I think the most astute and flattering compliment that I've gotten from somebody lately is from an acquaintance that I've recently gotten to know quite a bit better. He said to me the other day, "I feel like I could ask you anything and you would answer honestly." I think that's pretty much me in a nutshell.

I'm kind of an Amy Pond. What I really want is a Rory.

Also I have an extreme appreciation of big words and I love to combine them in non-traditional ways so you may occasionally hear me refer to my sleeping roommate as my hibernating habitation partner.

I guess I come off a little serious here, but I can assure you that my silliness is often commented upon. I laugh really loudly. Like... really. That kind of laugh where people turn and look at you. I can't seem to help it.

I love to tell stories about my life. Some of them are cautionary tales. One of my friends from school once told me that she was going to cancel her cable and just listen to my stories. That made me giggle.

I just finished my second bachelor's degree. I'll be starting grad school in the fall. My area of research is nanotechnology - specifically with medical applications.

I was a high school teacher but the public school system is pretty much evil. I hold out hope that post-secondary is better despite mounting evidence...

Also, in order to pay rent, I am working as a server. Sometimes I feel like it sucks out my soul a little bit at a time. So, if you really want to get to know me, do it quick before my soul has been consumed by the service industry.

-Being forthright - SERIOUSLY... people don't really get this, then they meet me in person and they go "wow, you really are honest and up front aren't you?"
-Science
-Having passion
-Teaching
-Nerdery
-Singing

If we're talking about immediate first impressions here, I would have to say that the first thing people notice about me is often my eyes. Or my ass. Both are pretty awesome :)

If you mean after some conversation it's probably that I'm - well, some people call it obnoxious, but I like to think of it as charmingly forward. I don't have much of an inner monologue so I pretty much always say what I'm thinking. Some people find it rude, but it's not like I'm mean about it. I am just not ashamed of my opinions. Also, I am pretty outgoing you can pretty much ask me anything. I am an open book.

Authors: I'll read anything and everything pretty voraciously. I have some favourites that I always go back to and they are mostly of the fantasy/sci-fi genre, namely Terry Pratchett, Guy Gavriel Kay, and most similar things.

Movies: I don't really have favourite movies. I mean... I see movies and like them but probably the movies I remember most are the ones I saw when I was a kid... Disney movies... and Star Wars... and Back to the Future...

Shows: Firefly... Community... Doctor Who... How I Met Your Mother... Archer... House... But mostly Doctor Who.

Music: Well, anything really. If you put my iPod on shuffle you might hear an indie song, metal, classical, pop, country... all in a row really. I grew up playing music and singing and I love it all.

Food: I like to try new things but I don't get to very often because I work as a server so I usually just end up... eating at my restaurant. I love to cook though so sometimes I try new stuff at home, but cooking for one is no fun.

I don't really know. If you think about this question seriously, it's pretty hard to answer. I mean... what you HAD to live without this stuff. You probably could physically - barring the basic essentials.

I think the only thing that I would not be able to survive without is sarcasm.

... how far I've come and how far I want to go
... how fantastic the world is and how amazed I am that it works the way it does
... how to apply nanomaterials to chemotherapy drugs to make them safer for consumption
... the fact that most of the stars we see at night are already dead by the time their light reaches us
... many other deep and intelligent things
... why the hell my cat can't cough up his damn hairballs somewhere without carpet
... what would happen if I randomly dyed my hair pink
... how many more times I can hit the snooze button before I'm late to class again
... how long I can avoid calling my mother for before she starts to freak out
... sex
... many other random things that are neither deep nor intelligent

There are several things I could be doing - in fact any combination of the following is possible:
-Working
-Hanging out with some friends
-Reading
-Aimlessly surfing the internet
-Getting drunk
-Going dancing
-Cooking dinner for some friends
-Doing homework/research
-Playing piano
-Gaming

I am a lot more funny than this profile indicates.

... you're a good conversationalist.
... you are not afraid of expressing opinions - I don't like to be the only one talking
... you really like sarcasm.
... you're the kind of person who would call me up to go for a walk around the city or a drink or a coffee at midnight on a Wednesday just because you couldn't sleep.
... you have decent English skills. I hate reading messages in which people abuse the English language to a point where it's impossible to read.
... you're okay with something a little more casual and seeing where things go.
... DON'T message me if your idea of a pick-up line is "I wish I was your homework so you would do me all the time."