Ravenfairydust, 54

Pensive, Quirky, Vintage, Gen X Slacker This shouldn't be this hard.

Believe me. I understand how hard it is to match someone like me with any guy. I'm a black woman who loves baseball, Neil de Grasse Tyson and Soundgarden. My two favorite songs of all time are Earth Wind and Fire's The Way of the World and Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. My past and present are completely at odds. I'm prettyish but I hate attention so I usually dress down. I'm a hippie who thinks Special Forces are the sexiest men on earth. I can't go out at night without looking up to locate the visible planets in the night sky. I'm terrified of insects with the exception of praying mantises, of all things. I believe in both creationism as well as evolution. Thanks to me, both my 5 year old and my 8 year old can explain to you how the sun is in a state known as hydrostatic equilibrium. I'm dying to taste alligator.

These are mitochondrial elements of my very being. This is everything you're seeing when you're looking at me trying to figure me out. Whether you're into me or not depends on your sense of adventure and tolerance for the unexpected. A lot of people simply like for things to be as they aught be. I'm saying all this to acknowledge that I fit no known molds. So think long and hard because that should stop you dead in your tracks from reading further if you need ordinary real bad. It would be nice to find a planet full of people just like me. Then, this wouldn't be this hard.

Back in high school I fell head over heels for this guy, we'll call him Kevin. Captain of the football team, the track team, runner up for Homecoming King, student body president, Big Pompedoo on all levels. I tried everything to get Kevin's attention. Finally I paused, caught my breath and just watched. I quickly realize that the only girls able to gain access to him were the cheerleaders or the drill team. Just so happened one of my best friends, Kij (prn. Keezsh), was on drill team. I ran up to her one day, "Kij, I want to join dr