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I am an avid fan of the arts, and have a serious background in classical music. I am a movie nut and if I could ski every day I would. Secretly I have always wanted to be a rock drummer. My drum kit cries out to me everyday, sobbing for attention ... Having recently attempted surfing for the first time I am ready to drop the drumming dream and live in the ocean. Kite surfing is next ! I have to admit I'm not a great cook - but I'm good at following recipes and even greater at creating epic messes in the kitchen... I am, however, passionate about food and eating a great meal has been known to make me shed a tear. Sushi...sigh... I would breathe sushi if I could and nothing makes me happier than finding another great hole in the wall master sushi chef. I have not travelled nearly enough and look forward to taking a big step and FINALLY adventuring to Palm Spri... I mean Bali, Thailand, the Galapagos, Paris, Africa, Italy and Guam... Why "Guam" you ask? ( My boys have decided that Guam looks really cool on Google Earth)

Writing music for film and TV, playing with my three boys, daydreaming about foreign lands, going to them!

Reading people, over thinking, having fun, communicating (I'm quite the talker), listening (I go both ways) pondering the meaning of it all, stupid human tricks (part or my dad obligations) bad puns, (also part of my dad obligations- or at least it's my excuse) and I'm wicked good at playing the piano ( at least I'd like to think my graduate degree from Juilliard did some good)

That I'm invisible !!!! ..... Hmmmm....seriously?... I think it would be that I have a great smile...

Movies: Amadeus, Triplets of Belleville, Fresh, Memento, Inglorious Bastards, Annie Hall, Sleeper, Love and Death, Citizen Kane, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Godfather, LA Story, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, The Jerk, Brazil, Sense and Sensibility, Dark Knight, Time Bandits, Schindler's List, Shakespeare in Love, Delicatessen, Wall-e, Fargo, No Country for Old Men, Poltergeist, Midnight in Paris, The Fugitive, When Harry Met Sally, Wedding Banquet, Descendants, Inception, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Shining, Kill Bill, Vertigo, Rope, Rear Window, Shawshank Redemption, The Natural, JFK, All The President's Men, Hugo, Lawrence of Arabia, Waiting for Guffman, Lives of Others, Lust Caution, Princess Bride, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Scott Pilgrim VS. the World.

TV : Six Feet Under ( Hands down - best show ever), Dexter, Extras, Californication, Cosmos, John Stewart, BSG, Game of Thrones, Arrested Development, Weeds, Sherlock, Community, Top Chef, The Muppet Show, South Park, Real Time with Bill Maher, Twin Peaks, And Now for Something Completely Different....

Books: Power of Myth, God is Not Great, Complexity, Harry Potter, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Brief History of Time, Gödel, Escher, Bach, 1791, Roald Dahl, Stephen King, Steve Martin

Music: Mahler, Bach, Beethoven, Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Crumb, Schoenfield, Corigliano, The Who, Cat Stevens, Caetano Veloso, Anything Live and Raw....Praire home Companion, NPR, All Things Considered, Car Talk

Plays : Angels in America, Copenhagen, Shakespeare, Book of Mormon

Food : Bring it ALL on !!

I was once a physics major and went to computer camp... I can still sing the camp song. I am a notorious punster, I played a leprechaun in the eighth grade musical, and think that ice cream is the end all be all of everything. I am currently in a 5 year long Donny Osmand battle with my best friend. We constantly hide Donny paraphernalia anywhere the other person might find it at the most inopportune time. I am now "inexplicably" a life long member of the Barry Manilow fan club due to the fact that I already signed my friend up to Donny's. I can play the piano upside down and backwards (a la Amadeus) ... I am a die hard Steve Martin fan and can quote much of his old stand up routine. I still have and use my 1980's flip up "rush brush" hair brush... I wore moon boots as a kid and I used to love running around in the yard in my whitey-tighties and cape pretending that I was indeed, Superman...

You are wicked smart, witty, intelligent, creative, funny, kind, confident, emotionally mature, independent, communicative, active, empathetic, goofy, serious, and seriously goofy