About

I’m smart: I’m a published author (ok, i was second author, and it was a chapter on memory in a textbook that no one will ever read, but it is still a publication). I have a Master’s degree. I was invited to speak at an international acoustics/engineering conference in Prague. I know all of the legal 2 letter words in scrabble (or I did when they were 96 of them. They recently added 5 more. “Za” should totally not be a legal scrabble word).  I recently received a full scholarship to (a very poorly ranked) law school.  

I’m attractive: I’m not a super-model, but I am also not obese (5’9″, 140lbs). On good days I have a cute-ish face. I don’t have any major deformities (i.e. large goiters, missing limbs, facial tics). I’m pretty physically active. I should mention that I fairly recently cut all my hair off and donated it to locks-of-love, but most days the short hair actually comes across ok.  If you want to see pictures, try this blog entry: Yay! Pictures

I’m mostly nice: I spent two  years tutoring a fantastic kid (It is possible that I’m not very good at this, as I am tutored her in 1st grade for both years). I rescue dogs with one of the local animal rescue organizations. After more than a year of training – where I had to role-play and talk about my feelings, I finally got certified as a foster parent by Monroe County.  Then I moved and now I have to start over.  I hate talking about my feelings. 

I have decent personal hygiene: I shower every morning (and sometimes at night too). I brush my teeth for the full recommended 2 minutes – every time.

Your mom might like me: Even though I am a computer nerd, I somehow learned all sorts of crazy domestic girly things when I was growing up (like quilting and knitting and cross-stitch). Moms often find this quaint and charming. Or, at least think it is better than the talents that your last girlfriend may have had (being able to burp the alphabet when drunk?).

 What I’m doing with my life: I am about to start a new rockstar job. I would include details about it here, but then you might be able to figure out who I am. And then you could hunt me down. And that would be creepy. So at this point I’m not going to share additional information. All I will say is that I am neither a ballerina-astronaut nor Noam Chomsky.

Books: I love anything by Murakami. I just finished Zodiac (Neal Stephenson) and Rashomon: And 17 Other Stories (by Ryunosuki Akutagawa). I enjoyed Phantom Tollbooth, everything by Tom Robbins (Skinny Legs and All, Another Roadside Attraction, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas), The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century, Numerical Recipes in C (probably the best C programming book ever written)

Food: I’m 98% vegetarian: I haven’t had meat in quite a while. Well, there was that panna cotta containing geletin a few months ago, and I still eat cheese made with animal rennet. Basically, I don’t consider myself “100% vegetarian” because I reserve the right to eat animal products (mostly gummi bears) without people getting weird and accusing me of violating my moral code…

Music: I’m not sure that I have a consistent musical preference. In fact, my musical taste is pretty fragmented in incoherent. Right now on my ipod I have Frank Sinatra, Watercress, Pilgrim Beware, Ani DiFranco, Paul Anka, Hole, Johnny Cash, Alex Olson, Bitch and Animal, Sleeping Beauty (the ballet soundtrack), and Coppelia (also a ballet soundtrack)

Movies: Heathers, But I’m a Cheerleader, Better Than Chocolate, Shawn of the Dead, Little Miss Sunshine, Resevoir Dogs, Cannibal: The Musical, Dune (the mini-series version), Tron, Sicko (I generally dislike Michael Moore movies, but *everyone* should see this movie), Cinema Paridiso…

TV: (Ok, it didn’t ask about TV, but I figured I would add it anyways). I just finished watching the first (and sadly only) season of Wonderfalls on DVD. It made me smile. A lot. You should watch it. Actually, you probably shouldn’t. Because you are probably a guy (at least I assume most of the people reading my profile are guys). And it is probably a chick show. But it is a chick show that rocked.

The five things I could never do without

1. My puppy: Ok – she’s not really a puppy anymore – she is a 65 lb german shepherd. But I like her more than I like most people. And I would be totally lost without her.

2. Chocolate Covered Oreos, Gummi Bears and Blueberry Sorbet: Really I have quite a few types of junk food that I would miss. Junk food is one of the types of food that isn’t sucky for vegetarians.

3. My roomba: Puppies are messy. Right now I have my “forever” dog (a German Shepherd), and my foster dog (90 lb Catahoula Leopard Dog). That is a LOT of dog hair.

4. Atomic Fireball Stella #141: I don’t think this needs an explanation…

5. Saturday Mornings: A girl needs to sleep in sometimes. I get up at 5:27 most days so that I can take the dogs for a 3.5 mile walk before work.

The most private thing I’m willing to admit here: I once had a psych report that stated “[My Real Name] has unrealistic expectations about the telepathic abilities of her relationship partners.” I’m fairly certain that was my psychologist’s way of stating that I am not particularly open… Also, I own multiple tiaras because I used to work as a Magic Princess (see: MagicPrincess.com).