Still getting to know northwest Indiana after a year here.

I've moved around a bit, but I'm mainly from St. Louis. I still manage to get back there a lot. I've got a great group of friends there and we do a lot of activities, especially in the summer. Barbecues, winery days, float/canoe trips, baseball games, and wacky nights out for people's birthdays. Besides living in St. Louis, I've spent a year in Russia teaching English and a year in England studying medieval literature. I've also spent some time in Vermont and Chicago. I've still got a lot of friends in Chicago and am more than happy to make my way up there for an afternoon of frivolity (or just coffee or dinner).

The work i do now involves reading a lot, but I'm hoping to fit in a bit more relaxing on weekends from now on. I like a good balance of relaxing at home and getting out of the house to go to a museum or see a movie.

I'm looking for a social person who shares my interests in reading (anything--not just the academic stuff I have to read!), travel, going to museums and plays, and the occasional beer or coffee after work. I love pubs and good beer! Enjoying biking and camping in the summer would be a huge plus. Personality-wise, I'll find you attractive if we can engage in some witty repartee, but of course that needs to be balanced with the ability to get serious when the situation calls for it.

Special skill--intense accidental punning.

Working on my PhD...goofing off here and at home as often as I can manage.

--planning things out
--making the most of a day or weekend in a/the city
--making my friends laugh
--fitting random references to movies and books that you might not expect me to care about into casual conversation.

...These are random samples. If you asked anyone else who knows me, I have no idea what they would say.

You'll have to let me know!

Oh, dear, what if I haven't read it yet?

I love books, so movies are somehow easier to list.

The Big Lebowski
Withnail and I
Howl's Moving Castle
Little Miss Sunshine
Bridesmaids
Princess Bride
Star Wars

Shows--I don't have cable, but I manage to watch whatever I really want to see on the computer.

Doctor Who
Arrested Development
Bones
30 Rock
How I Met Your Mother
The Big Bang Theory

Music--This is tough. Really, I probably have no taste, but I know what I like.

David Bowie
Tori Amos
The Grateful Dead
Bob Dylan
Florence and the Machine
Mumford and Sons
Again random samples, but I would like to add that I believe the second movement of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto may actually have healing powers.

Food and Drink:
Water! Tea and coffee. When it comes to alcohol, I like dry red wines, sweeter scotch, and craft beer. Also, prosecco makes everything feel like a party.
Foodwise, I've been making a lot of stuff at home in the crock pot lately, because it's easy, but I love Italian and Thai.

Books (that counts as one, right?)
cell phone
computer
friends
some kind of pet--I've had a cat for several years now, but grew up with dogs.

Hm...that's only five. I'll think of a sixth.

work

Out with friends or over at someone's house, being social.

Just ask. I don't have many secrets.

You want to learn more! Or you think I should learn more!