Keeping it short and sweet: I try to be a tough girl with a huge heart. I have a dark, awkward sense of humor that most people thoroughly enjoy. I'm an old school Irish Catholic school girl. I drink whiskey. I love my family. I have a crazy Belgian Shepherd. But she's a great snuggler:)

I'm fiercely independent. Lived in Chicago for quite some time and now back East to be closer to family. I throw great theme parties.

I'm a social worker. Not the stereotypical kind that works with kids. I work with medically complex adults that need a lot of direction and psychiatric advice. I specialize in crazy people, and somehow, they all love me. I actually work with a lot of WWII guys and thoroughly enjoy sitting with them for hours on end to discuss Band of Brothers type stories.

Being honest.

My wicked sense of humor or that I'm vertically challenged.

Books:
To Kill a Mockingbird, Hide, currently reading Triumvirate, Biographies of anyone crazy or historically off, Tom Sawyer, whatever I randomly select at the library. Yes, I have a library card and use it.

Movies:
Star Wars, The Fifth Element, The Fugitive, Goodfellas, An Affair to Remember, anything Hitchcock or Kubrick, Apt Pupil, Silence of the Lambs, lots more...

Shows:
Strangers with Candy, Family Guy, Jeopardy, Lost, Workaholics, Justified.

Music:
An incredibly long list but a few samples: TV on the Radio, Radiohead, Zero 7, My Morning Jacket, The Specials, A Perfect Circle, The National, Animal Collective, Battles, Charles Bradley, Doves, Faith No More and -- anything Mike Patton, Jeff Buckley, Menomena, The Mars Volta, Phil Collins, Nina Simone my classic favorite, it's a very long list...

Food:
I love to cook and pretty dang good at it. I like creating recipes based on what I have left in the house.
I'll try going anywhere and will try eating everything. I enjoy the experiment.

Food
Water
Shelter
My Family
Whiskey
My dog

My HGTV dreams...I love my old farmhouse in the city. Just can't quite afford all the stuff I'd like to do to it just yet...

Enjoying friends, backyard beers and good conversation.

I can be intimidating, and I analyze that to be a defense mechanism. Take that as you will....

You would like to converse over finely crafted brews or spirits.

Please no Tapout or Ed Hardy, thanks.