Hey All: I'm taking a break from the hive.
If you feel moved to message me, know that I'll be checking in now and again.

ENFP seeks INTJ...
I adore apple-shaped things.
I think that food tastes better when cooked and eaten outside.
I'd like to do more hiking and less seat work.
I had a recurring dream as a kid that I had my own movie theatre that boasted a single, old-timey cinema chair (but it reclined and had a foot rest)
I love hearing stories about the 'olden days'.
I am fascinated by the fact that I teach kids who've grown up in a world that has always included the internet.
I feel, truly, that Pop Culture ought to be part of universal school curriculum.
I collect kimonos, vinyl and adaptations of the Cinderella story from around the world.

Devoting time to slowing down
Enjoying the view
Ripping it up in the kitchen
Seeing as much live music as possible
Leaning into that which makes me uncomfortable
Swimming in the sauce

pop culture trivia
teaching
driving in the rain and maintaining my patience ;)
building fires
putting out fires (literally and figuratively)
feeling grateful
"arriving"
listening to drawn out stories from 5-year-olds
living well in my skin
enjoying the pants off of lazy Sundays
making sundaes
costume construction
appearing a lot younger than my years

my pink tresses and that they know me from somewhere - I have one of those faces

Ah, books. Shel Silvertein, Maurice Sendak, James Marshall, Melissa Bank, Paul Coelho, Shaun Tan, Parker Palmer, Mr. Poe, David Sedaris, Jane Yolen. Could read over and over: Zadie Smith's On Beauty, Benjamin Hoff's The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet and Anita Diamant's The Red Tent.

A huge fan of Wes Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson and Joss Whedon: Firefly departed well before its time. I adore most anything with Philip Seymour Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Vera Farmiga and John C. Reilly.

Fell happily into the abyss of Game of Thrones and await the next season with bated breath. Guilty pleasures: Sons of Anarchy, Once Upon a Time and Grey's Anatomy.

Music: Dan Mangan, The Go! Team, OK Go, Bright Eyes, Chicago, Elliott Smith, The Beatles, S&G, Mumford and Sons (comes complete with a great story), Murs, Badly Drawn Boy, De la Soul, New Pornographers, Aidan Knight, Jeremy Fisher, Hey Rosetta! Jon and Roy, Nina Simone, Tribe Called Quest, J5.

I love the Noodle Box, Bandidas, Tandoori Palace, burgers from Stormin Norman's Spirit Grill, my famous jerk chicken with mango/mint salsa, all summer fruit and berries.

Clean air
My amazing friends and family
My favourite outfit
Openness to new perspectives
Bottomless Joy
Toast

Sustainability
Longevity
Genealogy
Etymology
Wondering when the education system will slow down to the speed of wisdom and take cues from the learners
Living my life so that I'm a kick ass 80 year old tattooed dame.

Making dinner
Making a mess
Making a garden
Making bread
Making time
Making out like a bandit

When I was 8, I had a daily game of pretend that Paul Simon was my boyfriend and we lived on Bleecker Street. We'd sit on our fire escape on hot summer nights, dangling our legs and and drinking beer. Yup, 8.

you'll say more in your message than "Hi", "Hi, how are you?" or "Wanna chat?" (there are only so many hours in the day, y'all)

you'd like to ask me a question about something in my profile or to point out a commonality.

you're down for some co-awesomeness