Let's see - I generally love anything artistic (especially theater and music) and dream of traveling to Europe someday - hopefully soon :) I am currently a student coming to the end of my education and I intend to be be a middle school or high school English teacher. I chose English, because I love literature and the idea of presenting it to students who are searching for their own passion, but not because I enjoy grammar. Little known secret - we English majors may understand grammar, but we hate it just as much as the next person :). I also just got a job as an Instructional Assistant at a near by school district. It doesn't pay much, but it's better than minimum wage, and it get's my foot in the door as far as teaching goes. I can't wait to start.

I am an English Literature major at CSU, San Bernardino and I will probably be getting my Bachelore's degree at the end of the next Winter quarter, so March of 2010, and then it's on to finishing my teaching credential.

Ok. This is weird. I'm not used to claiming what I do well, but I guess I've always been good at listening, caring, and talking to people and my friends about anything really. I have a tendency to read people well. I'm honest and blunt. And I'm actually really good at commitment (I'm not the cheating type). Other than that I guess I understand poetry well and I'm generally good at Nintendo Mario games :).

Well this is difficult considering that I'm speaking for other people here, but I suppose people probably notice my eyes and my sense of humor first.

Ok, here we go.

Reading:

I'm a Harry Potter geek, both books and movies. Other than that I love historical fiction, usually about a particular person, and some fantasy and a little sci-fi. I also really enjoy reading mythology.

Some of my favorite reads are:
Harry Potter Series (Rowling, J.K.)
Ender's Game (Card, Orson Scott)
The Davinci Code (Brown, Daniel)
Memoirs of a Geisha (Golden, Arthur)
The Martian Chronicles (Bradbury, Ray)
Sacred Ground (Woods, Barbara)
Gilgamesh
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Othello (Shakespeare)
Brother's Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales

and some favorite poets include...

Robert Frost
John Keats
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Edgar Allen Poe (his short stories too)

Ok moving on...Music:

I absolutely love musical theater: listening to soundtracks, seeing live shows, and even acting in them (although I haven't done that in a while). I could list you the musicals I like, but then I'd be here all day. Basically if its Broadway I love it. Especially anything done by Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, or Steven Schwartz. Although I have to say my favorite show right now has to be "Spring Awakening" - hands down. I love almost all music. The only things I really don't care for is rap, hard metal, and techno - but everything else I love. I especially like Oldies, Alternative Rock, Classic Rock, and Classical.

Some of my favorites are....

Incubus
The Beatles
Billy Joel
Queen
Green Day
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Black Sabbath
No Doubt
Bach

and lots lots more. I'm so bad about naming groups and singers that I like. I know a bunch of songs and I know what I like, but I'm just not the type of girl that can hear someone on the radio and say "Oh that's so and so." So don't be surprised if I sing along to everything. :)

Oh gee...I almost forgot Movies:

Anything Comedy, Romantic, some Drama, and anything based off a Musical. Basically if the acting is really good I love it. Oh and practically all Classic Disney movies and Pixar.

Some off the top of my head that I like are:

The Red Violin
Wall-E
Ratatouille
The Lion King
Under the Tuscan Sun
When Harry Met Sally
Sleepless in Seattle
Chicago
Moulin Rouge
What Dreams May Come
Wizard of Oz
Iron Man
The Dark Knight
Me and My Gal
Star Trek (the new one)
[Yes I have seen all the others, but the TV shows are by far better]

Ok.....food:

I generally like food that's not fast food, but I do like fast food when I must. I love....

Sushi and Teppanyaki
Seafood
Italian
Chinese

and a normal old salad bar place- like Sizzler or Marie Calender's.

In no particular order...

My mother
Disneyland
Musical Theater
My dogs
Sushi
Fairy tales - both the original dark ones and the disney ones
Cuddling (when in a relationship)

What I'm doing, Where I'm going and will I like it when I get there. And....I suppose (when I am really thinking about school and work) how I and the rest of my generation of Teacher's are going to make the school system better for future education.

Also....what's the next Musical that I am going to see. :) Next up - Spring Awakening!

Hanging out with my friends when I can (i.e. at disneyland, movies, or just hanging out) or just sitting at home, possibly playing free online poker at full tilt poker. Maybe even seeing a muscial when I get the chance.

I trust to easily, and at the same time - not easily enough. Oh, and I am a total Disney geek!

You are an honest and nice guy, and would like to get to know me.

Oh and I totally stole this from another profile, but it rings true for me as well so I've put it here:

DISCLAIMER:

I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, IF YOU'RE A SMOKER OR A DRUG USER THEN WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DISCUSS. CALL ME WHAT YOU WILL, AND I'M SORRY, BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE ANY TOLERANCE WHATSOEVER FOR THAT SORT OF THING.

(This is in reference to those that I date. If you just want to be friends then I don't mind the smoking so much, but I draw the line at anyone who does drugs.)