Hi. I am a young 30 year old woman with many interests. Been told that I'm smart & nice-looking​ (but I'm looking for friends not dating, sorry). I'm interested in traveling and making friends in other parts of the world. I am also interested in: reading, drawing, painting, art, museums, photography,​ computers, writing, cooking, animals, and nature. I like to discuss everything with like-minded,​ smart, and sincere people. Please be a nice person, honest, not narrow-minde​d or rude, and please be intelligent/​intellectual​, etc. Please do not smoke, use drugs, or be a drunk. I like people with healthy, responsible lifestyles.

Please do not be a married guy if you want to talk to me & please do not be a jerk or a pervert. I prefer to correspond with women but if you are a guy its o.k. as long as you are respectful. Thank you.

Another thing, please do not send me spam or ads for your business. I am here to make friends overseas not get bombarded with more junk mail. Thanks.

I would also like to learn Spanish & Arabic. I took French years ago but sadly, forgot almost everything because I had no one to practice with. I am a native English speaker & can help you with English. I am interested in travel to Europe, South America, and Syria.

art, museums, books, cinema, theatre, design, hiking, skating, kayaking, cooking, drawing, painting, photography,​ animals

Hard rock, metal, new wave, dark wave/goth, synthpop, industrial, EBM, nu metal, punk, ska, hardcore, reggae, alternative,​ jazz, classical, classic rock, world music.. even some country (really anything but techno, hiphop, & rap)... I like The Cure, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, Red Voice Choir, Bjork, The Pixies, OMD, Nena, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Velvet Underground,​ The Psychedelic Furs, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, Morissey, U2, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Mazzy Star, Portishead, Linkin Park, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys, Guns N Roses, BIlly Holiday, Johnny Cash, Ministry, NIN, Rammstein.. kind of eclectic...

The SIlence of the Lambs, Memento, Taxi Driver, Bringing Out the Dead, 8mm, Fight Club, 21 Grams, High Tension, The Machinist, Ringu, Dark Water, Audition, Thesis, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Shallow Grave, Saw, Frailty, Strangers on a Train, Happenstance​, The Butcher Boy, Carrie, Ma Vie En Rose, Kafka, Eraserhead, Suspira, Seven, 12 Monkeys, City of Lost Children, Spider, Open Your Eyes (U.S. version: Vanilla Sky), The Fountain, Labyrinth, Legend, Delicatessan​, Brazil, Rosemary's Baby, The Match Factory Girl, The Motorcycle Diaries... (I tend to like bizarre movies, indies, and thrillers.)

Simpsons, Seinfeld reruns, X-files, documentarie​s (on t.v. and in film).. There is not much good on tv anymore. I hate reality shows!! I like to watch quiz shows sometimes.

The Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami), The Bonfire of the Vanities (Tom Wolfe), The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath), The Trial & Metamorphosi​s (Franz Kafka), Geek Love (Katherine Dunn), Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Robert Pirsig), Short Stories & Poetry of Edgar Alan Poe, writings of Jean-Paul Sartre, 100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez), The Gashlycrumb Tinies (Edward Gorey), The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exuper​y), The Life of Pi (Yann Martel), Siddhartha (Herman Hesse), The Stranger and The Plague (Albert Camus), The Jungle (Upton Sinclair), The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fizgerald), 1984 (George Orwell), Brave New World (Aldous Huxley), The SIlent Spring (Rachel Carson), Walden (Henry David Thoreau), and too many others to name... I also like to read various non-fiction works by Studs Terkel, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Noam Chomsky, to name a few.  I like books that make people think & understand the world.