I moved to Fort Worth 9 months ago and will soon move to Dallas for a teaching job. I am from Seattle so I appreciate the greater amount of sunshine down here. I love adding to my music collection and going to concerts. I also love being out in the sun whether it's next to a lake or river or on a day hike or backpacking trip. I'm pretty talkative and enjoy laughing and shooting the shit as well as having serious conversations, sharing views and philosophies. I have lived in Japan for 3 years and Korea for 2 years and still love to travel and experience other cultures.

I'll soon be teaching 7th and 8th grade Language Arts and Reading - my first teaching job. I'll be moving to Dallas soon and hope to meet some cool people there.

making mix CDs, playing soccer, writing, creating

no idea

favorite music: Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, Ride, The Style Council, The Jam, Film School, M83, Psychedelic Furs, Siouxsie and The Banshees, The Smiths, Joy Division, New Order, The Cure, Black Tie Dynasty, The Burning Hotels, Tear Garden and Legendary Pink Dots, David Bowie, old Chicago (indie, shoe gazer, British pop, synth indie, hard core punk, post punk, old 80s new wave and others, some 60s and 70s)

favorite books: Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy O'Toole, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Persig, Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima, The Ark Sakura by Kobo Abe, Eat Pray Love by Liz Gilbert, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse, All about Love by Bell Hooks

favorite movies: Orange County, Sideways, Come and See, The Omen, Europa Europa, Gummo, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, Virgin Suicides, Akira, Superbad, My Life as a Dog, Better Off Dead, Let the Right One In, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Jacob's Ladder, Short Cuts, Jesus Christ Superstar, Psycho (the original)

favorite TV shows: South Park, Simpsons, Freaks 'n Geeks, Everybody Hates Chris, Arrested Development, The L Word, Sex and the City

favorite audio comedy: David Cross' stand-up on audio, Monty Python

favorite food: Japanese, Korean, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Italian, Ethiopian

family & friends, music, traveling, books, exercise, laughter, Internet, sunshine (ok, so that's more than 6 but it's hard to narrow it down...and what a dumb question anyway...Does anyone ever get sick of these online questionaires and tests/surveys?)

where I want to travel to next, and why things are the way they are.

out with friends or getting things done at home

I had bladder cancer when I was 27 (6 years in remission now)

you have similar interests and tastes, consider yourself to be intelligent but aren't arrogant...And I'm gonna steal this from another profile I read: you know the difference between "your" and "you're".