Hiya. My husband Knifie_Sp00nie and I are poly, but we're homebodies; we'd rather entertain a couple of friends at our place than go to a social event with umpteen zillion people where you can't hear yourself think. It's not because I don't like people, I just prefer more intimate, undiluted interaction. I'd much rather hang out at a park than a bar. I'm one of those optimists you hear about- but am never chirpy about it. Heaven forbid. One of the many reasons I exist (I assume) is to show that smart is not synonymous with cynical. However, this doesn't mean you can't be as moody and sarcastic as you want to be- I seem to get along with your kind rather well. Balance in all things, and all that rot.

I'm an introverted nerdly lass. I read, I watch cartoons, I play Rock Band, I sing, I look at the sky. I work part-time at an abuse hotline and part-time from home. I have cats and fish (freshwater) and a house in the 'burbs with oak trees in the front yard, though I feel a little out-of-place in Suburbia sometimes. I have a bass guitar which I am finally just learning how to play. I have 2 of the 'uncool vehicle trifecta' covered- a minivan and a scooter- and am quite fond of both. The scooter is a 400cc one; it gets up to highway speeds, and I have taken road trips on it. I can ride a motorcycle, I just happen to prefer scooters. Now I only need to get a canoe to finish it up so the kayakers can laugh at me.

...communicating, pointing out constellations, figuring out other peoples' relationship problems (and sometimes even my own), accepting things as they are as opposed to how I want to them to be, singing, untangling knots, discussing spirituality or sussing out ethical dilemmas (I know the two are not necessarily related), playing bass guitar badly, following my heart, enjoying myself. I was raised by therapists so my emotions get a stage upon which to speak, but for all that I think I'm a relatively laid-back, low-maintenance person. You'd have to ask folks close to me to find out if I'm deluding myself.

If you're into the Myers-Briggs test, I score right in the middle on the last scale, which is the planner-spontaneous score. I'm a switch on that scale- and lean a little to the spontaneous side in fact. But somehow I often end up being the planner. I have a gift for organization, but no great love for it, and like to relax and let someone else call the shots sometimes. But alas, I hang out with a lot of artistic types and so end up being 'the reliable one'. Ah, well.

...the big hair. That gets old. It's curly and there's a lot of of it, and I never know what to do with it. I got teased about it when I was a kid, and am finding out now that people dig it, so that's a nice change.

I'm not skinny. Being a lazy hedonist has it's price, but I'm working at it- and my doctor says my cholesterol is so low it's 'un-American'; hey, we all get to be proud of something. I'm generally caught wearing jeans and t-shirts, though I can get nicely tarted-up if the occasion warrants it. In Austin, the occasion rarely warrants it, which is one of the things I love about this town- I really prefer casual to formal as a rule.

Overall, I tend to go unnoticed. I don't mean this in a whiny "why don't you people recognize my obvious greatness?" sort of way; I'm the type of person who's a little uncomfortable in the spotlight. Generally I'm expressing my 'thoughtful silence' persona- I don't usually talk unless I have something to say- if you're very extraverted this might come across like I'm making you work to get to know me... I suppose there's some truth to that, but it's not my intent. And this is why I don't prefer a crowded scene; I fade into the background easily. That all being said, if we hit a topic I love (or you get me the right kind of intoxicated in the right setting) you can't get me to shut up. I also have discovered through the wonders of modern photography that when I really get going, I talk with my hands more than I ever realized.

Books- Sunwaifs by Sydney Van Scyoc, anything by P.C. Hodgell or Steven Brust; America by Jon Stewart. The Wrinkle in Time books. I'll admit that I read mainly to escape and entertain my brain these days (so a fair amount of trashy sf/fantasy- Lackey and Hamilton and the like), though I'm a sucker for an astronomy article with lots of pretty Hubble pictures. I guess that's not a book, but neither is Wikipedia, which provides hours of weird reading entertainment. Daniel Quinn's good for when I'm in a serious mood. So's Meister Eckhart.

Movies- Raising Arizona, Super Troopers, Galaxy Quest, The Big Lebowski, The Hudsucker Proxy, Jacob's Ladder, Altered States, American Beauty, Office Space, Serenity, Monty Python and Studio Ghibli anything. Sci-fi, stoner movies, and werewolf movies (even, nay especially, the really bad ones) grab my attention.

Music- I like a lot of different kinds of music (really, everyone says this); my mp3 collection has everything from Nine Inch Nails to Paul Simon to Shpongle to The Smiths to Stevie Ray Vaughn to Vivaldi. I don't like most country or rap though nerdcore is acceptable. I was a band geek back in the day (French horn) so I have an appreciation for classical (and dislike for Sousa), though mainly I'm a rock and roll girl. I like songs I can sing along with best of all. Lately my favorite has been Jeff Buckley- the man is a god. My collection has breadth but not much depth; there's not a lot there that you haven't heard of. I tend to discover obscure music through my friends however and quite enjoy being introduced to artists I've never heard of by people who love them.

Food- garlic, mushrooms, artichokes, chocolate... I don't eat seafood but every seafood place usually has a chicken dish, so it's all good. This makes me the only person on OKCupid (except for the vegetarians) who doesn't like sushi. Here, you can have mine. I love all vegetables except celery. In fact, I would probably be a vegetarian but I love bacon too much. You can tame the white supremacist power structure with cheese. I have a weird aversion to eggs that are identifiable as eggs, but I don't mind them being in things where you can't tell they're eggs- such as cake. Mmm, cake.

There's no TV section, but if there were Futurama would be at the top of that list. If you understand my username, you get bonus points. I also will watch any Good Eats episode, even if it's about a food I can't stand. I just look away when he's deconstructing the squid. Oh, and Cosmos. Billions! Carl Sagan is one of the many people I have a crush on. Like many folks I watch the Daily Show (which I've seen live!) and the Colbert Report somewhat regularly- we ditched cable but you can stream just about anything.

Love- everything from silly crushes to compassion for all sentient beings. Hell, most of the non-sentient ones too; why discriminate?

Touch- I don't touch unless I'm sure it's welcomed, but if it is I can get pretty handsy. I mean that in an innocent way. Maybe.

Music- listening to it, and making it. I don't write songs, but I love to sing and am getting better at playing bass. There's always a song in my head- go on, ask me which one.

Clear skies- sunlight, moonlight, and starlight feed me.

Passion- this probably goes along with love. But getting totally wound up about something and into it- fun stuff. The Buddhists have said desire leads to suffering, but I think it's attachment to results, that is to say expectations, that is really the culprit. Desire and passion are one of the great things about being alive!

Trees- they block the view of the sky, but they do it in a most delightful way. There's nothing like chilling under the stained-glass effect of a million bright green leaves on a sunny day.

...sex, my relationships, spirituality (I'm a pagan; it bears mentioning that while I'm whole-hog into the witchy thing, I don't mind if you're any religion or no religion, so long as you don't feel the need to convert me or sneer at me), food, the weather, politics (I'm pretty liberal), sex, and music- always music.

...grabbing dinner with some friends, then hanging out at home, unwinding from the work week and watching the Daily Show or Battlestar Galactica (we're Netflixing the series now that it's over). Sometimes I feel a desire to be a little more social though. On occasion I play D&D (4th ed.) with friends, or lately Rock Band, seeing if I can master the vocal stylings of groups ranging from Metallica to the Dixie Chicks.

I don't shave my legs. I could say it's some sort of feminist statement, but mostly it's just laziness combined with an acute awareness of my poor dexterity.

Also, I like John Mayer. I do not care who he's humping (I flipped through a gossip magazine that mentioned him while I was getting a haircut; man, that stuff rots your brain), the guy plays guitar well. He also sings right in my vocal range, and I will belt the tunes out in the car when I'm alone (I'm oddly shy about singing in front of other people).

...you're curious about me or feel inspired to. You love Jeff Buckley. You saw that I checked you out and wonder why. I don't do that star rating thing, so if you are hoping to get my attention, just shoot me an email.