If you had to judge me purely by my okcupid personality badges, you might assume that I was a knowledge-thirsty renegade robot whose metal heart would never let her learn to love. This is a caricature, but it's a pretty sweet caricature so let's run with it:

Our robodocudrama, which would air on HBO, would quickly become known for its dry witticism and occasional outright profanity; the director would cast irreverent actors in irreverent roles, actors with rich and fulfilling non-robot-related lives.

Our robodocudrama would be accepting auditions.

NOTE: I have IMs disabled.

Being a shiftless layabout.

Unemployed linux sysadmin, toiling on That One Last Science Requirement to officially receive my degree in Japanese. Also working toward JLPT2 certification.

Words the good really I'm at sentences rearranging in.

...My smirk, apparently. I've been asking people. This is what they say.

Nonfiction:

Steps to an Ecology of Mind by Gregory Bateson, The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand, How the Mind Works by Stephen Pinker, Freakonomics by Stephen D Levitt, Influence by Robert Cialdini, The Hacker Crackdown by Bruce Sterling, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer, Forty Studies That Changed Psychology by Roger R. Hock

Fiction:

The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley, Flatland by Edwin A. Abbot, In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Animal Farm by George Orwell, 1984 by George Orwell, The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick, The Kangaroo Communique by Haruki Murakami, Child’s Play (Takekurabe) by Higuchi Ichiyo, The Long Walk by Stephen King, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King, Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein, Neuromancer by William Gibson, The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, Dune by Frank Herbert, Watership Down by Richard Adams, Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, In Conquest Born by C.S. Friedman

Movies:

Clerks, SLC Punk, Pitch Black, The Devil's Advocate, Memento, Payback, Interview with the Vampire, Fight Club, Batman, Ravenous, The Shawshank Redemption, Swingers, Rounders, Gattaca, The Usual Suspects, Sex Lies and Videotape, Secretary, Pirates of the Caribbean, X2, The Ring, The Matrix, The Breakfast Club, Hackers, The Maxx, The Lost Boys, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, 28 Days Later, Once Upon a Time In Mexico, The Bourne Identity, The Princess Bride, The Royal Tenenbaums, Johnny Mneumonic, The Fifth Element, Cutthroat Island, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Stuff, Snatch, Galaxy Quest, The Last Unicorn, William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Star Wars Trilogy, LotR Trilogy, Good Will Hunting, Insomnia, Mortal Kombat, Night of the Living Dead, Session 9, The Opposite of Sex, Evil Dead 2, Free Enterprise, The Hobbit, Hard Candy, Dark City, I Heart Huckabees, Point Break, Mad Max, Grosse Pointe Break, Dr. Strangelove, Silence of the Lambs, Mission: Impossible, A Scanner Darkly, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Original), Super Troopers, High Fidelity

Music:

I like a lot of different music. Musically flexible, you could say. It's not a super important part of my life, though I enjoy it.

Food:

This is a tough one, because my stomach is pretty touchy. I like lean meats, tart fruits, sweet or lightly-seasoned savory sauces. Crusty bread. Dairy tempts me with its delicious creamy deliciousness, even though I shouldn't have it. Even though delicious deliciousness is redundant.

Really I'm pretty lazy about food, though. I eat to live; I don't live to eat.

1. Human Beings 2. Time away from them 3. Questions 4. Answers 5. Words. 6. Numbers

The mechanics of social interaction: for example, relationships as patterns rather than things with discrete identity. What it is that drives people: attraction, dissonance, the need for control of our surroundings.

In an evolutionary-anthropology-meets-philosophy sense, how we know what we know and what determines the kinds of things we can know.

Theoretical linguistics.

And on a dorkier note: Table-top RPG and their online text-based equivalents, sci-fi/fantasy scenario ideas, and mysteries such as why I would totally hit it with Hugh Laurie as House, MD.

And if you made it to the bottom of the list, jackpot: kinky stuff.
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I am a closet dork with my fingers in many extremely geeky pies. There is a good chance I share your embarrassing dorky hobby, whatever it is.

Closet geeks of the world, unite!

So... I realize this comes across as kind of a laundry list, but realistically these are the first things I'll evaluate even if you just email me. If it's any consolation, make it through the gauntlet and the end of this section will provide you with helpful tips and red flags about how to open a conversation with someone like me. Let it never be said that I don't believe in give and take.

If you're interested in romance, please be 35 or under, kinky, height-weight proportionate, seeking girls who for really real aren't needy, genuinely comfortable with the idea of non-ranked non-monogamy, and - if you are a couple - absolutely cool with me being interested in only one of you. Also, if you're a dude and you're under 5'9" you are playing against extreme odds. It's not personal, but in 25 years I've never felt compelled to go there.

Also please do not assume that my open, arguably transgressive attitude toward sexuality means that I am the wild n' crazy girl who's going to be your walk on the wild side. Sorry, no. If I wanted to despoil innocents, I'd be meeting them in real life. :)

For purposes of YOU red-flag-checking ME: I don't have a car, and at the moment I'm recently unemployed. I'm not unemployable, or for that matter broke; I'm taking a breather. But just, y'know, so you know.

Now, tips:

Do not message me to let me know that if I want to talk to you, I can. To quote (or misquote) homie Square77, any first contact that doesn't actually start a conversation is a homework assignment. Other nonconversation-starters: don't message me just to tell me how cool or hot you think I am, or how much you generically appreciate my taste in books/movies.

Do not email me with invasive, specific questions about my sex life or sexual preferences. Feel free to email me with general thoughts/observations/questions about the theory and practice of sexuality and kink, though.

Things that ARE, conversely, worth talking about: the theory and practice of mindful/ethical nonmonogamy. The theory and practice of kink. The fine points of any individual book/movie on my favorites list (that's why it's so long, folks). Anything related to theoretical linguistics (strong vs weak Sapir-Whorf hypothesis)/optimality theory/whatever. Anything I don't know about evo-bio (but please understand the difference between the function and form of a cognitive adaptation or talking to you will make me want to eat fiberglass). I'm also an incredible sucker for wordplay and language games of almost any kind.