Poly-friendly roommate wanted March 1

[danaeris]

I'm looking for a housemate to form a poly, queer-friendly household. I have an apartment in mind near Jarvis and Dundas; the building is already home to one other poly 'households.'

However, I'm on a tight deadline; I have to make up my mind sometime this week whether I'm taking the two bedroom in question, or going with another option available to me for which I do not need to find a housemate. So, if you're interested, email my username at livejournal dot com with your phone number and why we're a good match personality wise, and I'll get back to you.

You:
You are sex positive.
You are one or more of: poly, lbgt, kinky, geeky, pagan
To clarify, geeks LARP or play tabletop roleplaying games with dice, or attend science fiction and fantasy conventions, or are involved in a scientific or technological profession. It's a thriving subculture, and surfing the web a lot does not qualify you as a geek.

The housemate:
I have a steady day job that is relatively secure and pays adequately. I do freelance journalism focusing on science and technology in my spare time. I studied physics at MIT in Boston, lived in San Francisco for a few years, and then returned to Canada. I'm bisexual and polyamorous and at times kinky. Theoretically, I'm pagan. I'm a geek to the core, and regularly attend science fiction conventions. I read books and enjoy watching movies and recordings of some TV shows. Although I am crazy, I am perfectly capable of keeping the crazy to myself. I like to have friends over for dinner, to hang out, or to watch movies. I don't like loud parties because my goal is to talk to people, and I can't hear them if its loud. I run a weekly poly social and I'm volunteering to help with the 9th International Conference on Bisexuality which is in Toronto this year. I don't have sex with or date housemates. I eat meat, but you don't have to.

The household as envisioned:
We would have a house cleaning schedule and stick to it. We would label our foods and in the rare event where we gave into desperation and ate each other's food, we'd replace it promptly. We would treat each other with consideration and respect.

Ideally, we'd be friends, even good friends, but I also understand that things may not evolve that way.

Also, a clothing optional household would be cool, but is not necessary.

The building and apartment:
Details on the building:
-$1111 including utilities and cable, but not telephone, which comes to $555.50 each
-two bedrooms, one of which is smaller than the other (difference in rent could be negotiated for smaller room), a large kitchen and living room, an enclosed sunroom, and a small balcony
-rooftop garden, laundry, and activity room in building
-parking included
-cats are allowed (but I'm allergic to some cats so if you've got one I have to meet it first)
-one unit in the building is occupied by nifty geeky, kinky, poly folk; we can take the building over one unit at a time!


If you're interested, or know someone who is interested, please have them contact me. I had a fabulous friend I was looking with, but she has agreed to move in with an ill relative as caretaker, and so had to back out. Your move in would be March 1.

x-posted to torontoqueers, torontopoly, torontorentals, and toronto_roomies

Comments

[evergrey.livejournal.com]

Shit, for a moment I didn't see your name and was hoping this was an ad for the bay area. Got a friend who needs a new home, I think.

[sassy-fae.livejournal.com]

Yay for geek subculture! :D

As a random question (from someone who's already working on the whole 'place to move thing, so I know it's not aimed at me, but I like chatting anyways) : How would you define sex positive? I've had some fun with this question in my head, and been comparing it to my vision of "sex negative" :)

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

sex positive: viewing sex as an inherently positive force in our lives. Many people in our culture are sex negative, something I can't abide. They view sex as an inherently negative thing, except, perhaps, in very limited circumstances. They are the ones who condemn a woman for having a high libido, for being particularly sexual, let alone for being promiscuous.

I think it may be possible to be sex neutral, but I think sex neutral people are pretty unusual; most people fall on one side of the divide or another, even if only by a little bit.

[madcaptenor.livejournal.com]

this sounds wonderful! but I live in Philadelphia.

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

*blush* thanks!