How I see the game:

Number of players: Two.

Objective: To weed out the wackos, get to the greats and manage to meet up in person.

Player 1: You are an animated storyteller who is curious about other people. You are creative, focused, self-aware, compassionate, have an athletic bent and are a critical thinker.

Player Two: I am a full-time student in the Humanities who is outgoing and fun. I am hard-working, sentimental, sincere, affectionate, and into the arts.

Tips for Success: Good hugs, a hearty laugh, an ability to entertain the hypothetical and each other. Bonus points if you also speak French and/or Spanish.

In the 3rd year of my Ph.D. and otherwise dancing, running and blogging about town.

...grammar and editing people's writing; tuna melts; philosophizing on things I don't know much about; remembering people's names and birthdays.

...are that I have good posture, a nice smile, and am happy to listen to just about anybody who needs to talk.

-Books: Mrs. Dalloway; Of Mice and Men; almost anything by Toni Morisson
-Movies: The Sound of Music (for realz); The Princess Bride (of course)
-TV shows: The Cosby Show; Arrested Development; West Wing; The Office (with a special fondness for the UK version); Mad Men; Being Erica; The Hour
-Music: Whitney Houston (don't laugh. ok...go ahead); Kathryn Calder; Blue Rodeo; fun.; Craig Cardiff; Stars;
-Food: chocolate; pan-seared scallops; OJ; any and all cheeses (including the blue stuff)

(in no particular order, and with "family" and "friends" clearly coming before all of them)
1. my computer (his name is Solomon)
2. CBC radio
3. chocolate
4. my passport
5. board games
6. a compost bin

...my thesis; spatial awareness (or lack thereof); how people and cultures interact with one another; the way people use language to express ideas and themselves; why I can't spend two months of each year travelling; how much longer I can resist eating more chocolate.

...taking in a movie at the university; at a dance performance; heading out to the neighbourhood restaurant with friends.

When I was younger, I used to enjoy eating sand.

...you love a good pun, actually get a kick out of recycling.