Growing up, I lived on three continents with my family. It's fun to guess which ones. New York is home since we all live here now, and most of my friends are a subway ride away. Also because it's an energetic place with no shortage of things to do.

I'm a lefty; I'm physically active but hilariously ungraceful sometimes; I'm talkative but I also enjoy silence with people. Lastly, I'm a big fan of shared experiences.

Also, my mom says I'm cool.

Managing and teaching at an ESL program for immigrants on the Lower East Side.

I just became supersporty, I'm working on writing a play, I'm begrudgingly embracing adulthood but I know how and when to be a child. I can provide examples of both upon request, nbd. Random Philly excursions. My friends down there are hilarious.

Etymology, writing dialogue, teaching, certain impersonations, guessing your accent, showering slowly, rock, paper, still mastering scissors, linking up with friends at random times and places, recognizing faces better than names, retaining the marginalia that gathers after years of paying/not paying attention.

The trick where I join my two thumbs at the joints and make them look like they're one thumb being pulled apart, that I can do. You know which one I mean.

My accent

Raymond Chandler, George Orwell, Jorge Luis Borges, Russell Banks, Kurt Vonnegut, Haruki Murakami, William Shakespeare, Sue Townsend, John Krakauer, Daniel Pinchbeck, Hunter Thompson, Tom Wolfe, Ken Kesey, Dave Eggers, John Updike

Woody Allen, Quentin Tarantino, Akira Kurosawa, The Big Lebowski, Indiana Jones, Koyaanisqatsi, Groundhog Day, Back to the Future, Ghost Dog, Ong Bak, Apocalypse Now, The Empire Strikes Back

Peep Show, Breaking Bad, Twilight Zone, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, Simpsons, Fringe, bonus if you recognize what "The 'Pran" is, because that's one thing I've been dying to watch once again.

Wu Tang, Scott Joplin, Kruder/Dorfmeister, Trojan label compilations (old school roots/reggae/dub), Mamadu Diabate, Beatles, Queen, Trentmoller, Radiohead, Redman, Beck, Daedalus

I am fortunate enough to have experienced a handful of outstandingly stocked breakfast buffets during my time on this planet, and damn - I want more. Also, my pizza topping preference leans towards fungus and swine.

Theo onion-tended consequences burger.

This all seems to change a lot but there are certain principles I stick to.

Bicycle
Swimming pool
Trips
Folks
Hot sauce
Reading material

pronunciation, weather systems, language lessons, different interpretations of Kubrick movies, space, time, spoonerisms, Mars, frisson, pareidolia

enjoying a gigantic feast with my friends or family. Then drinks. Afterwards sometimes home, and sometimes on further adventures.

It doesn't matter.

you're friendly, well-spoken, funny and comfortable in your own skin, or you'd like to know more. Or you are zoe bell.