This profile has been passively active for something like 2+ years, but I never actively used it to look for a date, choosing instead to only message those who saw fit to message me first. I've always thought I would just meet someone organically, which has proved to be better in theory than in practice... So here comes my first profile update in history

Anywho, I don't know where to start so I think I'll say a little bit about what I'm looking for, as it will probably say a lot about me in the process.

I crave intelligent conversations interspersed with sublimely silly ones. Although I'm not highly educated in the institutional sense -- a fact that I'm in the process of changing -- I'm a wealth of useless self-taught knowledge, a great trivia partner. I'm an avid reader, but generally don't read fiction (or anything that takes more than one extended sitting). So what does that leave? Plenty, I like memoirs (of the non-Sarah Palin variety), short stories, essays/long-form journalism, and snarky, smartly-written blogs. I'm drawn to intelligent women, especially those whose expertise falls outside the realm of my knowledge set.

I've often said that I'm looking for someone with whom I could complete The Amazing Race; not that that's an actual goal, or even a show that I watch. So what does that mean? I'm not entirely sure, but I'll give it a try... It probably means you're athletic, easy going, adaptable, and up for anything that comes your way. I think that's a pretty good description of myself, although I'd replace easy-going with 'extremely laid back' and add highly competitive.

I'm recreational cyclist who's cycled the highest roads in North America, for fun, and hiking/climbing a non-technical 14'er is definitely on my bucket list. I'm a bit of a web nerd -- gotta balance out those strenuous physical activities ;) -- and have written and maintained a blog since before the word made Webster's Dictionary. In fact, that's what I'm headed back to school for, to help me pass on my love for web-based technology.

I'm looking for someone who can take my dry, sardonic barbs and throw them back at me, drier and sardonickier.

Anyway, that seems like as good a place as any to insert a metaphorical ellipsis . . .

I'm a sucker for woman in a sundress with a flower in her hair; not that that belongs in the 'what would you do for a first date' category, but I wanted to be different, to stand out from the "I like to go out and have fun, but sometimes I like to stay home and watch a movie" crowd. Mission tentatively accomplished.