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Trish-the-Dish

29 / F / Gay / Single

Los Angeles, California

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Trish is perhaps the most genuine person I've ever met. She also consistently shows me the most beautiful parts of LA. read more

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New friends, Long-term dating, Short-term dating, Activity partners
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Graduated from masters program
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English (Fluently)

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I am fun, open-minded, and thoughtful.

My Self-Summary

This always feels like an awkward out of body experience. Lets see, I enjoy a variety of moments.
My favorite moments may include the following:
*laughing till my abs hurt,
*having a bite of food that makes me shake my head in amazement, *watching someone shake their head in enjoyment after they take a bite of something I've cooked,
*touching hands with someone special for the first time,
*sharing a drink with friends,
*listening to beautiful songs on repeat (after recently coming out as a song repeater to my friends, well we all came out together on that one, I remembered that when I was twelve I use to listen to an Enya cd on repeat on my disc man to fall asleep and I didn't know yet that I was a queer)
*having a student say "that joke was stoooopid" then seeing them tell the joke to a group of friends in the yard,
*generally any time spent outside is enjoyable for me.

What I’m doing with my life

Currently I'm trying to keep a fair balance between work and fun, I have tended to get to sucked into work so I'm working on that.
I signed up for a dance class but can't look at myself in the giant mirror during our routine no matter how much I love my tap shoes.
I definitely spend time trying to make history cool and relevant for my students.
I just pulled out my old harmonica and it was like getting back with an old friend.
I'm in a small book club for the first time and we're reading James Baldwin to start.
I like to go hiking and bike riding around the city.
Finding new spots to eat and revisiting old favorites.

I’m really good at

Enjoying peoples company, listening, sharing good music, celebrating tasty delights, helping people love Los Angeles, having various levels of friendships.

The first things people usually notice about me

I guess I usually get compliments on my eyes - they're hazel so occasionally look yellow if I'm wearing lite colors.

My favorite books, movies, music, and food

Books: Parable of the Sower, Century of the Wind, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Iron Cages, currently reading The Lady in the Lake by Robert Chandler (a fun private investigation book set in LA during the 40's) and James Baldwin Notes of a Native Son, and non-fiction books about Los Angeles, Economics, Education etc.

Movies: Y Tu Mama Tambien, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Rushmore, Life in Debt, Bastards of the Party, Persepolis, Stranger Than Fiction, Pans Labyrinth, Best in Show, many more but that's a taste of my taste in movies.

Music: so much good stuff hard to list..
Emiliana Torrini, Devendra Banhart, Dolly Parton, Jazz Liberators, Citizen Radio, De La Soul, Arcade Fire, Johnny Cash, George Michael, Nouvelle Vague, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Fleet Foxes, Nina Simone, Jill Scott, Ray LaMontagne, Hugh Masekala, Paul Simon, KCRW, mixes from friends and live music at the Hollywood Bowl.

Songs on repeat in the last months: House of Cards-Radiohead, Birds- Emiliana Torrini, When you Love Somebody- Fruit Bats, Little Lovin- Lissie.

Food: hmm more a savory tooth than a sweet but enjoy almost everything, I have to say I haven't had a great experience with Papaya but other than that I am open to almost anything.

The six things I could never do without

food/cooking
friends
music
open minds
knowledge
laughter

I spend a lot of time thinking about

How the world could be different, how to be a better teacher, places in LA and in the world that I want to visit/explore more and what I'm going to eat later.

On a typical Friday night I am

Usually having dinner and/or drinks with the crew or watching netflix movies.

The most private thing I’m willing to admit here

hmm I guess that I resisted the Office for a long time but recently watched all of them and find myself laughing out loud by myself when its on.

You should message me if

You are open-minded and nice. If you're interested in exploring this city from downtown, to the mountains out to the beach.