just arrived in dc, and i'm thrilled about it! it would be great to have a few partners in crime who i could throw things off bridges with. bonus points if you have a dog. my job will require that i travel overseas about 50% of the time, so you don't have to worry about getting sick of me. at this point i'm really happy to make some new friends, but i wouldn't be opposed to dating if i clicked with someone. being that i'm new to town i'm not looking to jump into anything serious right off the bat. here's some of what the liberal media is saying about me...

starting a fantastic job with the DoS *just returned from working in iraq for a year * prior to iraq i was working in darfur for a year *previous to darfur i was working in boston *i moved to boston from portland, oregon *the last four places i've lived were all for the same employer *i hold in my sneezes *previous to portland i was in macedonia as a peace corps volunteer *i seem to always roll my napkin into a ball and making it useless before it's dirty *previous to macedonia i was in ireland doing a masters *i don't drink coffee or smoke cigarettes *previous to ireland i was an undergrad student, where i played soccer and volleyball *i'm a vegetarian *i like movies, preferably foreign or indie but sometimes i like to slum it and ingest mainstream hollywood junk food *i don't always need people around me *sometimes i forget and use lotion before using deoderant and then i can't get the cap off the deoderant *i've been called a metrosexual, i prefer european though *i like to go on walks *i'm originally from chicago *i love autumn, the smell of the leaves and the sound of them is brilliant...though spring is a close second *my mom says i'm super *i appreciate sarcasm *i like live theater *i believe in giving up short term satisfaction for long term gain *i'm addicted to high quality dark chocolate *i like to people watch *i can be really friendly and outgoing, and sometimes i can be very quiet *i don't mind the rain *i like dogs *i don't like religion *i think the first sip of beer is always the best *i like to cook *for some reason i think the water out of the bathroom sink is different from the water in the kitchen *if i see a rock on the sidewalk i'll try to keep kicking it until i get where i'm going *i like going to the grocery store...farmer's markets even better *i like learning to live with less *i try to gain a better perspective of the world through; travel, history and anthropology *trying to make my relationship with time to be less of a love/hate one *i think it's belgium to be laying in the grass at dusk looking at the sky *i'm trying to be better at enjoying the moment *i wonder why sheep don't shrink when they get wet *i believe if kids and animals are happy to be around you it's a good sign *even though i put the rabbit in the hat, i'm always surprised when it appears *i'm not a fan of artificial sweeteners *i'm very good at ironing *i wonder if people in mexico say, 'i don't feel like mexican two nights in a row' *i beleive a gentleman/gentlewoman is someone who tries to make everyone around them as comfortable as possible *i prefer to eat my cereal with a teaspoon *i see turn signals playing catch * i think it's best to put the preserves on first and then the almond butter *sharing my weaknesses is one of my strengths *i often end up saying "that's funny" because i don't always laugh out loud *i like wearing my waterproof boots and walking through puddles *i like the news delivered in an english accent *i prefer 24 hour clocks *i love going to festivals in the summer *happy to give money to npr *can happily watch planes take-off and land for hours *find pub quizzes to be good times