I consider myself fairly traditional; I try to spend time with my friends and family, I work, I play. I probably don't seem it, as I enjoy absurdism, and have a strong sense of humor and poetic expression, but my overarching goal is to honor my duty, and uplift those around me through positive interactions. I feel that humanity's M.O. should be to help each other along in life. L'académie française m'aime, even though I believe in descriptivism.

Working, and raising up a fine you gourmand/jedi warrior who wields a fearsome "double lifesaver" are my top priorities, but I also try to make time for: sleeping, some socializing, gardening, soccer, cooking/eating well. "Liiiiife is a veeeeeritable smörgåsbord," really...a smörgåsbord of delicious gerunds.

not having to be really good at things.

are that I am floating down the mean streets of Northampton, grinning, my très-cool 6-yr-old balancing on my outstretched right hand and my singular cat on my left, my BA in Comp. Lit. from UMASS stapled to my chest, envied by literally billions of my fellow humans for having achieved the title of "Thousandaire."

Some artists whose works I admire include: Joanna Newsom, The Tallest Man on Earth, Papa M, Bill Callahan, Bocelli, The Soul Stirrers, Iron and Wine, Herman Dune, Rubblebucket, Everclear, Joa the sound circle meditation healer, Joan Miro, Bosch, Emily Dickinson, Neruda, Ogden Nash, Vonnegut, Mieville, Tolkien, Stephenson, Adams, Hemingway, Jeff the Magician, Messi, Zidane, Maradona, Aronofsky, Tim Burton, Miyazaki, Woody Allen, Depp, Tatou, Portman, Ferrell-Carell-Walken-Carey (my personal stooge pantheon), Gilbert and Sullivan, and circus performers the world over. I rarely watch TV or movies, but enjoy them as social experiences with my friends and family.

I love to cook healthy, politically acceptable food, with panache. Afterwards, I look around, and ask, "What would Thor do in this scenario?" He typically responds with lightning bolts, to burn his answer into my retinas so I don't quickly forget: "Thor commands you to do the dishes, then wipe down the counter. AHORITA."

My peeps, and work, honestly. I like to imagine that at 40 I'll be in a position to pick my head up and have a look around, but for now, I must focus on keeping my shoulder--here--on this wheel--there--lest I become improvident and be forced to go "on the dole."

playing soccer, then dancing, inshallah. I have used up almost all of the sweetness in my glass ankles, however, so in a couple of years I expect that the answer to this question will be: "eating Lays potato chips, watching Oprah, and nodding vehemently and crying whenever she says something inspirational."

I'm an open book. As for you, fortune favors the brave. :)

you feel the above resonated, or at least was funny;
you consider yourself a strong and honest woman with positive self-image that can enjoy/tolerate a little "loving repartee;"
you understand that part of strength is being able to be vulnerable and communicate your feelings and perceptions, even negative ones*.

*This occasionally might involve grabbing me by the lapels. One can only hope.