User Profile

I am single, female, and live with two cats. Love me, love my cats :-)

I read a lot and very quickly and my tastes in books vary wildly from mysteries to history of anime to biosciences. I work a nine to five job that is kinda on the dull side at the moment, so I tend to read at work. I would do more, but there's no internet access ;-) .

Most of my computer time is at night, and my favorite pages are Cruel.com, MDN WaiWai ( a clearinghouse for Japanese news articles), and SomethingAwful. I guess you could say that I have a snarky sense of humor to enjoy those sites.

However, I can get outraged by people who are deliberately mean and things that happen, like the "war" in Iraq or flooding in Hati. I go aww... when I see pictures of kittens and puppies, and I appreciate the beauty of nature.

I am shy. I don't like loud noises, so I avoid places like dance clubs and bars, which is a shame because I would like to date and don't know where to start. I was engaged once, but it was to a guy I met at work and I don't expect to be able to meet anyone there again for any type of relationship, short or long term.

So, to recap-

I am reserved and it takes a lot for me to open up to people. I don't particularly care to share what I'm thinking or my feelings except with people I know very well and can be comfortable with.

Friends of mine say I'm very intelligent, though I know that I'm also lazy (with a hidden streak of analness that I keep a tight rein on so I don't get to be like my father, though I love him... :-) ). I don't pretend to be perfect in anyway and I know that there are people in my life who are way smarter than myself.

I am also polite and try to remember to say "thank you" and "excuse me", though I have given the one-fingered salute to the occasional bad driver. I am also pretty empathetic, with a vivid imagination and am a patient listener. I am fiercely loyal to my friends and very supportive.

I also have an odd sense of humor. I like physical humor like fart jokes and PoopReport.com is also on my favorites list, but I also like observational humor like Stephen Wright jokes and comics like "Red Meat".

I listen to classical music, mostly, but I also like techno and blues and swing/jazz.

I like to watch cartoons and read manga, but only to the extent of whatever is on regular TV and available in Shonen Jump. Except for Kinnikuman/Ultimate Muscle, I don't collect stuff.

I am also fairly stout, being about 200 lbs, and the last I checked, I am 5'4". Diabetes runs in my family and I am the _proud _ owner of a medi-alert bracelet which announces the fact that I take metaformin, zocor, and previcid...

Unfortunately, I can get anxiety attacks. I usually live a quiet, regulated life and things that disrupt it, like loud noises from obnoxious neighbors, can make me upset and do a number on my digestion. So far though, I've only had this problem a couple of times and I hope to be able to deal with it better in the future. I used to have to take medication, but I weaned myself off of it several years ago.

I would like to meet someone who is either taller and broader than myself or short and wirey. I may sound like a hypocrite, but I am interested in losing weight, looking better and getting off the meds. Therefore, I want someone who is already fit or working at it, not someone who is a blob on the sofa.

Whomever I meet, I hope he/she will be encouraging and helpful. A good sense of humor, a steady job, a fairly decent car, and a place of his or her own would be nice, too. I have have some standards and I won't consider dating someone who lives at home with the parents or doesn't work, and unless he/she lives in a very urban area where it doesn't pay to have a car, he/she should have one (at least, a driver's license).

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I like action adventure films, art shows, eating out, and taking long walks.