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yourepretty85

24 / F / straight / Single

Chicago, Illinois

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Ethnicity
White
Height
5' 2" (1.57m).
Body Type
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New friends, Long-term dating, Short-term dating
Smokes
No
Drinks
Sometimes
Drugs
Never
Religion
Judaism and somewhat serious about it
Sign
Aquarius but it doesn’t matter
Education
Graduated from masters program
Job
Student
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Kids
Pets
Languages
English, French, Spanish

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I am Artsy, Deep-thinkin', and Energetic.

My Self-Summary

Hi! I'm Shira. I'm from the San Francisco Bay Area.. and I'm a willing Midwestern transplant. I think there is more to life than weather, and weather is only worth talking about if it's extreme-- and it'd be weird NOT to talk about it. I'm into really good conversations and silly conversations.. picnicking by the lake.. drawing and doodling and the occasional craft (I've found a new passion for making birthday cards, so if it's your birthday soon, aren't YOU in luck). I'm a good hula hooper, and I make some mean sweet potato fries. But you can't really ruin a sweet potato. Nature's already made them pretty good, don't you think?

What I’m doing with my life

I finished up grad school in June, where I got my masters in social work at the University of Chicago. I recently started working at an anti-hunger non-profit. I plan on sticking around in Chicago for the time being. Good city, I approve.

I’m really good at

Complimenting people, snapping loudly, writing essays, making coasters out of floppy disks, making the perfect PB&J (the PB has to be on Both slices of bread, you see), multi-tasking, Taboo, analyzing things, listening to people, dancing the Charleston, dancing the Buffalo

My favorite books, movies, music, and food

Books: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Middlesex, Hotel New Hampshire, The World According to Garp, The History of Love, Everything is Illuminated

Music: Sufjan Stevens, Spoon, Death Cab for Cutie, Regina Spektor, Broken Social Scene, Ratatat

Food: chocolate chip cookies, cherry yogurt, most cereals, new and adventurous foods as long as they're meatless and unspicy

You didn't ask, but favorite TV shows: Daily Show, Colbert Report, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The Office

The six things I could never do without

One: Good-hearted people around me (though I might still choose bad-hearted over no people at all)
Two: Cheese (so good!)
Three: Books (Don't believe them, real-paper books will never go away)
Four: My Nalgene water bottle (I freak out when I lose it)
Five: My sisters (I got 2! They're twins)
Six: My teddy bear (I guess you might as well know that about me.. I've slept with it since birth. It's been washed at least a few times, I swear.)

I spend a lot of time thinking about

Social justice and the complicated path to get it, schooly stuff, jobby stuff, where I last lost my Nalgene (or umbrella, or sweatshirt..), weekend plans, love and life and the petty details in between

On a typical Friday night I am

Eating a cozy dinner with friends or chilling at a bar or doing homework or watching a movie or dancing on someone's kitchen floor.. Yeah. You know. Whatevs.

The most private thing I’m willing to admit here

Man, I already revealed the teddy bear thing.. should I go deeper? How about some honesty. I'm into meeting awesome people and just-fun dating, but I think it's cool if there's a possibility for something to become more. If it's the-possibility-for-something-more kinda thing though, it'd be great if that person were Jewish.

You should message me if

You think I'm cool, you want to make the world a better place in some way, you're creative, you're smart, you're honest, and you like to have real conversations. Message me up yo.