Toronto-based writer is very cautiously returning to the world of dating.
I am a bit of a walking contradiction: I love to read but I also love mountain biking, squash and intense physical activity. I work by myself and am fine with that, but also enjoy the company of friends, family and acquaintances. I'm a homebody who also enjoys a good party with friends or family.
I enjoy smart humour (Monty Python, SCTV, Little Britain, even Trailer Park Boys)and good movies. My favourite films are generally from the 1970s: Five Easy Pieces, Deliverance, Taxi Driver, The Wild Bunch and the Godfather Part One and Two.
I enjoy an extremely wide variety of music, from Motorhead to Natalie Merchant. Am patricularly fond of female singer-songwriters (Sarah McLachlan, Joni Mitchell, etc), late 1970s Brit punk, the Who (esp. live), the Stones (classic period '68 - 73), Beatles, REM, MC5, 10,000 Maniacs (Natalie again), the Stooges, etc.
I don't drink or smoke (or consume soft drinks for that matter) and would rather not hang out with smokers or drunks.
I am a self-employed professional writer. I write for trade magazines, gov't and corporate clients. I also write non-fiction books (mostly true crime) on the side. I enjoy writing all by myself, but I also like giving readings and seminars and attending readings and seminars.
Am currently separated. Would love to find a fellow female writer or reader, if possible.
Raised Anglican though rather unreligious at present.
I put a premium on intelligence and personal ambition (not necessarily the same thing as career ambition).
My Ideal Person:
Intelligence, loyalty, curiosity, sense of responsibility, endurance, passion, empathy, beauty.
no divas or drama queens!
The last great book I read
-"Black Hundred: The Rise of the Extreme Right in
Russia"
My most humbling moment
-being fired from Id magazine in 1996
Favorite on-screen sex scene
-Woody Allen, "Love and Death" -George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez in "Out of Sight"
The celebrity I resemble the most
Anderson Cooper, from CNN
or James Spader
If I could be anywhere right now
One of the Antarctic islands, such as Elephant Island.
That, or Novaya Zemlya or Iceland.
Five items I can't live without
-laptop -cat -mandolin -mountain bike -books
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