It seems to be turning out that my real passion in life is music (performing, that is). I'm intelligent, pretty, and I seriously enjoy life. I have a bachelor's degree (music again) and love to sing. Looking for a guy who is fun (or wants to be) and loves God. Oh, yeah--and you have to be able to make macaroni and cheese from a box. You don't have to like macaroni and cheese from a box (that would be a lame requirement), but you've got to be able to read and comprehend that level of instructions at least. Because if you can't do that, you and I would really have problems (sorry to be so blunt about it, but that's just the way it is. I could never fall for a guy who can't assemble macaroni and cheese). Seriously, though, all the men in my family are very good at fixing things, so that is very attractive to me.

In other news, I really enjoy the outdoors but don't make time for it by myself as much as I'd like to, so I'd really like to meet an outdoorsy type of guy... or a nerdy type of guy... or whatever. Really, it's your personality that matters, not where you like to spend your time--unless you like to spend your time murdering kittens and eating their brains. If that is the case, maybe you should, um, not waste your time with me.

Long walk on the beach at sunset...oh wait. I live in Illinois (well, we do have lakes, right?). So...how 'bout a long bike ride on a flat trail (I'm talking hours, not weeks here) or a short bike expedition on a mountain--but you'll have to be nice and wait for me to catch up.

Or fishing. Fishing would be an okay date. If nothing else, it would be a good way for you to prove your manliness by catching a zillion more fish than I would and then cooking them in the campfire. Oh, and when I catch a fish, you have to take it off the hook for me because for some reason I just can't handle that part.

Or we could do Super Mario Bros. I'm not great at it, but I'm pretty competitive and would enjoy trying really hard to kick your butt.

Or the free seats at the Muny and then Ted Drewes frozen custard. Oh yeah.

Or...dinner and a movie's always nice. Not very creative (and I'm very creative), but nice.