I'm half black, half greek.

I know, that tells you a lot right there...

I'm curious about the world and the people in it. I try not to over-think things and have recently discovered that most answers are simple; however, that doesn't stop me from appreciating the depth of these answers and the relevance they may have on my life.

People don't change, but they can evolve and hopefully the next manifestation is better than the last.

I'm an artist and I love to laugh.

My goal is to be fluent in 5 languages.

I have two down: English (heh) and Español (jej). I can read Greek and Farsi, and hopefully livemocha.com will get me to conversational fluency... I'm considering sign language for my 5th proficiency.

I'm financially independent. A lot of my time goes into that...

Listening. Nurturing. Cooking. Mentoring.

Did I mention laughing?

Kissing.

My hair...

I've been told that I have Pizzazz. Please define, if you can. I'm still a little unclear.

Books: A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Seven Valleys,
The New Jim Crow, The Girl... Series, The Hunger Games Series, Exiles in America, The Racial Contract, King Lear, The Enneagram, Dreams From My Father, Yellow Raft Blue Water, Brokeback Mountain, Baby Shoes, The Great Gatsby, Iran Awakening, Pride and Prejudice...

Movies: It Happened One Night, Rebecca, Shop Around the Corner, Brokeback Mountain, Love Caution, But I'm A Cheerleader, Bad Education, Dirty Pretty Things, Edward Scissorhands, Totoro, Monsoon Wedding, Mary Poppins, Vagabond, Festen, the Avengers, Batman Trilogy, XMen (the Brian Singer ones, not the horrific 3rd installment and prequels)

TV: Grey's Anatomy, Buffy, Firefly, Big Bang Theory, The Food Network, Noah's Arc, RuPaul's Drag Race, The Tribe, Higher Ground, Star Trek

Music: It's pretty embarrassing...

Food: Greek, Persian, Soul, Latin/Caribbean, Asian, East and West African.... Those are probably the cuisine(s) in the order in which I love them... well in order for now.

My phone (keys, wallet)
My glasses (the better to see you with, my dear)
Lemon juice (it cures all)
A good book
A pen (my wrist doubles as paper)
Chapstick
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Non-thing things I can't do without:
Laughter
Family
Sex
New experiences
Security
Inspiration

my niece. my goals. my family. my soul. food.
the enneagram.
critical race theory.

Either working or surprising myself.

I loved reading fan fiction growing up... I even wrote one or two stories.

Please message with:
Humor
Authenticity

And without:
Grammatical errors
Copied/Pasted messages
"Hi, You're a cutie" and nothing else...

Oh and if you're willing to teach me chess? I want to learn!