Alison

Marcus High School

Baylor University, Attended 1998 - 2003, Class of , Bachelor's Degree, Neuroscience

Human Genetics Research

Latin dancing, blackjack, oil painting, crossword puzzles, writing prose and poetry, snowboarding, crowds of people, and cold martinis.

Rainer Marie Rilke, Pablo Neruda, C.S. Lewis, Michael Cunningham, Get Fuzzy cartoons

Eternal Sunshine, Great Expectations, The Life Aquatic, and (I will confess) Drop Dead Fred.

Anything that can be described by the words indie, jazz, blues, obscure, fringe, local, esoteric, atmospheric, astonishing or under-rated. Discovering new musical addictions is the only hobby to which I am entirely and consistantly faithful.

I don't watch tv

I have been described as always happy. This can't be the truth, but is hopefully close to it.

Those who are amusing, clever, long-winded or well-read. People who can tell a good deadpan joke, play a musical instrument, handle life with either grace or sarcasm, stay up as late as I do, or have curious conversation over wine. I want to meet people who do not need to meet anyone, but are just stumbling by.