Hmm, how to summarize me...I'm the road-less-traveled type of girl, the takes-her-time-to-see-what's-out-there girl, the slightly intense, deeply thoughtful, fiercely loyal, adventurous eater type of girl. Is this shaping into any sort of cohesive picture?

Community is really important to me. I've lived in Brooklyn for almost 4 years now, which is longer than I've continuously lived anywhere since graduating high school, and I feel very rooted here. I didn't expect that to happen, but I love it. I am very involved w/ my synagogue, where I run the 20's/30's social group (it's not a hookup bin, just a way for the young peeps to get together, get to know each other, and have shabbat dinner together). It's a VERY progressive and diverse community, and I wouldn't have it any other way. (How progressive and diverse, you ask? We have a lesbian rabbi w/ a non-Jewish partner, so you do the math). I don't only date my own tribe members, though; I think it's wrong to isolate yourself like that.

I am a nerdy intellectual; grew up in a prep school environment where everyone was crazy smart, so I don't think of smart and cool as antonyms (see what I mean??). We were taught to question everything, respect those who disagree w/ us, and not take anyone else's word for it.

I believe deeply in the life of the mind. Academia is not "intellectual masturbation" (as if such an idea is insulting to begin with!), because without the big picture, the practical details of everyday life would have no direction or sense. Which isn't to say I won't watch Girltrash for the 100th time before I'll go to the latest lecture series at NYU...which reminds me that I should also say that I am a girly-girl who is into other girly-girls; you don't have to be queen of the femmes, but if you identify as butch or genderqueer, then we're not gonna be romantically compatible. We can still be buds, tho!

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• probablypizza

I just finished my Master's in Media Studies; working now as Knowledge Development Manager for a National Jewish education nonprofit.

So far this job is the bomb-- it combines all the things I'm passionate about (Judaism and Jewish community, education, technology and social media) and is just a very nice place to work, with friendly peeps and no weird office politics that I can detect. It does involve a daily commute to midtown Manhattan, but I can live with that as long as I get to go home to Brooklyn every night :)

Cooking is #1 here. Any excuse for a dinner party! I love being the mama and taking care of everyone around me, and obviously, it's also fun to have people worship at your feet when they eat your food.

I am also really good at writing/talking/arguing/ponificating. Got the nickname "dictionary girl" by the time I was 12 (wasn't meant as a compliment, but I take it as such). What can I say? Self-expression or death.

Also good at remembering random minutae that may or may not serve any purpose ever again (i.e., did you know that kenghis kahn invented the word "hooray?"), embracing goofiness, keeping my kitties happy & healthy, and making babies stop crying, usually with singing. that comes in handy for karaoke, too :)

1# right now is the bright red streak in my hair, but in the broader sense, I'm usually noticed for being loquacious and opinionated. I come from a loud Jewish family, and if you wanna be heard, you gotta speak UP.

or as arlo guthrie put it..."if you wanna end war and stuff, you gotta sing loud."

Food: sushi, sweet white wine, ice cream. But actually I like variety best; monotony = DEATH in all things but especially w/ food.

Books...You Shall Know Our Velocity! (Dave Eggers), Valencia/Rent Girls/The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America (Michelle Tea), Gender Trouble (Judith Butler), The Just-So Stories (Rudyard Kipling), Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman), Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi), Awkward/Definition/Potential (Ariel Schrag)...and most recently, this fabulous assessment of the real impact of emergent social media: Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations (Clay Shirky).

Movies: Keeping the Faith, Empire Records, Doom Generation, Pleasantville, D.E.B.S., When Night Is Falling, But I'm a Cheerleader, The Big Lebowski (shomer fucking shabbos!), Tank Girl, The Dark Crystal, Muppets Take Manhattan, plus anything w/ Rose Troche at the helm.

TV: Buffy, Gilmore Girls, South of Nowhere, Sugar Rush, The West Wing, The Daily Show, Rachel Maddow

Music: anything I can sing to :)

and even though there isn't really a slot here for other types of new media, I have to say that I reaaally love the web series Girltrash! (can't wait for the movie to come out), and podcasts from This American Life, Stuff You Should Know, and The Moth.

1) Sanctuary (my awesome apartment & the 2 awesome kitties inside)
2) Prospect Park and green life in general
3) My journal
4) Community (in all its messy & beautiful imperfections)
5) Good food & general sensual/sensory pleasure
6) Alone time for my writing

Life. Big picture. Am I making the most of it? Where are we going as a society? Will gay marriage be the norm by the time my 11-year-old sister is grown? Are we headed for environmental apocalypse? Is Obama gonna save us? Am I over my childhood trauma/bullshit yet? Can our society deal w/ the necessary changes for survival of the 21st century? What would life be like without plastic? Will I ever find what I think I'm looking for? Is living in NYC making me happier or crazier? If it's both, is it still worth it?

Having Shabbat dinner w/ assorted friends and lots of wine...then home to snuggle my kitties before bed :)

When I was two, I was so into The Wizard of Oz that I made my mom call me Dorothy for over a month.

you think I sound like someone you want to know better (duh). I am open to friendship, dating, getting to know each other; if there's something there, hopefully we'll both feel it. I'm not into casual sex (tried it, didn't like it); so if that's what you're looking for, you ought to look elsewhere. Making new friends is awesome, too-- doesn't have to hinge on the potential for future booty ;p