ME: "Fiery petite poet with a wild side and a giant heart seeks soulful nature boy for companionship, nurturance, x-files..."

**-->Hi! Please read my profile and respond to something that I wrote! If you want to write "you seem interesting," please tell me why! I find cut & paste responses, unless sent with an exceptionally clever fishing technique, lame. Thanks!--**

I’m a dynamic chick, both high energy and feisty, but also laid back and sensitive. I'm silly, social, intellectual, affectionate, kindhearted and honest. I'm flirtatious fun and fiercely loyal.

I like to play hard but in reality, I like to relax even harder. I’m over-educated and under-employed. I play tenor sax in a band, write a travel blog, am a fibercraft terrorist and shop at the Farmer’s Market. Love hiking, hockey, witty banter, not-black coffee in bed and the vibrancy of cities. I’ve climbed over the Pyrenees and walked across Spain by myself, but get anxious going to Safeway. I don’t like ketchup or chocolate and sleep with a blankie. I like my chicken wings mild and heavy on the blue-cheese.

I’m looking for someone who’s not afraid to laugh at himself (or me!), who wants to see the world (5-star hotel or 2-person tent, doesn't matter), who likes to go out to the bars and talk sh*t or go dancing at the clubs, but who also likes to just watch TV series at home or sit in the sun, do the crossword puzzle (Sunday Times, please!), read a book or the New Yorker & drink some wine (or beer. Or vodka.) Preferably someone kind and sweet and sensitive but wickedly smart and funny and just a little bad. (Maybe more than a little.) Cultured is good, whatever that means, and a bonus if you like cats. Goofy is great, family-oriented (at least at some point down the line) and committed (not to an institution) are top on the list.

So... Tell me what you like, and what you're like!

(And, BTW, I'm not interested in seeing any pictures of your abs. Thanks!)

The typical-- a beverage, hot or cold, works well. Sushi works even better. I do prefer to just meet and not spend too much time in cyberland.

THE FINE PRINT: Bonus points for a clever subject line! If you use "Hi" or "You seem cool/nice/interesting," I'm just going to call you out for not reading my profile.

THE SUPER-FINE PRINT: If you smoke anything "special" more than a few times a year or have ever been described as a "p*t-head", I'm not the girl for you.