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My self-summary Propose an edit

I take myself too seriously but I still manage to crack myself up on a regular basis. I'm left-handed. My identical twin is right-handed. I was born on a different continent than the one on which I presently live. I can't stop reading. I visualize words in scrolling marquee as I hear or think of them. Making paper airplanes, kites, origami and knot tying are my less-known hobbies.

I love: Downhill skiing on eastern hardpack; snowboarding in midwest powder; running down mountains in the rain; taking naps naked at the tops of mountains and on remote lakeshores; camping, hiking, swimming and road-tripping solo.

Like Sarah Silverman, my best friend is a Jew who loves chinks. She especially loves ME because my presence spares her the task of looking up words in the dictionary that she doesn't know how to spell.

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What I'm doing with my life Propose an edit

I spend a great portion of my free time recreationally reading. I just moved, so I'm trying to figure out the good spots to be (i.e. bookstores, coffee shops, jazz places) and how to get around by bike and MBTA. Oh, and I'm reluctantly engaged in the degrading search for a job. Anyone feel free to put me out of my misery...with a gun, but if you don't have the stomach for that, a job offer would suffice. Ha.

I'm really good at Propose an edit

Spelling words in the English language, complimenting people sincerely, and habitually being on time to work. Shoveling snow with unbridled enthusiasm. Being still and quiet for long periods of time. Gift-giving.

It occurred to me that what flaws I'm willing to admit I have might be more revealing...so to that end: I'm not, in fact, a punctual person; outside of work duties, I run perpetually late. My weakness is to exploit other people's pet peeves or fears through practical jokes--but some of my past actions have inadvertently lead to flinching, tears and/or screams (and in one instance, complete emotional meltdown). I always feel bad about what I've done afterwards but never before or during.

Failures of Monumental Proportion, including but not limited to: Native American bead-looming, spelling "mayonaise" on a t-shirt, and giving snorkel lessons to Boy Scouts in a (very) non-sober state.

The first thing(s) people usually notice about me Propose an edit

I'm short. I have beautiful hair.
The big scar on my right arm.

I laugh. A lot.
(It's a clever disguise for my subtle wit.)

My favorite books, movies, music, and food Propose an edit

Bluegrass!

Rushmore. The Royal Tenenbaums. Little Miss Sunshine. La Dolce Vita. The Dreamers. Aimee & Jaguar. Le Notti di Cabiria. The Hudsucker Proxy. La Vita è Bella. Les Quatre Cent Coups. Death to Smoochy. Todo Sobre Mi Madre. Ran. Baraka. True Romance. Kill Bill 1 & 2. A Streetcar Named Desire. The Red Shoes. House of Flying Daggers. The Boxer. Das Leben der Anderen. Rashomon. Seven Samurai. Fried Green Tomatoes. Mysterious Skin. Amélie. Boondock Saints. Volver. I 'Heart' Huckabees. Wes Anderson and Akira Kurosawa are two of my cinema-related heroes. None of Meryl Streep's movies are in my list of favorites, but I think she's one of the greatest actresses in the universe and is capable of making bad movies fabulous, like The Devil Wears Prada and Death Becomes Her.

Too many books to mention, but a few: When the Legends Die. Shogun. Breakfast of Champions. An Alchemy of Mind. I Know This Much is True. The Stones of Summer. My Side of the Mountain. Matilda. Long Walk to Freedom. Interpreter of Maladies. Invisible Monsters. The Satanic Verses and Rushdie's short story "The Harmony of the Spheres". Catch-22. Animal Dreams. Madeleine L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time books. The Sea Around Us. National Geographic magazine. (Not a book, of course, but an integral part of my life nonetheless.)

My favorite foods: anything you [that's a collective "you", by the way; not specifically you, the reader] would cook for me. Dining out for sushi, Thai, Indian, authentic baklava, all-you-can-eat Mongolian grill, ice cream, fresh raspberries...and tons too many more to mention. (Great food and well-aged portos are a sure way to win my affection.)

"La Pont D'Argenteuil": Beauty infinite....

The six things I could never do without Propose an edit

My eyes (I think I'd die if I couldn't read), fine cuisine, friends, family, potable water, words, libraries and blue Pilot P-500 gel ink pens.

Six is my lucky number. Travel is my passion.

I spend a lot of time thinking about Propose an edit

The futility of absolute Objectivism.
The dialectical, intangible semantics of any given thing.
Art in its countless uncensored and unrealized manifestations.
Laissez-faire capitalism and the illegal international drug trade.

The Conspiracy of Everything.
[Everything is connected....]

* Why didn't I already know that North Koreans are 3 1/2 inches shorter than South Koreans? *

On a typical Friday night I am Propose an edit

unaware that it's Friday. Really.

The most private thing I'm willing to admit here Propose an edit

1) I'm a list-maker/compiler.
2) I'm not a materialist but I lust after Christian Louboutin shoes.
3) I've stockpiled enough P-500's to last a decade, in case they're ever discontinued.
4) I can't spell mayonaise.*
5) I sleep with books in my bed and under my pillow.

* Yes, I really can spell mayonaise, it's broccoli that gives me trouble....

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You should message me if Propose an edit

There's a good movie coming out in the theater that I'd like to see with you, a jazz spot I'd like to visit, anyone up for strolling around anywhere in Boston, visiting the MFA, theater, opera, ballet, whatever??? (The Boston Ballet production of Cinderella at the Wang Theater, going on now until the 26th! hint hint) ;-D

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