I'm an artist/jewelry designer who has an obsession with tentacled sea creatures. I love science, skepticism, and I'm a proud atheist and feminist.

I also have an interest in BDSM. I identify mostly as a masochist and switch.

I'm not looking for a serious or exclusive relationship. At the moment I'm more interested in making new friends than starting even casual relationships.

Note: At the moment I'm still living with my ex until our lease runs out this spring. We're still friends and I respect him and his feelings a lot so I don't plan to do much dating until I move into my new place.

Mostly I'm running my own business, it's a lot of work and I'm not getting rich doing it but very satisfying. I make weird jewelry and sculpture inspired by cuttlefish, octopus, fossils, and stuff like that.

Other than that I'm usually hanging out with friends or my dog.

Cooking, sculpting, art, random trivia, quoting geeky tv and movies, playing tabletop RPGs, and I'm an adequate drum player and rapier fencer though I haven't done much of the latter two for a while.

Physically I think people notice my hair first, it's this thick mass of boucy wavy curls. Currently those curls are bright magenta which is even more eye catching.

As far as my personality goes I think they notice that I'm very outspoken about issues I care about even though I'm not always the most social person. I take my atheism, humanism, skepticism, and feminism fairly serious (yes, I support Atheism+).

I love food in general, especially cooking it. It's a lot of fun to experiment with ingredients and new styles of food.

My taste in books, movies, and music are pretty varied. I could have Louis Armstrong and Beethoven back to back with the Sex Pistols and Flogging Molly on my ipod. I'll listen to just about anything but new country, current US pop, and rap (there are some exceptions even to those).

I love movies, I couldn't list all my favorites but a sampling are Pan's Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, Hellraiser, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Alien, A Clockwork Orange, and The Life of Brian. Doctor Who, Torchwood, Monty Python, Blackadder, Firefly, Buffy, and Mythbusters are some of my favorite TV shows.

I'll read just about everything except romance novels (nothing wrong with them, I just don't find them that entertaining, probably because I'm not terribly romantic) but Science Fiction is my favorite genre. Some of my favorite authors are Isaac Asimov, Douglas Adams, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Carl Sagan, JRR Tolkien, Dashiell Hammett and Mercedes Lackey. Of course no one with a cephalopod obsession can truly say they love all things tentacled without being an H.P. Lovecraft fan.

Chocolate, books, my laptop, art, music, air.

Cephalopods. Not kidding, I love squid, octopus, and cuttlefish, they're just fascinating animals. I also think a lot about skepticism and atheism and follow a lot of blogs and podcasts on the subjects.

And of course world domination, though my evil laugh still needs improvement. I'm working with a vocal coach.

Usually home working on new projects and chatting online. Saturday is usually when I go out with friends.

I'm self-conscious about the fact I can't drive. I have a vision problem that prevents me from getting my drivers license. I can see fine up close but even moderate distances are blurry and for some reason the State of Maine objects to giving drivers licenses to people who can't read road signs until they're 10 feet away.

1) You enjoy geeky conversations.
2) If you like someone who will challenge you and enjoys a good debate.
3) You are sex positive and pro-LGBT rights. I'm kinky, see nothing shameful about enjoying sex or the number of partners someone has had, and have LGBT friends so if you're not okay with that then we aren't going to get along.
4a) You are looking for someone to hang out with OR
4b) You have a bit of a kinky side and would like to play (no sex involved, I have to have a really strong connection with someone to combine BDSM and sex).
5) You aren't scared off by BDSM or my FL profile.

What I'm NOT looking for:
1) A "nice guy". Being nice is the bare minimum, it's not a selling point by itself. Who are you and what do you have to offer beyond just being "nice"?
2) Someone who sees marriage and kids in their future. I wish you well in your search but that isn't what I want out of life so I don't want to waste your time.
3) Couples. I'm polyamory friendly so I'm open to dating someone in a poly relationship but dating a couple together doesn't interest me.