I've lived all over the place, but Iowa more than anywhere. I'm a vegetarian and post-nationalist. I love kitties and furry animals in general. I was raised evangelical, but Jesus has been deleted from my friends list. Badbadkitty13 is now my bestest friend.

I was quite active in theater back in high school and still have a strong passion for it. Unfortunately, I can't act worth a damn.

I have strong interest in scientific research and particularly science journalism and science writing for mainstream audiences. This is a widely misunderstood topic, though hardly the only area where mainstream media can't tell the difference between politics and facts.

I am one of those hairy-legged feminists you've heard so much about. I was once a libertarian, but now consider myself a liberal, but I do think the libertarians have some good ideas.

After a few years of false starts, I have two associate's degrees and gainful employment that I don't have to live in constant fear of losing. I just bought a house and now must go through the long fixing-up process. I attend University of Iowa, where I am majoring in history, which is my ticket into law school. I hope some day to be a smooth-talking civil-rights lawyer, specializing in first amendment and/or immigration, then maybe later write lawyer TV shows. Also, I'm trying to starve myself back down to dating weight after a couple years of a desk job got to me.

Academics, apparently. The dean's list does not seem to attract groupies like the football team, though if it did, I'm sure they would be way better.

Non-fiction writing. I can find a hook and go one for as long or short as needed on any topic. That's pretty much what's dragged me through the school thing.

Research, which is the other things that's gotten me through school. Give me a reason to want to know something, a library, an Internet, a county records office and a grapevine and chances are high I will find out.

Developing practical proposals for pretty much any problem I come across at work.

Memorizing trivia.

Probably that I ripped off Isaac Asimov's haircut (I must update pictures sometime soon).

(A)I read a lot, though mostly not books. There aren't a lot of clear favorites that come to mind, but I love Harry Potter and identify with Ravenclaw, which doesn't seem to have nearly as much merchandise available as Gryffindor and Slytherin. I also read a lot of non-fiction books on pop philosophy and skepticism. Non-fiction probably makes up the bulk of my reading. My favorite are Michael Shermer's Denying History and Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World.

(B) I love movies and own a great deal of them. Perhaps I'm still fascinated by the whole concept of pictures moving on a screen, but I like quite a bit. My favorites would have to be Fight Club, Toy Story, Serenity and The Lives of Others to name some recent ones. Older favorites include A Clockwork Orange and the Herzog version of Nosferatu. I wish more documentaries and independents played around here, but that's what Amazon is for.

(C) Music. I don't listen to music much. The radio on my car is generally off. However, I do really like No Doubt, AC/DC, and The Who.

(D) As part of my weight-loss initiative, I'm trying not to enjoy eating too much. I love spicy stir-frys, though. I am a strict vegetarian and won't eat anything that's made by killing animals even if it isn't strictly speaking meat (Jello, for instance). I am a sucker for a good falafel sandwich.

1. The Internets. Now, anyone can be a community. We didn't have them when I was a kid and that was a lonely, isolated time. It's also an open forum for people like myself who don't have the face for TV.

2. This may be a subcategory of the above, but science blogs. I can now keep up on the latest in molecular biology, paleontology, the legal fights against teaching creationism in the public schools and such in a convenient package that doesn't demand too much technical knowledge.

3. Humor. Life is absurd (in the existentialist sense) and sometimes the only response is to laugh at the arbitrarity. (I may have made this word up.)

4. Free expression. The right to think as one wishes and express these thoughts, no matter how distasteful society finds them, is the cornerstone of a free society.

5. Literature, in book or other forms. The ability to create art, to put ideas into a concrete form and be able to understand them, is what defines us.

6. Delicious mango-curry sauce.

What is the correction interaction of journalism and law? How about journalism and science? What about law and science? Should I maybe major in a scientific field instead of a social science like history?

What distinguishes valid and invalid ethical statements and what is the proper source of ethics?

Is embracing one's status as a poser the ultimate irony, or are there more layers I haven't thought of yet? If you expect something to be ironic, then it isn't, does that make it doubly ironic?

Politics, especially the legal side of things. I voted for Obama. You'll have to be cool with this because I talk about it it all the damn time. My main concern is the issue of minority (sexual and racial) rights and how to ensure them in the most equitable fashion.

What's the difference between being crazy or mentally ill and just being outside the mainstream? Is there an objective difference or are we just trying to make people conform to an arbitrary standard?

How do art, technology and culture interact? (i.e. How were people's writing styles affected by the introduction of word processors? How is television different from previous art forms?) What is the connection between the content of a text and its meaning?

invisible pink unicorn, Buffy, geek chic, ethics

Working, probably. Failing that, I'm probably at home writing an essay about what some video game says about our culture. I may also be doing homework. At least, I should be.

I was a virgin until age 24.

I used to moonlight as an amateur male stripper.

You are sensible, intelligent, driven and most of all compassionate. Cute would be a nice bonus.

You wish to join in (really start) a move night with decent discussion. I didn't put all the effort into my home theater to watch movies by myself. I need someone to watch the whole run of "Stargate SG-1" with me, along with about anythign else.

You are cool with my best friend being a girl.

You are an alternachick of some kind.

I like strong-willed independent types. Don't let anyone tell you what to think or do. Especially not me. I'm not fond of passive-aggressive avoidance.

Also, if you know how to fix a Macintosh. I think I corrupted the firmware on my Blue & White G3 whilst attempting to update it.