I typically operate under these rules:

1. comfort is the enemy.
2. it is sometimes rewarding, or at least
worthwhile, to cozy up with your enemies over supper.
3. extremism is a.) largely harmful to the cause. b.) fun.
4. act from the heart.
5. the best defense is artful deflection.
6. neck rubs are nice, but stretching is much more effective.
7. you are not a good person just because you're less bad than bad people.
8. struggling. learn to love it.
it might not be what's good about life, but it's what'slife about life.
9. you won't always be young, so appreciate the crap out of it
while you can.
10. mediocrity will not do.

I'm an exceptionally well adjusted person. like everyone else I've had to drudge through my share of life's unpleasantries. I'd be lying if I said I was unaffected, but I keep my issues pretty well beaten into submission.

I am listed as available, not single. this man, deafrhetoric, is my romantic partner.
we live together, are working on growing a business, and have a few coddled pets together. you'd probably like him more than you'd like me.

I'd like to move to Oregon sometime in the next year, so a lot of my life now is thinking about that, plotting paths, working towards it, and avoiding working towards it.

Gynoside. Your genes are assimilable.

drawing, cutting/dying hair, knitting, massage, very tedious
acts, making stop motion puppets, making breakfast at any
time of day, making tasty healthy meals with little money (or none,
depending on how particular you are about where your food comes
from), shape-shifting, seeing faces in everything (and often
ruining perfectly beautiful things for myself because of it),
inconsistent capitalization, hyperbole, being critical, making potentially dicey things
sound like wholesome fun, giving practical advice, being inexplicably attractive to straight girls.

art school has bolstered my ability to justify adequately
anything I feel like doing at the time. this could be
dangerous, but is probably fine.

green. I'm all about it. and my eyes will suck your soul
clean.

the constant hum from the beehive I house where many
people see fit to keep a heart.

written stories: Bukowski, Obedience to Authority, Survivor, Tank Girl, Preacher, Struwwelpeter, Where the Wild Things Are, Jitterbug Perfume, The Sexual Politics of Meat, Neither Man Nor Beast, Razor wire Pubic Hair, Lonesome Dove,

talkies. Madame Tutli-Putli, Army of Darkness, There Will Be Blood, A Boy and His Dog, Jungle book, the Dark Crystal, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Old Boy, Fantastic Mr. Fox, wave twisters, Perdita Durango, House, Disney's Robin Hood, the Batman Movies everyone agrees are the best ones, O brother, where art thou?.

haunted picture box: The Daily Show, Carl Sagan's Cosmos, Futurama, Jam, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, Death Note, Green Wing, The Trip, look around you, Xavier: renegade angel, King of the Hill, Trailerpark Boys, The Office (American), The Walking Dead

sound arrangers: The Bran Flakes, Nick Cave, Malice Mizer, The Tiger Lillies, Lovage, Ear Vomit, Tom Waits, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Annette Hanshaw, Retarded Together, MC Chris, Lead Belly, Ween, Tool, Leonard Cohen, King Missile, Muse, Songs Ohia, Sun Ra, Leon Redbone, Melt Banana, Mr. Bungle, Meat Beat Manifesto, Dead Western, Xploading plasiX, Girl Talk, Jacques Brel, neptune, The Unicorns, Portishead, the Thieving Assholes, Scumbag Chandelier, TV on the Radio, The Books, An Albatross, Perry & Kingsley, Outkast, Shpongle, Queen, David Bowie, Gogol Bordello, Odd Future, Man Man, Mother Mother, the sounds people make when overcome by emotion.

consumable power for pleasure: carrot cake, cynical-new-england-humor, sushi, green papaya salad, spicy curries, carrots and hummus, whole dates, brussel sprouts, peas, beets, brown rice, cupcakes, pistachio cookies (preferably from Mike's bakery).

optional and misc: fighting "like real men", sunflowers, poppies, orchids, dapper looking people of varying ages, taking care of people who appreciate it, hexagons, the number 4, laughing until I am worried for my life, merciless young ladies, unfortunate tattoos, contradictions.

1. the thought that at some point, my efforts will be rewarded with either a good meal, or great sex.

2. animal companionship.

3. a dictionary.

4. shockingly approachable, totally awesome people.

5. trees.

6. expression

parents, words, bodies, different points of view/ "reality tunnels", advertising, psychology, sociology, education, clothing, progress, the past, the end of the world, language, inadequacies, the rise of the internet, improvement, the ego and egocentrism, genetics, my organs, your organs, babies, tact, zombie attacks, covering my tracks, child development, context, the exact right thing to say, honey bees, Dawson's bees, Japanese Red Bugs, mantis shrimp, the borg, fashionable sexual fantasies, brain eaters, the collective unconscious, discord, SPACE RAYS, shapes, different dimensions, animating, movement, digigrade stilts, the people around me, dear sweet wonderful charming Mr. Darcy, and abolishing television as it exists presently.

recently either cleaning or working on tea blends. friday is usually a work-deep-into-the-night/morning day, whatever I happen to be working on.

I'll tell you all my secrets, but I'll lie about my past.

you are a tinkerer, designer, or have some other uncommon hobby.

I'm also pretty open to exchanging non-sexual services like a haircut for a pedicure or something. I've been thinking about just what exactly an "activity partner" is, and so far people getting together to exchange scalp rubs in the park seems pretty tops.


also:

Tittle; A tittle is a small distinguishing mark, such as a diacritic or the dot over an i.

It first appeared in Latin manuscripts in the 11th century, to distinguish the letter i from strokes of nearby letters. Although originally a larger mark, it was reduced to a dot when Roman-style typefaces were introduced.

The only place a modern reader is apt to confront this word is in a Bible verse, Matthew 5:18 (NKJV): "For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled." The quotation uses them as an example of extremely minor details. The phrase "jot and tittle" indicates that every small detail has received attention.

Fly; As defined by entomologists, a fly (plural flies) is any species of insect of the order Diptera. These typically have one pair of true wings, with the hind wings modified into halteres.