I am a woman in my mid thirties looking for someone special ( aren’t we all?).

I have been in a few serious relationships, but haven’t found the “one”. I have been doing yoga once or twice a week for more than a year now. But am in the early stages of a fitness routine. I love going to the movies, talking politics( alert – I am left of center!), traveling ( in the U.S. and beyond), exploring who I am as a person, cooking and baking, drinking wine ( prefer full bodied reds) or the occasional gin and tonic and many more things.

I work for a non profit, though I have had in between jobs that were less fulfilling. I love hanging with my friends, spending time by myself with my hobbies, doing yoga, volunteering with political campaigns, playing with my cat etc...I would love to travel but haven't had much opportunity lately.

I'm good at playing the Crypto Quip game in the paper, hypothesizing answers while watching Jeopardy,talking about stuff I know and only kinda know (BS is I believe the term that is au currant), speaking out against injustice, being a good friend, giving advice,being creative...
and so much more

My laugh ! You will love it or hate it - but I think it is a 4/5 ths love it sorta thing.

Books-
For lighter fare- I like novels set in faraway places. Loved "Memoirs of a Geisha" , liked "the Kite Runner", really enjoyed," Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamtress" I read all before I saw the films and enjoyed all of the films quite a bit. Then there are the books I could read again and again, basically anything utopian or dystopian(1984, Brave New World, A Handmaid's Tale), ye old Russian novels, the classics

I love foreign films, arthouse movies, and dumb comedies. I like to laugh at "Old School", but have enjoyed tons of movies... A few I have recently seen are: "The Station Agent", "Hellboy II", "When Did You Last See your Father","The Visitor", "Mongol", "and Sex and the City", "Stepbrothers",
"The Dark Knight"
But movies I really like are: About a Boy, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Darjeeling Ltd, Spiderman(2nd was best), Spanish Prisoner, The Fifth Element, the English Patient,The Usual Suspects.

Though I will see almost any movie- Only a select few have been given 5 stars or even 4 stars by me.

I like rock n'roll , Indie Rock, and British pop rock:
Right now the heavy rotation on my IPOD is full of Bright Eyes, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, and Flaming Lips. Clearly I am a little behind the times... not the hip music junkie I used to be; old favs include the Pixies, the Smiths, Proclaimers, Portishead, Radiohead, Pulp, Blur, Oasis, the Ramones, TREX, Belle and Sebastion,Duran Duran,ABBA, Velvet Underground to name a few.

AS far as food- I love foreign food , especially Asian. I love to eat Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. I love to cook though usually I cook pasta, rice, couscous, and lots of different veggies with salmon or chicken. Sometimes I crave a baked potato and a nice steak, but try to keep it fish and poultry or vegetarian entrees most of the time. I am not a picky eater and can find something to eat ant any type of place you can think of. I enjoy baking too but try to just do that for potlucks or bake sales or parties. I am great at homemade brownies and chocolate chip cookies.

Oh and they forgot TV-
I watch too much crap for no reason- but love to watch Family Guy, How I Met Your Mother, the Simpsons, the Office and 30 Rock. Not into reality as much but like: Hell's Kitchen, Project Runway, I Survived a Japanese Game Show...

my IPod, Diet Coke ( oh I am an addict.. trying hard to quit), my passport
( haven't used it lately , but you never know...), my computer ( I loves the world wide interweb), chocolate ( yummy yummy), and red wine ( good for your heart and fighting cancer, it 's tasty, and makes me happy in small quantities)

Life, how to be a better person, improving my self inside and out, the state of the world, war and peace, the latest film, music, latest news, my family, my job, what that annoying tune is in my brain, why my cat insists on waking me up at 6 am...

hanging out with my friends, at a movie, driving home to see my Dad ( in Northern KY), or sitting on the couch watching bad tv or the latest netflix arrival, or perhpas on OKCupid searchin and answerin questions...

I believe in social justice, and that human rights for all people is very important. I also believe if more people truly followed the Golden Rule:" Do onto others as you would have them do to you" the world would be a much better place.

Some of the following apply to you:

You make “Mick Jagger lips “ when a Rolling Stone song comes on the radio.

Eating healthier, and doing exercise that’s fun are becoming a little more of a priority these days- When I mention movies, you imagine a dark theater, stadium seating, and something that has “Oscar potential” (or conversely anything with Will Ferrell). You are working at something you love, or trying hard to get there someday. Love is something you are looking for in your life, not just marriage and kids.

I am looking for someone to love. I would like him to have some of the characteristics above, but at the same time not be my twin (I have one of those- and no, we are not identical). He should have passion in his life. Maybe from his work, his hobbies, his family and friends… He is more than what he looks like on the outside, though the semi annual haircut, daily grooming, clean clothes and the occasional new shirt are important too. Money is what pays the bills and allows him to eat out, see movies and occasionally splurge on a new cd or music download, not what defines him. And finally, I have found the above guy in different versions before, but we did not have “chemistry” or that magnetic connection. I think this is very important- though my friends tell me this is a romantic notion. Of course this “click” does not always happen immediately and can take a little time and getting to know each other to happen.