I often find it difficult to write about myself. Especially for dating profiles.  Found this old one from OKCupid, written sometime around 2010. 

About Me

 I am here because I get a kick out of the quizzes and find it fun to meet people on-line who share my interests. I'm addicted to dark chocolate and caffeine. I've learned I have expensive tastes. I tried a glass of 18-year-old Scotch, and it was smooth, fabulous and roughly $175 a bottle.

I can be a dingbat, but I love working out logic problems, Sudoku and cryptograms. I love trivia games.

I'm a bleeding heart romantic and a cynic. To some the glass is half empty, to others it is half full. I see a glass that will need to be washed, and damned if I don't dislike doing the dishes (it's been 11 years since I've had a dishwasher and piles of dishes are created when one loves to cook.)

I like reading popular fiction and love cheesy movies. I own enough books to start my own library, enjoy taking photographs and love spending time with family and friends.

I'm phone impaired. I hate being on the phone, have to force myself to make phone calls and seem to be all thumbs when it comes to dialing. This usually only applies to work-related calls. Cold-calling someone to ask for a story interview or calling for information on an accident or crime is not fun. I could never work in sales.

I love watching high school and college basketball and college hockey. Also Olympics men's swimming, and track and field events (I help coach middle school track, but my role tends to be more team "Mom" and cheerleader than coach.)

Perhaps I'm a bit hyper-critical, but so many profiles here are full of typos and grammatical errors. These profiles are essentialy a resume selling ourselves, though, right? Mine is by no means perfect, but I do admit to dismissing profiles filled with text message abbreviations and error after error. (Yes, I was an English major and I write for a living, and I really should be more open-minded.)

I am imaginative, impertinent, and implex.

 

What I’m doing with my life 

Reading.

Writing.

Cooking.

Abusing the snooze alarm.

Raising a teenager.

Avoiding housework.

Testing out the acoustics in my shower and car.

Amusing myself with on-line quizzes, reading the Friends page on my LJ and spending time with the people I love. Getting caught up in the timesuck that is Facebook.

 

I’m really good at

Procrastinating. Nothing like a looming deadline to spark that creative fire. Making desserts that involve chocolate, though I do have awesome recipes for Lemon Cream Cake and Tipsy Apple Spice Cake.

The first things people usually notice about me

My nose piercing, smile or my glasses.

Favorite books, movies, shows, music, and food

I like too many books to list here. Everything from mysteries, suspense, romance, classics, science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction and beyond. I like books so much that I'm thinking of going back to school to earn an MLS.

As for movies, my tastes vary. Strange Brew makes me laugh, Rear Window is amazing, Gone With the Wind never gets old and I love the Lord of the Ring trilogy, Harry Potter movies and Serenity. I'm also a nut for sports movies based on real-life events ("Miracle" and "The Greatest Game Ever Played" are in my DVD collection).

I went to see DMB in concert at Alpine Valley every summer between 2002 and 2008, and I hope Green Day comes back to Wisconsin. I hit Summerfest last summer for the first time and loved the O.A.R. show.

As for food, pizza is my favorite, but I love Mexican and Asian cuisines. Italian is wonderful too. A good burger or a nice rare steak are fantastic. I bought a charcoal grill and have a lot of fun cooking kebabs, potatoes, chicken wings, brats, hot dogs and more.

It's rare for a day to go by without me having chocolate in some form.

How is TV not included in this? I watch way too much. Currently I'm watching NCIS, Castle, Community, Modern Family, Archer, Cougartown, How I Met Your Mother, NCIS LA and the Big Bang Theory.

TV shows I had to own on DVD include Babylon 5, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly (sorry Joss W. - not even Eliza D could keep me watching Dollhouse). Also have all seasons of Arrested Development. I loved Freaks and Geeks, ER, The West Wing, and yes, Friends, but dont' have those on DVD.

 

The six things I could never do without

Really good dark chocolate, curling up with a good book, dueling snooze alarms, lip balm, clutter and bubble baths.

I spend a lot of time thinking about

What I need to get done and what I'm reading or going to read next.

I am learning that karma is a bitch as I am dealing with a teenager who is far too much like me at that age.

Lately I've been thinking about ways to pay it forward - doing small things to try to brighten up someone else's day. It all started when the car ahead of me in a drive-thru lane paid for my lunch with a $20 and asked the clerk to give me the change.

On a typical Friday night I am

Catching up on my TV shows, watching a movie, reading, catching up with friends on Facebook and LiveJournal, or sleeping.

 

The most private thing I’m willing to admit

I once took on four guys at once and came out on top. It sounds dirty, but it was me against them in Trivial Pursuit and I won.