I'm a Franco-American. That means I have American parents, but grew up/spent most of my life thus far in France, and two years at school in Germany. This makes me a TCK (third-culture-kid)

I'm interested in all sorts of things, like web design, creating art, environmental sustainability, deconstructionism, philosophy, theology, community living, photography. I love to take walks, go on bike rides, rock climb, or sit inside and read on a rainy day. I love cafés, theatres, symphonies, art museums and galleries as well as the countryside.

I graduated last May with a BA in English literature and having been doing a variety of things since then, living a very transitory life. I'm trying to settle down somewhere--the question is whether I should stay in the US or move home.

Job hunting/researching grad schools, currently. Reading a lot, doing yoga, photography, learning the guitar, and cooking the rest of the time.
Long term goals include graduate school in international relations (or a number of other things...), living out new monasticism, and traveling.

A lot of people like my photography. I'm a good writer, but can always improve (as with all things). I'm a stellar proofreader, love grammar, and can research for days.

I really don't know. People don't usually share their first impression of me. Probably that I talk fast though, and can be opinionated. I have a lot of thoughts on capitalism, language, grammar, and enjoy lively discussion.

Books: all things Shakespeare, Jane Austen, and Molière. I enjoy Reginald Hill's mysteries, Bill Bryson's travelogues, and Dave Barry's fabulously funny writing. I also love to read works of theology, anthropology, history, and most classic literature. I thoroughly enjoy C.S. Lewis, especially his space trilogy, Tolkien's Silmarillion, Shane Claiborne, A.W. Tozer, and Edgar Allan Poe. I enjoyed Terry Pratchett's first Discworld, am a Wodehouse follower, and recently read Lovecraft for the first time (very impressed). My "to-read" list is at least 100 long. I am working on history and philosophy currently, as well as Chomsky and literary essays.

Music: right now I really prefer mellow, folksy music, like Anna Ternheim, Beth Gibbons, Joanna Newsom, Dominique A, Iron and Wine, Bright Eyes, De Palmas, Damien Rice. I also enjoy world music, especially Indian and North African. Stellamara makes me exceedingly happy. I also listen to groups like mewithoutYou, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Project86, Spoken, Deas Vail for variety. I like Gorecki, Arvo Part, Chopin, choral works, and anything haunting.

Food: I cook French food mostly, eat out Thai and Indian, though when I have my own place again I will venture to try to cook from my Indian cookbook.

(in no particular order...)
1. An internet connection—I have too many long-distance friends I'd miss without it.

2. Books—I read whatever I can get a hold of. If there are no books, I will resort to cereal boxes.

3. Trees, flowers, wild things—concrete buildings and highways all around depress me.

4. Friends—it really goes without saying.

5. God (the three-in-one Yahweh)

6. Passport. Must. Travel.

The state of the world, economic, political, and environmental. How can I help? How to avoid living a boring life. Where I want to travel to next. Where am I going to live? What book should I pick up next? Is there a purpose for my life? What should I do with it? What should I get my master's in? Where should I study? How soon can I take those botany and accounting classes I want to take?

Depends where I'm living... Lately I've been reading. I really am a homebody, if not in the countryside.

You're interested in the world around you and aren't satisfied with the status quo.

You like tea and conversation. Or museums and silence.

You are passionate about justice, reform, poverty.

You are eager to live an adventurous life and aren't willing to settle.

Also, if you message, txt speak doesn't impress anyone. Please use real spelling and complete sentences.