The Basics
My name is Olivia and I am a 28 year-old transgendered woman. What is transgendered you ask? It means that my psychological gender identity (female) is at odds with my biological gender (male). No problem! With the wonders of modern medicine, the gulf between the two can be considerably narrowed. It's a long and difficult process, but one I shall embark on. Being true to one's self is an imperative in life and necessitates sacrifices...

Quick Facts
I'm 28 years old, live in Virginia, and am attending graduate school, working on a PhD. I have prior military experience, have lived many years overseas (Europe), traveled extensively. I speak fluent German and a little bit of Russian. I intend to transition after I finish my doctoral work. My Meyer-Briggs personality type is ENTP and my star sign is Virgo ...

Likes (list incomplete... just what I could rattle off my head at the moment)
Reading (see below), Music (see below), Scholarship (yup, imageek ;), Languages, Role-Playing Games, and Nature... simply being out in it, and taking in all the wonders of our Mother Earth : ). I especially like deep forests, lakes, and mountains (I am a tree-hugging geek!). M.C. Escher's art. Good beer and mead (I brew my own :). Interesting people. And oh yes... BDSM.

Dislikes  (in no particular order)
Intolerance (surprise, surprise) - people who feel it an imperative to judge the lifestyles of others. Note this includes people who try to convert others to their particular creeds, be they religious or political. Hypocrisy. Greed. Coercive Vanilla-ness. Ignorance. Bad Music. Et cetera...

Books (genres):
Philosophy (especially Nietzsche and Heidegger), Science Fiction (Gibson, Sterling, Heinlein, Dick), the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, the psychology of C.G. Jung, History, Political Science. Favored authors are too many to enumerate at this time but *Stay tuned for my Good for your Soul reading list!*

Music:
My tastes are really eclectic... I love alternative, some metal, and classical. Not much else outside that though. Some bands I like: TOOL (my favorite!), Korn, Filter, Faith No More, Henry Rollins, Metallica, Helmet, Pantera... (hmmm... seems I have a thing for  angry-type music). Some composers I like: Grieg, Sibelius, Orff, Holst, Mahler, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, DeBussy.