I'm a beer-drinking, college football watching, dancing in the rain (literally), cooks better than your mom kind of girl. I'm versatile-- you can clean me up and take me to your company christmas party, home to meet the fam, out with your buddies, or to your place for a night of cuddling by the fire. I can have fun with anyone and I can have fun anywhere. I can make anything fun, as long as you are willing to play along. :)

I don't see the point of going out if you aren't going to dance.

I'm a Midwestern girl with East Coast roots. Did I mention that I am a NERD?! Movies, books, photography, theater, you name it. I practically have an orgasm every time I go to the library.

I am full of contradictions-- aren't all women? I am fiercly independent but I expect a guy to pay for a first date. I am all about having fun and being spontanious but I am often in my office until after 10 PM. I am very sarcastic and like to tease people but I definitely can't take it (only dish it out!). Don't worry-- plenty more contradictions where those came from.

I'm extremely straightforward and I don't bullshit or play games. I expect and demand the same from everybody in my life. You will never have to guess what I am thinking. If you make me guess what you are thinking, I'm going to guess that you and I are not going to be friends.

Bottom line: I'm an educated, professional, hard-working and independent chick. I'm DOWN TO EARTH, LOW MAINTENANCE, and DRAMA FREE. Dating should be fun. I'm looking for something real-- real friendship, a real sidekick, a real partner in crime, a real best friend, a real buddy, a real soulmate (if such a thing exists). I always have room in my life for another friend and I never settle for less than what I want.

Right now I'm just working hard and making every day count. I recently moved to Seattle and am enjoying exploring my new city and establishing myself in my company. I am also "training" for a half marathon that I am doing with a friend for charity. Our goal is to each lose 100 pounds and complete the half marathon. I still don't know "what I want to be when I grow up", but I see myself doing creative things that involve writing, music, and film. I am not your typical "9-5er". I am a work in progress.

giving unwanted advice, not taking said advice, embarassing my friends, quoting movies (or stealing lines from movies and trying to pass them off in conversation... in any given conversation, up to 95% of what you hear coming out of my mouth is probably from a movie), peer pressuring you, singing in the shower, being right, selling you things you don't need, staying up too late and sleeping in, getting pictures posted on facebook miliseconds after a wedding/party/event, screaming at drivers in fits of road rage, being a road trip buddy, keeping you talking to me on the phone long after you say you have to go, etc.

that I am in a really good mood and very outgoing. Sometimes people think I'm on drugs because I am in such a good mood. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing... I live by the motto "fake it till ya feel it".

I love "dramadies" like American Beauty". I'm always down for classics like "Big Lebowski", and I'm never too cool for a little "Dumb and Dumber".

I like nerdy books, like "Of Human Bondage", but the best book I've ever read is "Confederacy of Dunces".

I like music that can make me dance- hip hop, rap, Britney Spears. I love music that can make me cry- R&B, Josh Groban. I like music that I grew up listening to- Fleetwood Mac, CCR, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. I can appreciate country music, hate techno music, and pretty much listen to mainstream music that you can hear on the radio (sorry, all you underground music Seattle music snobs).

I've had caviar and I've had fettucini alfredo, but on the whole I'd rather just have an egg salad sandwich or some Kraft mac & cheese.

music, my family, my education, my faith, the internet, my independence

how to get from one day to the next. It's been a rough year for me and I am trying to move beyond survival. I don't want to just "get through it". I want to enjoy every second, sieze every opportunity, and bloom where I am planted. Moving to Seattle has been a great boost for me and has helped me appreciate things in my life more. Everything here is new and exciting. But it is also lonely.

acting like an old lady! Friday night is my night to come home and just bitch about how tired I am, get naked, and maybe make it through half a bag of microwave popcorn before falling asleep in front of a movie I've already seen but forgot. Energy for going out is more likely to occur on a Saturday night. This question should say "On a typical SATURDAY night I am"... But since it doesn't, you'll just have to ask me.

I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.

you like rainy days more than you like sunny days, you've gone skinny dipping, you think life's too short to spend in a cubicle staring at a computer, you have spent at least 2 hours of your life volunteering in a soup kitchen, you always take the elevator (even up one floor), you hate Sandra Bullock as much as I do (but would still pay 9 bucks to see her latest movie), you can quote every episode of Friends, you are comfortable going to a movie theater alone, you've actually read a book in the last 6 months and you have a library card, you're not too cool to go on a "Ride the Ducks" tour with me (or something equally as lame or nerdy), you think showers are more relaxing than baths, you secretly love chick flicks (and don't just say you do to get laid), you are looking for more than a one night stand, you are looking for less than getting married and popping out babies in the next year, you aren't content living in the same town (or state) you grew up in, you are none of these things but still think we would be a match made in Heaven (or at the very least aren't scared away yet).