I am constantly re-evaluating who I am, so bear with me.

As mentioned above, I am rather introspective most of the time. By examining who *I* am, understanding what motivates *me*, there's a better chance that I can understand those around me (understand what choices they made differently and how that has shaped them now). Plus, introspection makes it easier to figure out what I truly want in any given situation early on so that I spend less time fighting myself and more time enjoying when and where I am. Yes.

Maybe as a result of this, I'm terribly scatterbrained. I often misplace...everything, actually, but I find all of it again fairly quickly these days. I'm also fairly clumsy, but pretty graceful in my clumsiness. Blind as a bat without my glasses, yet I'm pretty good at maneuvering blind. Not being able to see bothers me but doesn't hinder me.

Roadtrips are the best things in the world. I don't get to road trip as often as I'd like since my roadtrip buddy is generally my dad (and thus constrained by a regular 9-to-5 job and all that that entails), but I take whatever I can get. I've roadtripped in nearly every direction from my home, to the coasts and to places in between. I love it. I just wish I had more time to explore.

I love to learn, to talk to people, and to laugh. I consider honesty and communication to be the most important parts of any relationship; if you have both, both people involved are much less likely to get hurt. I'm fairly eclectic and love to dabble. My family and friends are the most important parts of my life.

Actually, people are an extremely important part of my life in general. In many cases, I'd rather sit around with a group of people and just listen than be forced to talk myself. I like to soak up the energy and the emotions. One winter break I went to Wales and stayed above a pub for three weeks and was able to come downstairs and just sit there and watch all that is pub life. It was incredible.

Ask me any question you like; I'll answer most anything. I'm a very open person and will not lie on purpose (I don't want to be a hypocrite, and I really dislike dishonesty, so yeah).

Oh yes, and one more thing. While Republicans are lovely people (more than half the people in my family are Republicans), I am not one of them. I am not quite sure why OKC thinks I am, but if I am then I've been ticking the wrong boxes the last 3-4 years. O;)

I just graduated from university, studying math and medieval studies (!). I tutor primarily right now, basically any math class at the university level, Latin if they use me, and stats because they need me. My dream was to be a high school math teacher overseas (Europe or in a perfect world England), but after teaching high school over here I have reevaluated my dreams and decided that I should try something more "adult" for now, like being some sort of math consultant. I am currently applying to grad schools so that I can get my masters in applied math. We'll see where that leads. I also love to travel so much!

Math, logic problems, cross stitch, listening, encouraging, analyzing and much, much more.

My personality. Or maybe the hair. :)

Here are the general answers:

a)historical romance novels, hands down, and then historical fiction in general (or just history period, really), sci-fi and fantasy. Kelley Armstrong is my favorite author for now. Absolute favorite: All That Matters by Elizabeth Mayne

b)romantic comedies and action flicks (think How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, 10 Things I Hate About You, Indiana Jones, The Mist, etc). Absolute favorite: Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightley, specifically for the scene when she tells off the absolutely gorgeous Mr. Darcy.

c)mostly former Top 40s stuff, to be honest. Classical, of course. I will try listening to anything, but on my own this is what I would and do listen to. Absolute favorite: U2.

d)Indian, Italian, Mediterranean, Thai, stir fry Absolute favorite: steak with ginger soy sauce.

1) my faith
2) my family
3) my friends
4) my cats
5) my calculator
6) a high speed connection

Everything and nothing. My family. My friends. Email. You.

Hanging out with friends or with family at home. Catching up on American TV programming via peekvid or alluc (though my younger brother actually managed to convince my parents to get cable, so exploring that). Enjoying not working (since I work every night but Friday and Saturday nights).

I fell in love with my Functions of a Complex Variable class. And my Groups and Rings class, though it was so much of an intro course that I still need to learn more about that.

Also, it's hard for me to make eye contact with guys. I can talk with guys, crack jokes, even flirt to a certain extent, but it is really difficult for me to look a guy in the eye.

You want to talk to someone random. I say whatever comes into my head, in the order that it comes in. (Disclaimer: the randomness comes and goes, but I do enjoy talking to people regardless.) I love to listen to people talk because it shows me more of the world than anything else ever could.