Out-of-work librarian. Cooks tasty food. Has a lot of books in her apartment. Likes to ride her bike. Used to spend all her time in boats.

Note: there is a distinct difference between being single and being available. Not all single people are available. Nor are all partnered people unavailable. I, for one, am partnered (with grolby) and available. If you are uncomfortable with that, stop here. If you are comfortable with that, you must also know that my existing relationship will always take front seat.

Related, I am not only looking for sexy-fun-times. I will totally be your pen pal, or your doubles partner (rowing, not tennis), or bake a cake with you, or discus literature, or practice my Italian, or whatever. I am looking for people between 21 and 30, and that's not particularly negotiable, as even those upper and lower limits are pushing it for me. Because I don't need more irritation in my life than I get by chance, I am picky about both friends and partners. Especially partners.

I am a feminist, queer-friendly, a progressive, and in general am big into eliminating oppressions. If you, dear reader, are not, don't waste my time.

Adjusting to Nashville, after living in New York and Massachusetts my whole life. Looking for a library or archive that would love to let me arrange and describe their stuff. Working on a research project with pre-k kids, but that will be over shortly.

In a more meta sense, I hope one day to preside over the Rare Book Room at Smith College. But lets not get ahead of ourselves here.

Cataloging things. Athletics. Carrying heavy stuff. Cooking.

Oh gosh, books! Handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood, Six of one by Rite Mae Brown, the OED, Hitchiker's guide to the galaxy, all those endless Robert Jordan books, Ahab's wife, Transforming a rape culture (it's like the feminist all-star compilation! read it!). I read books like it's my job, usually at the rate of 1-2 a week.

For music, I love the most (a) folk singing ladies, and (b) early third wave ska.

Strawberries, cake, cheese (strawberry cheesecake, what?), fresh bread, well prepared (not well done!) beef, sushi, tomatoes. Fresh fruits and veggies in general. I have a serious sweet tooth, and indulge it nearly as much as I like. I used to live near a pub that made a heather ale in the winter; I think it was the most heavenly thing I ever drank. We cook a lot, and have gotten quite good. I particularly enjoy making things that most people wouldn't think to make for themselves -- breads, preserves, ginger ale, tall chocolate layer cakes, stuff like that. I'd just about kill for a decent slice of pizza at this point, so please recommend a place if you know one.

My favorite blog is Shakesville.

Warm socks. Six of them, I guess. My feet get really cold.

How library funding dropped precipitously about 30 years ago and has never rebounded, and how that, combined with the current state of the economy, which has educational institutions shitting their pants and not hiring much, makes it rather difficult to find a job as a librarian in Nashville.

Making a tasty dinner and watching a movie at home, or at a bar with a bunch of biologists.

Our match and friend percentages are high, and our enemy percentage is low. OKCupid does a good job with this stuff, and I can not understand why one wouldn't pay it any attention. (Ok, since I am a little interested in why someone would send a message to a person they are not well matched with, you should message me if this is the case, but only on this topic.) You are much more likely to get a response with an asynchronous message, rather than an instant one.

You haven't listed Ayn Rand or any of her books as a favorite. Seriously.

And I'm mean it about the age thing.