What's Life Without Passion and Adventure?

I've heard many many success stories from people who have met on match.com or eharmony that I decided to give it a shot this year. So last night I bit the bullet, paid the $55 for 3 months and became an official subscriber - with the title of my profile: What's Life Without Passion and Adventure? My pictures are still being approved, and I certainly am not giving you all my username - but here is what I wrote for my "about me and who I'm looking for" ......

Let's see if we can get some of the cliches out the way: I enjoy life and try to focus on the present and live in the moment. I believe that it is every person's responsibility to try and make the world a better place in whatever way you can. I pride myself on seeing the best in people, and I believe in Carpe Diem. I try to live my life with no regrets.

Did I miss any?

I wear many faces: teacher, runner, friend, sister, yogi, gym-goer, roommate, colleague, and pet owner. Beneath it all, I am a confident, independent person who is happy with her life. However, that does not mean that my life would not be better with someone who would want to share my adventures and misadventures, my successes and failures.

I can be painfully honest, entirely too trusting, and independent to a fault. I'm looking for someone who not only understands these things about me but (hopefully!) finds them charming. I am looking for someone who will get to know the little things: That if I don't eat every 3 or 4 hours, I'm cranky; That if I get upset about something, I'll be over it in 5 minutes; That I love spicy foods; That I'm not great at keeping plants alive or keeping my room clean, but can deal wonderfully with awkward situations, social settings, and public transportation.

What else might you want to know? I crave good conversation, good food, good beer (wine will do too), and the occasional great song. I make and usually keep New Year's resolutions. I am passionate about many things in life and spend time thinking about them. I tend to talk through things that are bothering me, which may mean that I am stuck on a topic for awhile until I have it sorted out in my head.

I don't really have specific characteristics that I'm looking for. I take care of myself and expect someone I am dating to do the same. Of course I am looking for someone with a sense of humor and a sense of adventure, who can make reservations or just be spontaneous, and who will agree to not take me to see scary movies or unnecessarily sad ones.

It's a little cheesy, and I might revise it - but it'll do for now. I even "winked" at two people last night. For those of you unfamiliar with online dating, you can wink at someone to let them know you are interested, but not necessarily ready to send them an email. It gives them the opportunity to wink back, email you, or ignore you because you look like a troll or sound like an ass. I got an email back from one of the people who I winked at and someone else winked at me. It can be a pretty time confusing affair, but well - what's done is done.