I am someone very much in love with books and writing, art and movie making. I love conversations that build. Meeting people who have a new perspective on life and mutual experiences are always welcome. I don't like people who are interested in one-upping others, bragging, or status. I appreciate material things, but I am not materialistic. If anything I'm a minimalist at heart. I believe there is a difference between intellectual discussions/ conversations, and pseudo-intellectual garble. I love road trips, especially to New Mexico, Austin, the West Coast. I love the desert, mountains, and the ocean as much as I love hole-in-the-wall bars, playing pool, tennis, yoga, painting, and tea.

After graduating from University with a Masters Of Professional Writing, I took off to Portland, Oregon, where I lived for a year, and later moved to Los Angeles before returning to Oklahoma City. I loved Portland very much and would like to return someday. Ultimately, my goal is to support my writing. I have discovered I love to teach and now teach college English. I am slowly developing a career in education, something I am passionate about and will provide me with the time to accomplish my goals as a writer, and the freedom to travel. Hopefully in the next couple of years I will have the opportunity to experience Europe, and share it with someone significant. I want to visit France, Germany, Spain, and the UK, perhaps even teaching English in France or Germany for a year.

It is difficult to gauge what you're good at doing sometimes. I guess I would have to say I am good at listening, at being a loyal friend, at finishing what I start. I'm getting better at painting, at writing, at yoga. Somethings take a lot of time. Everything is a process, for the most part. I'm getting better at accepting the way of certain things: friends come and go, people are often stranger than they let on. I'm getting better at accepting what I do and don't have control over in my life, which is of course part of the process.

I would really love for someone else to answer this because I'm afraid I would write what I want people to notice about me first. I have heard from friends I come across with a certain amount of intensity, which I've always though was vague. I have heard everything from my eyes, to my crass sense of humor, to confidence. Everyone perceives everyone differently.

I really have to narrow this down because I could spend hours writing out lists for this. I really love these authors: Michael Cunningham, Margaret Atwood, Clive Barker, JG Ballard, Truman Capote, Foucault, Stephen King, Carl Jung, Katherine Dunn, Cormac McCarthy, Anne Rice (vintage), Thomas Harris (vintage), Alice Walker .... it goes on and on.

Movies: films from the 1980s (horror and comedy), Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Out of Africa, Perfume, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, David Lynch films, Milk, My Own Private Idaho, There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men, Interview With The Vampire, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Where The Wild Things Are....

Music: Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Junior Boys, M83, Jazz, The Cinematic Orchestra, Tom Waits, Mogwai, film scores, Devandra Banhart, Feist, Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Karen O', ..........

Food: Italian. Chinese. Mexican. Thai. German. French.

1. Family and Friends
2. Writing
3. Books
4. Art
5. Tea
6. Hope/passion/drive/love

I think often of shaping my career, of what I'm going to read next, of where I'll travel, of with whom I might get to spend the rest of my life sharing all these adventures. I think a lot about writing, the use of language, social politics, peace of mind, living a happy life.

Either working, reading, writing, doing yoga, or making plans with one of my awesome and crazy friends to go out and play pool, go dancing, hang out with other friends, attend an art opening, or go to movies, get absurdly expensive "coffee" drinks at places like Starbucks, and possibly get some wine. I love wine.

Okay, here goes: I can give myself head. :)

Message me if you've read all of this and you're feeling it and maybe just want to see what happens. (And if you know yourself well).