My name is Mira, short for Miranda. I'm an original Okie from Muskogee (though I got out of that place ages ago), two years away from my degree. I'm honest, optimistic, random, and frankly...I'm a nerd. I'm also open-minded and (yes I know everyone says this) laid back. I am anti-drama. It drives me mad, and I tend to avoid it when I can.

My friends and my family are extremely important to me. They are my support system when I need it. I don't know what I would do without them both when things get rough and when things are good.

I like to read (books, comicbooks, whatever catches my fancy), watch movies, and marathon TV series that have come out on DVD. I also like to go out and have a good time, be it at a party or concert or something similar.

I love camping, hiking, swimming, and playing frisbee (even though I fail dismally at the latter).

I love learning. I think that's why I am aiming to be in a profession where I am constantly learning new things. I hate feeling like I am intellectually stagnating.

I am working, going to school, and just living my life. I work at a clothing store, Lane Bryant, and go to school at OU (University of Oklahoma for any non-Okies/Texans reading this). I am two years away from a degree in Anthropology with a specific focus on archaeology and biological anthropology.

Cooking a number of things (though I'm admittedly bad at cooking a number of other things), procrastinating, car dancing, singing poorly to every song on the radio, listening, giving hugs, finding ways to scare myself, and plunking around on instruments like I know what I am doing.

I've been told most frequently my smile or my eyes.

Really you'd just have to ask other people...or ask yourself. What did you notice about me first?

I couldn't pick an absolute favorite book to save my life, but here are some of my favorites: Dracula, Mother of Pearl, Kim Harrison's Rachel Morgan series, Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The Count of Monte Cristo, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1984, Animal Farm, Timequake, Cat's Cradle, There are No Children Here, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, In the Shadow of Man, Nisa: The Life and Words of !Kung Woman, Cold Mountain, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Wheel of Time series, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Education of Little Tree, most of the works of Shakespeare I have read so far...the list goes on.

Movie wise...it's about the same as books. A selection of favorites: Dead Poet Society, What Dreams May Come, pretty much any Disney/Pixar/Miyazaki movie...there are very few I don't like, Good Will Hunting, Memoirs of a Geisha, Simon Birch, The Hole, The Breakfast Club, Children of Men, 28 Days Later, Lord of the Rings, original Star Wars trilogy, Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, American History X, Tim Burton films...all of them, spaghetti westerns, over the top cheesy horror films, Steel Magnolias, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, The Notebook, Whip It...

As far as music goes, I am an eclectic. My favorite genres, though, are classic rock, alt rock, folk, and blues. As far as picking favorite musicians/bands...well...once more I give you a small sampling of my favorite artists: A Perfect Circle, Tom Waits, Townes Van Zandt, Emmylou Harris, Tool, Jeff Buckley, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Bonnie Raitt, Melissa Etheridge, Santana, The Eagles, The Beatles, Incubus, The Goo Goo Dolls, Foo Fighters, The Wallflowers, Allman Brothers, Coheed & Cambria, Billy Joel, Blues Traveler, Johnny Cash, David Bowie, Glasvegas, The Guess Who, Ludo, Neko Case, Miranda Lambert, Simon & Garfunkel, Pearl Jam, Steve Miller Band, Stone Temple Pilots, Three Dog Night...and many more. I love music.

My favorite foods are: Thai, Mexican, Italian, sushi, apples, mushrooms, and bread.

The essentials. Food, shelter, air to breathe, water to drink, and a big pointy stick to fend off monsters...okay not really on that last one, but it could come in handy after the apocalyptic destruction of society as we know it.

I think about the big questions a lot. Death, love, life, where socks go when they disappear from the drier...you know. Important things. I think about the impending zombie apocalypse and spend at least some of my time entertaining thoughts of what my different escape routes and survival tactics would be...(I mentioned the whole "I'm a nerd" thing, right?)

Friday night, Friday night...Hmm...Well I could be doing a number of things. At a party, at work, at home...it really just depends on the week, the month, and how many school assignments I have put off until the last minute. Really it just depends. My Friday nights are flexible.

I don't know how to ride a bike or roller skate. I don't like having mirrors in my bedroom. They freak me out. I can't sleep with a door open, be it the bedroom door or the closet door.

You want someone to talk to. I make a damn good friend.

And really? If you want to. I love talking to new people.

I also need friends who will go to amusement parks with me and do all the cheesy stuff and ride all the rides with me. Yes all of them.