Like a toddler in traffic...

This is Emma, dating.  Or at least going on a dating site.  The following is the profile I made; obviously a few things changed in the month or so since I made this, but here is what I was willing to put out there...

My self-summary

I am a fun and quirky individual that just wants to share her awesome with someone else. :)

What I'm doing with my life

I am currently finishing up my undergraduate degree in music.  Only seven months til graduation!! :)

I'm really good at

writing, though I admit I have slacked on poetry lately.  I'm also an excellent pianist, and a self-taught (and a little mother-taught) cook.  I am also adept at learning and speaking other languages (like French or Japanese, for example).

The first things people usually notice about me

At the moment, I have pink hair.  (Hard to notice much else when the neon glares lol) But aside from the obvious, I have a very bright and friendly personality that draws people in.

Favorite books, movies, shows, music, and food

My all-time favorite book is Robin McKinley's "Sunshine," though I am also a fan of such writers as Orson Scott Card and Garth Nix, and sometimes I get a little girly with Jennifer Crusie.

I love all movies Disney (mostly), and I love foreign and independent films as well.  A couple recent favorites are "Tortilla Soup" and "Under the Tuscan Sun."

I am an unashamed Gleek (yes, Glee is lame, but I need cheesy entertainment to make me forget school sometimes), and I also watch My Little Pony --initially for nostalgic reasons, but now I'm just a nerd who my friends often call 'Pinkie Pie.'  I also enjoy How I Met Your Mother, The Simpsons, anything on the BBC (especially Sherlock and Call the Midwife), and Ugly Betty.  I also watch anime, because my high school friends wouldn't let me say no.

I love classical music, mostly piano and violin, but I can sometimes be found dancing (rather badly) to pop music (not just K- or J- either, but sometimes Britney or Ke$ha...I'm a victim of the times...).

I am not a picky person when it comes to food, but my favorites are all pastas, fish, rice, cookies, candy, and pretty much any fruit is good.  I don't eat pork products often, but sometimes I am a sucker for breakfast sausage at the local diner.

The six things I could never do without

In no particular order...

1. I have a lot of dresses in my closet, and I would be sad without them.

2. I must always have access to a piano.

3. I can't do without air, even under water (or maybe especially there).

[yes, that was a smart-ass comment, so sue me]

4. I cannot do without some form of sugar nearby --even if it's only the three and a half teaspoons I pour in my tea.

5. I have a stuffed pig named Hector.  He keeps me sane.  (Or mostly)

6. My cellphone, though only to talk to my family, who live in all different states.

I spend a lot of time thinking about

why I need classes that aren't related to music...oh, the joys of a liberal arts college that wants you to be "well-rounded"...

On a typical Friday night I am

either in the practice rooms playing until my fingers hurt, or making lists of things to get done that weekend.

(Is this boring?  I feel boring.  Oh, well, I'm productive.)

...though I went to the mall and stayed up with friends til three am last Friday, so maybe I'm breaking the mold.

(Yay!)

The most private thing I'm willing to admit

I already admitted to liking Glee and My Little Pony, what more do you want from me?

You should message me if

You like a little insanity in your daily life.

Insanity is putting it nicely.

And yet, wouldn't you know, I have twelve messages in my inbox?  And I have been carrying on longer conversations with three different people, all pretty smart, but in different ways...

Though there's nothing that really sparks my interest.

Yeah, I love that you draw and you're a teacher, and yes, you get points for asking about Hector, but honestly?  That doesn't really mean a thing.

Or I love that you love books just as much as I do, to the point where you're scared of movie adaptations not living up to them, and you understand how a voice can make or break an audio book...but books aren't forever. (Yes, I just said that.)  What can you offer me that lasts forever?

And maybe it's cool that you don't mind that I love MLP...but giving yourself a screenname after one of the biggest fan-obsessed characters in the show and then trying to tell me you're not a Brony?  Tell me another one, Derpy.

So, though it's been fun...

I'm just not feeling it.

And I do not want to stay in the Billings area...or in Montana at all, for that matter.  And if I actually got to liking you, I would probably put my dreams on hold for a guy again, and that's just not cool.

So this is Emma, deleting her account on a dating site.

God, the guy you have picked out better be fantastic after all this madness...

Cheers.