My job:​ US Navy. I fix expensive stuff. I'd rather work with people and words.

My reason for joining this site:​ To have nice conversation​s with people who are different from the people I work and live with 24/7 for these 7 months at sea.

My personality:​ I was raised to be polite, respectful, adventurous,​ independent and to speak up for myself and others.

Before I joined the Navy I was a pre-school teacher. Justice and fair-play are important to me. As is the equal participatio​n of all. I am against elitists, bullies, backstabbers​, ego trips and loudmouths.

If you are familiar with Myers-Briggs​, I am an INFJ. (That's 1 measly % of the population. Don't I feel special?)

INFJ's care about the morale of those around them, avoid conflicts and hostile feelings, are affectionate​, and are good listeners.

I just took a watered-down​ version of the MBTI and learned a lot about myself.

I regularly blog in the "notes"​ section and I comment on people's notes that I read. Please check them out and you'll see what's going on inside my head at certain times.

Just be yourself and don't worry about impressing me. If you have a question, ask it. I will be honest with you so please be honest with me.

Reading, internationa​l film, lifting weights, deep discussions,​  good manners, current events

I've​ been to
Seychelles
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Spain
France
Portugal
Italy
Sweden
Poland
Germany
Jamaica
Canada
Morocco
Cyprus
The Philippines
Bahrain
Future Travels include: South Korea, Costa Rica, Russia

I like to dance so hip-hop is good for me. But I also like mellow stuff from all over the world. And I'm an '80s kid so PG-rated Pop music is good too.

Something​ about me you might think insane:​ I have no qualms about being the first, or the only, one on the dance floor. I prefer going out at 7PM and dancing til morning. I don't need alcohol to be good at it either. That's not arrogance. That's a simple fact, bucko. ;-P

On my Ipod's top 25 most played list:

Not too much dance music on this list because I run and work out frequently.

Ready Steady Go- Paul Oakenfold
Zero- Smashing Pumpkins
Only One- Goo Goo Dolls
Injection- Rise Against
Sometimes- Si*Se
Vertigo- U2
i'm Shipping up To Boston- Dropkick Murphys
Would I lie to you? -Eurythmics
1,2 Step- Ciara
The truth- Si*Se
More Shine- Si*Se
(about 6 more by Si*Se)
Shy- by Ani Difranco
Million Miles Away- Offspring
Intergalacti​c- Beastie Boys
little Things- Bush
DOA- Foo Fighters
Tracks Of My Tears- Smokey Robinson

Memento; In The Mood For Love; Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; The Dinner Game; The Painted Veil; Nowhere in Africa; Y Tu Mama Tambien; My Sassy Girl; City of God; Elling

Favorite Actors: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ed Harris, Patrick Stewart, Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Norton, Paul Giamatti, Joaquin Phoenix, Alan Rickman, Sir Ben Kingsley

How could I forget?! My favorite director is Pedro Almodovar.

I rarely watch TV. I am never interested in new shows. I'm highly critical and very picky. Luckily my friends are determined to fight through my protests and share their shows with me.  I usually get hooked after that.  I admit I might be too hard on TV.

Lost; Heroes; Battlestar Galactica; Survivor; Seinfeld; Beauty and the Geek!

I like Extras and the British version of Friends called Coupling. The Office is hard to watch but funny.

For Whom The Bell Tolls, The Master Puppeteer, The Kite Runner, Ender's Game, Speaker of the Dead, The Lord of the Rings, Memoirs Of A Geisha, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, John Grisham books, Michael Crichton books, Seven Years In Tibet, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Tao Te Ching, The Prophet

I'm reading stuff on other people's profiles that I forgot to put on mine! For instance: Pablo Neruda as a favored poet. "The poverty of love" as it were

"The [expletive] microwave is not a laundry dryer. This morning a pair of underwear was found in the microwave."​ -a very angry co-worker.

"Have you ever seen The Office?  The dorkiest character on that show is in love with battlestar galactica.  Ha ha!" -my former subordinate,​ current nemesis, and soon-to-be EX-friend. Thank you, Anita, for posting my pic. :)

"I hate having clever conversation​s with women that I can't touch."​ -anonymous poster.

"It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honored by the humiliation of their fellow beings."​ Gandhi

"My experience has shown me that we win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party."​ Gandhi

"Do you ever get down on your knees and thank god that you know me and have access to my dementia?"​ George Costanza

"You can spray us a thousand times; we will not stop going to school,’ she swore, in tears. Two cousins, both victims of terror, and now the faces of defiance."​ -As told by an NBC reporter interviewing​ two girls attacked with acid by men on motorbikes for going to school in Afghanistan.​

My heroes: Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Mia Hamm, The "unknow​n rebel" from Tiananmen Square, Mahatma Gandhi, Princess Diana, Bruce Lee, Rosa Parks, Mother Teresa, Joan of Arc, Eleanor Roosevelt