making Ideas Happen, anything by Flannery O'Connor.

Food? Jesus, don't even get me started. I'm a damn good cook and like to eat well. I have things in my spice drawer you've never heard of. My words of wisdom: 1) Burgers should never be cooked past medium. 2) It's easy to go too heavy on the sage and rosemary. 3) Lastly, it's all about the temperature of the butter, my friends.

I own way too many Apple products. Those would account for at least two... MacBook and iPhone

My passport

A sharp knife (my 8" Shun is a thing of beauty)

My Granny's rolling pin

The picture of my Dad making a silly face

You might be able to learn everything you need to know about me by listening to Lords of Acid and Ne-Yo's "miss independent."