I'm a silly person, at my core. As Mark Twain would say, I don't take life too seriously because I know I'm not going to get out alive anyway. I quote/reference media and pop culuture regularly. I'm a vegetarian, but I won't tell you what to eat. I'm Catholic, but I won't tell you what to believe. I'm a recovering introvert, but I'm not quite cured.

I'm committed to whatever I do (or-wait- is it I SHOULD BE committed?).

I'm looking for someone who is my best friend that I happen to be attracted to, uses correct grammar on his profile, and reads.

I'm going to school to become... Wait, that's not me. That's everyone else on this site. I have my degree. I'll need to get another one, but not yet.

Right now, I am substitute teaching, tutoring and teaching preschool until I can get my teaching certificate and a full time job. By Fall 2010, I hope to have my own fifth grade classroom.

I am really good at knowing what those close to me need, whether it is a hug or a sandwich or a night on the town. I am a good distraction. I am also good at returning messages, text messages, emails, phone calls and other forms of communication.

I think I am good at taking care of people or making sure they are taken care of, usually taking the form of buying food for someone or making sure they get home in one piece after a night out. It can also take the form of helping someone stand up, put their jacket on, or driving them to where they need to go.

People usually notice my glasses, which match most of my dresses and that I am generally less gregarious than most of the people I am with.

Children, oddly, notice how tall I am and comment on it openly (also asking if I am wearing high heels, which doesn't really add *that* much to my height).

Music:

Harry and the Potters, The Remus Lupins, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Water Color Paintings, Hunger Artists, Vampire Weekend, Treasure Mammal, Stelluna, Goo Goo Dolls, All American Rejects, Kings of Leon, Offspring, Plain White Tees, The Movits!,

TV:

Arrested Development, Battlestar Galactica, Castle, Chuck, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Dexter, Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe, Dollhouse, Eureka, Firefly, Mythbusters, Psych, Q.I., Smash Lab, Torchwood, Whose Line is it Anyway?, Wonderfalls,

Movies:

The Princess Bride, Serenity, The Hitchhickers' Guide to the Galaxy, The Little Mermaid, Thank you for smoking, Cars, Pan's Labyrinth, The Prestige, Sweeny Todd, Juno, Boonduck Saints, Iron Man, WALL-E, The Dark Knight, Batman Begins, Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, He's Just Not That Into You, Monsters Vs. Aliens, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Up,Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Zombieland, Where the Wild Things Are

Authors:

JK Rowling, Kurt Vonnegut, Christopher Buckley, Christopher Moore, Tom Robbins, Meg Cabot, Stephen Colbert, Lois Lowry, Gabriel Garcia Marquez,Douglas Adams, Max Brooks, Richard Castle

Currently reading:
-Sense and Sensability and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen
-Heat Wave by Richard Castle

Magazines:
Mental Floss, Wired, Geek,

Favorite food:

Strawberries, chocolate, cheesecake, and frozen yogurt, in that order.

1. Cell phone with a keyboard.
2. My closest friends.
3. Live Music.
4. Girly dresses.
5. Strawberries.
6. Moral superiority (just kidding XD).
6. (For real) A good book to read.

Laughing, lesson plans, life, literature, logistics, love.

Also, zombies, werewolves, robots, pirates, ninjas, superheroes and other hipster fads.

Right now, Friday night is like any other night of the week for me. I could be out with my friends, I could be going to the movies or a show, I could be at home, fiddling around online.

Except for First Fridays. Then I am downtown, living the art scene.

I graduated from high school when I was 15.

You should message me if you're under 30, passionate, educated (in college is okay, but definitely finished with high school), intelligent, a teacher, a musician, a geek, like to learn, read and appreciate Christopher Moore, live in the Phoenix area or are Catholic.

Also, if you suspect you are losing sleep because you are a werewolf and like Bomb Pops.

By the way, I'm really bad at starting conversations, so you should message me first.