[Just a wee warning first. The chronology of the profile is all over the place. I have thought about just rewriting it from scratch, but, well, either I can't be bothered or I somehow think that this "impressionist" style will reveal more than a more structured approach. The downside is that even I am not entirely sure what it says or what order it is best to read it in...]

(2009) Okey dokey. Well, I wanted to leave this and fill it in later, but Okcupid has put its foot down and is making me write stuff. So, here tis. The "expose".

So... well. I work in a policy role that I love and I am just about to return to study for a masters degree part time. So I am going to be a busy little thing for a while.

(update late 2009): Ooooh... I see. "Busy". You know, people who have done part time masters while keeping up the full time job always have a look about them when they say that word. Now I know why. Talk about time vacuum. I feel a little bit like saying a fond farewell to my friends and seeing them all again when I resurface in two years time... On the plus side, I am loving the course.

I am all those things, happily, and some other things

I moved to the UK from Australia last year. It has been brilliant. It is lovely to be in a country that actually rains. Australia: sunny yes, green no.

Historically I have been a bit of a phase person. I get very stuck in to something, then move on. So if I say that I am not drinking, doing yoga and listening to indie rock on my ipod, don't judge me.

Work, or rather, applying myself to things and feeling that I am intellectually stimulated, learning stuff, and having people think that I am brilliant has always been important to me. I have two out of three at the moment, so I am pretty pleased.

Update (2007): I have recently moved to Brussels so this profile is a little bit old I must say, although I guess the rain comments works equally for Brussels. Probably if I had written it more recently I may have put more emphasis on chocolate, waffles and beer (in no particular order) and having a very surreal job, but otherwise reasonably similar.

Update (2009): Christ, this is like a diary. I have now moved back to London. And, what do you know, I am going to stay for a while. Sick of all this moving around business! Brussels was a great experience, but it is nice to be back amongst all these english speaking folks.

Convincing people to think about things in a different way, listening to people, getting tickets to awesome little known indie bands before they sell out (the tickets, that is), picking good fruit at a decent price, deciding that 5 quid is an appropriate sum of money to pay for a jar of honey if it is really good honey, losing my keys, reconsidering things, realising that I was right the first time, applying well honed critical thinking skills to task that simply do not warrant that much attention paid to them (see honey related skill above).

I am really BAD at choosing movies in DVD retail stores.

Update (2009): I have become much more decisive. Epiphany on decision making - it is easy. Just two steps. First: Make the decision. Second: Live with it. Easy peasy! : )

Update (2010): Here are some things that I do and enjoy and/or would like to do more of in the future.

- yoga: I have been keeping this up over the past few years and eventually may do a teachers course

- bike riding: I ride to work everyday. I used to ride a mountain bike and I am looking forward to (hopefully) getting back in to mountain bike riding again at some point (when I have a little more time perhaps).

- reading: I am a reader. Yessiry. I like (good) literature and poetry. I also have a soft spot for Terry Pratchett, although I might be growing out of that one. The last time I read one it was a dirty struggle.

- cooking and food: I am well in to both of these things. I have always cooked, and grew up growing veggies etc. The idea of at some point having space and, perhaps, chickens, or better yet, turkeys I consider a good one. However, I have no idea when it might seem like a good idea not to live in a city... that is the hard bit!

- thinking about stuff in an academic fashion: now this is where things get tricky. I am now on my third degree. This makes me a bit of a brainy know it all at times. I relish cleverness in my friends as well. But I can also be a thicky when I know people well, and especially when they can give as good as they get...

Ooooh another update (2010): I no longer lose my keys - ever!! I have a system and it is the best thing ever. No lost keys for over 18 months now. See? Some things get better with age.

Erm.. sometimes I have strangers say that I have nice eyes, and I say thank you because that is a nice thing to say about a person. I am also quite chatty.

Update 2010: Having read a bunch of other profiles now, I am totally with the comments that this box is a little unnerving. In reality, a few nice comments from time to time are hardly enough basis to suppose that these things are the first thing people notice. Maybe they are just being polite. Maybe they are stunned from seeing my giant bat wings and facial warts that commenting on my eyes is their only way to stay focused on the conversation. I don't know... I really don't...

I have never bothered to fill this in because it becomes quickly out of date (music wise). I love listening to new things and spend a reasonable amount of time tracking down new music. Well, when i used to have the time, that is (update 2010: that is bollocks, even when I don't have time I still find time to find new music... procrastination can be a wonderful thing)

Films: my favorite ever film is Dr Strangelove. And I like all other good films. I don't like crap films, well, mostly I don't. Sometimes I do.

I can do without a surprisingly large number of things.

STUFF. Lots of different stuff. I dunno. I mean, really, if I wrote down the stuff that I spend alot of time thinking about in perfect honesty it would probably make me look like a crazy women in the cold light of day. And to write anything else seems a little false. So perhaps I should just leave this box now... *backing away*

Studying?

Actually - it is true. I am afraid I have come to love quiet Friday nights in. Cooking something nice, knowing that the weekend stretches ahead full of promise... it is my favorite night in fact!

Nup. Still can't think of anything for this bit.