I'm living in my home state again after a six year absence. I lived in Chicago for five years and New York for just about nine months.

I love traveling and camping. Reading and theater. Music and drinking. I prefer gin to vodka and tequila to rum.

I have an insatiable case of wanderlust. I always have at least one book in my purse at all times. I'm pretty laid back and love doing nothing, or anything. Random road trips and adventures are always encouraged.

I love science fiction and space travel. I love smart "girly" books (Austen!) and movies. I like to dance. I like to sit out on front porches doing nothing. I like history (especially WWII) and vintage aircraft. I like doing crosswords with mechanical pencils. I never owned a car until I moved back here.

Nature is brilliant. Epically long hikes are great. So are epically long board games. I bake. I cook. I know my way around a kitchen.

I'm proud to be a Latina all of the time. I'm proud to be a Texan most of the time.

I'm a writer. I write plays and creative non-fiction essays. Occasionally they get published/produced.

I also do lots of weird crazy jobs to pay the bills.

Cooking. Sewing. Writing. Knowing obscure and pointless facts. Singing off key. Laughing. Telling stories.

My red hair. My smile. T & A.

A smattering of favorite Books and Plays: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Martian Chronicles by Bradbury, Maus by Spiegelman, On the Road, On Love:a novel by Alain de Botton, Pride and Prejudice by Austen. 'Night Mother by Marsha Norman, Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, The Coast of Utopia by Stoppard. Various Creative Non-Fiction books.

Music: Ben Folds, Belle & Sebastian, Sigur Ros, U2,The Beatles, David Bowie, Tom Waits, Beth Orton, The Shins, Nick Drake, Nirvana...

I prefer TV* to movies, but favorites are: L'Auberge Espagnole, Finding Neverland, Moulin Rouge, Wall-E, Love Actually, Amelie, Becoming Jane, Good, Sense and Sensibility, Das Boot, Primer, The Lord of the Rings, Kissing Jessica Stein, Star Wars, Finding Nemo, Adaptation.

*Speaking of TV: Lost, Scrubs, 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, Roswell, Monarch of the Glen, Arrested Development, Gilmore Girls, Pushing Daisies, Qi, and (very recently) Mad Men.

Food: Thai. I like alot of different food, but I could eat Thai food forever.

Burt's Bees lip balm
My writing journal
A good book
My cell phone (though not always on)
My family (though not always next to me)
My friends (though not all the time)

Honorable mentions:
NPR (All Things Considered, This American Life, Radiolab, Fresh Air, Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me)
Chai Tea
Empathy/Sympathy

My future, but I rarely come any closer to an answer.

Seeing theatre in town. Or at home reading. Very possibly drinking a Shiner. Or, if the weather is nice, driving around in my car with the top down, going nowhere.

If you think we'd click. If you like sitting on porches drinking beer. If you like talking. If you have vague ideas about world domination and need a sounding board. If you want to explore new things in Dallas or the area. If you just want to talk (I'll listen). If you just want to listen (I'll talk). If you know who Sarah Haskins is and love her too.

I'm looking for a relationship but also for friends, or both. You should message me if you are looking for any of those.