Arynjulie, 37

I'm looking for a sweet geek! An intellectual at heart, I spend lots of time in my own head (and then with my pen to paper getting the ideas out of that head). Never intending to be a teacher, that is exactly what I've ended up becoming... and I love it. I teach 4th grade right now, and am looking to go back to school to get my Masters in Science Education. In keeping with the "geek" tag, I am interested in all things Japanese, especially anime and manga. I also enjoy origami and Japanese food. I'm a crafty geek as well, and sometimes make random things (usually as gifts for people) that reflect that. I'm addicted to webcomics, especially Exploding Dog, Questionable Content, and xkcd. I also like to cook, sing, draw, take pictures, and write. I have a tendency to overuse emoticons (haha).

I'm the kind of person who finds myself happiest when I am helping others. Being a teacher, I get to pass that on to my students... I'm trying to raise activists in my classroom. Last year my class set up a fundraiser for a school in Kenya that an alumna of my undergrad college works with. I always try to be my best self, but that is sometimes hard as I am shy around people I don't know. So it takes a while to get to know me, but eventually you'll see that I'm a kind, fun-loving person.