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Let's just get it out in the open. I've rejoined Match. Quite honestly, I've missed that kind of human connection, the bar scene is doing nothing for me and I can't just sit around and wait until certain people... well, I'm just not going to sit around and wait.



I'll take a kind of you show me mine and I'll show you yours stance when it comes to actual screennames, but I did work damn hard on my profile and felt I should share that at least. By posting it here, I'm also doing a kind service to those of you with significant others (read, wives and husbands) who may question why you're trolling internet matchsites. If you can explain that away, I'd like to see you take on Craigslist's casual encounters page in your hometowns.



I'll take suggestions on the profile. Constructive, of course. I don't want to die decrepit and alone, so I'm open to a group effort to find me a man. :)



Blossoming in NYC

Somewhere along the way, I picked up the motto "Bloom where you are planted" and I put that into action each and every day. I'm a bouquet of energy, confidence, and grace that adds life to any given situation. I'm a military brat by birth and a former "professional nomad," so adaptation has been the standard for most of my life. Lately, though, I've settled down and am making the most of New York. Maybe it's time to bloom where I'm planted while putting some roots beneath me...

As you can tell from the photo, I'm more of the "cute" variety than the drop-dead-model type. The first thing people notice is usually my million-watt smile that I've been told will eventually freeze like that. I'm an educated public relations professional who loves my job and can't say enough good things about it. I work hard, but maintain that important life balance.

The word "Wallflower" is missing from my personal dictionary. I'm outgoing, assertive, and can find common ground in most situations. I'm the girl my friends put at the "random" table at their weddings because they know I'll have strangers feeling like family before the first course is served. I'm the first on the dance floor and the last to leave the crazy old uncle's side when he's telling his war story for the eightieth time. I love to laugh loudly and freely. Comedy clubs are a passion. I love to listen to live music. I love museums. I love Central Park on summer Sundays. I love the theatre. I love the ballet. I love to travel. I love life.

So, let's talk about love...

Though I want the fairy tale, knights on white horses aren't usually found riding up Broadway. Fantasyland aside, do I have a "type?" No, not an absolute, but after more than a decade in the dating game, I've started to narrow it down a little. Knights notwithstanding, who makes the short list? He is: smart, fun, funny, habitually employed and a fan of both fine dining and the rare trip to a greasy diner. He's as comfortable sipping champagne at a gallery opening as he is listening to a local band and drinking beers in Greenwich Village. He appreciates good conversation over Sunday brunch and knows where to find the best pancakes and mimosas in town. He likes the Union Square Farmer's Market and can get lost wandering around the stands there on a Saturday afternoon. He brings his A-game on every date, just as he would expect me to do. He is socially adept and treats people with respect. He likes kids, but doesn't have any. He is kind to animals and the elderly. He not only lets me watch football with him on Sunday afternoon, he explains it... over and over again. Even though he lives in New York, he doesn't have to be a Yankees or a Mets fan, but he supports his team through the good and the bad. By the way, I love the Orioles... that's never going to change. :)

He's into movies and his Netfliks account includes a whole host of selections, from Hollywood's golden-age classics to Hitchcock, to SNL-alumni comedies. He doesn't think my long-standing crush on John Cusack is outdated now that I'm in my twenties and quoting the Lloyd Dobler "goal in life" speech from memory earns serious points. His name IS John Cusack (hee)

His musical tastes are eclectic and blend the modern with the more classical selections (and by classical, I mean both Mozart AND the Beatles). He is just as willing to sit through the opera as he is to give a dollar from time to time to the musicians in the Subway. He is willing to go and do "cheesy New York touristy" things every once in a while... Statue of Liberty, Daily Show, Today Show, etc.

He admits his fears and doesn't make fun of mine. He doesn't say "I don't like that" about anything LEGAL without at least trying it once. He likes adventure.

No, he loves adventure.

Adventure in life, adventure at work and adventure in a relationship...

And bonus points if his taste for adventure leads to renting a white horse and taking a ride up Broadway

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