I like hanging out pantsless on hot days, talking into fans, and looking at recipe pictures for delicious foods I will probably never make.

I've entered a very social-justice-conscious phase of my life, and work in a related field. If the word "feminist" is an f-word to you, don't bother. If you think people who are careful about their language are just "politically correct oversensitive" whatevers, don't bother. I'm committed to non-violent communication and unraveling the kyriarchy, both by unlearning toxic beliefs and by standing up when someone around me says something oppressive. If that would piss you off, don't bother.

My guts have opinions about human beings - specifically whether or not we should be friends. I am looking for a fellow gut-listener whose gut likes me. This person would probably be the kind of person who likes Captain Awkward's advice, likes to run around in rainstorms, eats tuna fish and grilled cheese as dietary staples, and doesn't let anyone tell hir what to like or not to like, not even me.

I am a sucker for geek-a-thons - anything that involves complicated intellectual topics (from the movements of electrons to deciphering Foucault) and overly excited hand motions is sure to get my attention.

things that make me happy: people in vests, people in combat boots, aloof cats that roll over when petted, risen bread dough, root beer floats, napping during a rainstorm, cuddling fully clothed on a cold day, plaid flannel shirts, colorful pens, cute haircuts, pierced eyebrows, getting really cold and taking a hot shower and then getting into a warm bed to nap during the day in the sunshine, watching people hulahoop, people unashamed of their quirks, and the slight smell of cigarette smoke in a wool coat.

things that make me frowny: wars, stereotypes, the US economy, humidity, people who say "I'm just being an asshole." (Um...then maybe stop?), gender essentialism

I am genderqueer, not that Okcupid has an option for that. Although my body is coded by the world as "female," I have no internal sense of being a man or a woman - I am a person, and what people choose to project onto me because of my anatomy are their assumptions - not my responsibility. I bind my chest occasionally, have an odd haircut, and am romantically and sexually attracted to humans all over the gender spectrum. I realize that, due to the intense gendering in our culture, using appropriate language with trans* and genderqueer folks takes some getting used to, and am totally willing to accomodate that learning curve. I would appreciate not being referred to with female-coded nouns (girl/woman/lady/mistress). If you just treat me like a person, we should get on fine.

Despite having been back in the country for over a year, I still feel like my life in Portland is waaaay under construction. I work at a nonprofit that provides community inclusion services for adults with developmental disabilities. It's awesome. I love my job, and plan to do it for several more years while I figure out the wheres and whats of graduate school, and the where and what of organic farming education as well.

I am borrowing other people's cats and dogs for snorgling. In June I should become a parent to a baby hedgehog, whom I plan to name Ambrose, after the cellarkeeper from Brian Jacque's Redwall, mostly so I can wander up to hir cage and say "Hey 'bro, what's up?" Hir superhero name will be Picklepaws Ironspike, also from a Jacques book.

misplacing stuff, and displaying common courtesy.

Not a dinosaur. =(

Booooks: For Whom the Bell Tolls, anything by Terry Pratchett, CJ Cherryh's Faded Sun series, Dautcher's Down a Narrow Road, anything by Oscar Wilde, and more books then I could possibly come up with at the moment.
Currently Reading: James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, Gardens of the Moon

Movies and TV: Currently, I am marathoning Buffy the Vampire Slayer, watching the whole show in order for the first time. I have a soft spot for Farscape and love Doctor Who. I take movie recommendations on occasion. My favorite movie of all time is Velvet Goldmine, I love Equilibrium, the Fifth Element, Indiana Jones (except Crystal Skull), Condorman, and Korean comedy-horror hybrid films.

Music: I like to listen to stuff. Lots of stuff. Mostly, I have trouble with bad lyrics (listening in languages I don't know can therefore be appealing), songs that use lots of slurs against entire classes of people, and songs that are in a different mood than I am.

Food: 떡볶이, 닭갈비, curries, falafel, shwarma, blueberry dumplings, pumpkin pie, cider, hot cocoa, WAFFLES, pesto and heirloom tomatoes, beef jerky, apples with goat cheese or peanut butter.

I am mildly allergic to lentils. Everyone agrees this is utterly bizarre.

If you love On the Road (Kerouac), Fight Club, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, I'm not saying we're incompatible, but we probably shouldn't watch/read the same things...

toilet paper, thumbs, hugs, occasional nudity, books, trees (those last two seem a bit at odds, don't they?)

Political fuckery. Twinkle lights. Identity. Tea. Xena the Warrior Princess. Sunshine. Books. Things far too complicated to make a pithy blurb.

Sleeping. I work on Saturdays, what can I say?

When I was twelve, I once saw Shel Silverstein in a coffeeshop on Martha's Vineyard. Or rather, I saw a sketchy-looking dude with a huge beard and a baseball cap who gestured me over. When I went outside to avoid him, a woman nearby ask me if I had gotten his autograph...Sorry, Mr. Silverstein.

If you are down with the fact that I am a "radical" liberal and feminist, and are prepared to be challenged.
Also if your guts tell you so, and you want to have awesome Portland adventures.