I'm finding this incredibly awkward, but that's kind of the way I roll, so I'll give it a shot. I'm quite focused on school and work, especially now that I'm student teaching (though penniless). I really enjoy working with students of all ages and getting to know them and watching their personalities develop. Outside of teaching, I try to stay involved in art, but I also often find myself watching TV shows on DVD and knitting or ironing clothes or some other horribly domestic form of self-occupying household tasks. I swear I'm not a shut-in...

I just finished my art degree and I'm student teaching in an elementary school and junior high to gain certification in K-12 art education. My emphasis is in ceramics, but I also enjoy photography and drawing and painting. I'm giving myself some time after I graduate to catch my breath and figure some things out. I'm interested in traveling and organic farming or maybe grad school...? Too far in the future to really gauge anything for certain.

using my hands, making messes and then cleaning them up (figuratively and literally), cooking, meticulously organizing my calendar, finding myself in awkward situations

I'm Asian-American (Korean); more American than Asian. My theory is that I'm a Korean Poser, i.e. a "Ko-Po." I love to laugh and joke and play. I can be cynical and sarcastic, though I'm genuinely honest if/when I need to be. Initially I'm a nervous wreck, but I eventually become more of a giant mess.

I like reading classical and contemporary literature like Hermann Hesse and Haruki Murakami as well as some fantasy, like Redwall and Chronicles of Narnia, though not so much sci-fi.

I like all sorts of films, especially drama, independent, and foreign films. Sometimes a more simple, poetic film or book can be more thought-provoking than overtly decorated ones.

Music can be anywhere from indie rock to classical symphony to electronic/ambient to the pop hits that I pretend to be above listening to but secretly enjoy as much as everyone else. Some artists I've been listening to are The National, Arcade Fire, Regina Spektor, and Owl City.

I love all kinds of food. My roommate is vegan and I'm omnivorous, but I enjoy cooking with her and all sorts of different kinds of dishes. I like Thai and Indian food especially, and Korean food of course. Then again, sometimes the situation calls more appropriately for beer and pizza or burgers and fries.

a journal/sketchbook, some form of music (iPod/radio), coffee/tea, the New York Times' crossword, clay, and trees.

Irony.

I do enjoy a bowl of Maruchan Ramen from time to time.