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I am sardonic, impassioned, and anti-kitsch.
My Self-Summary
So I have trouble getting my mind around internet dating, as I tend
to fall in love with those bits of people that are harder to
capture in a short blurb. But I'm just romantic enough to be
curious about the little scraps of life we paste on here, and
hoping they will lead to discovering magic and beauty in the manner
of deep wells and icebergs.
I'm pretty introverted, old for my age for all sorts of reasons,
but also open enough to believe myself to be not a completely
hopeless case. There is someone out there for me, and I hope it's
you.
What I’m doing with my life
I've just gotten back from India -- I was there for a year on field
research -- and now I'm trying to write my dissertation (for fun
and profit!) and attempting to stay sane, getting back in touch
with all my beautiful and wonderful people in the Bay Area, and
reconstructing my life generally.
I’m really good at
I am a fair writer, a better listener, I cook, I dance, I travel,
but I think I'm best at seeking out truly great people, my friends.
The first things people usually notice about me
Someone once told me I was overwhelming... I hope that's not
completely correct.
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
Let's say one each, but please ask me for more:
Sacred Games, by Vikram Chandra
the Shawshank Redemption
the Pogues
South Indian breakfast food (uttapam, upma and idli)
The six things I could never do without
the New Yorker, altoids to calm me down, good walking shoes, my bus
pass, a comfortable bed, television on the internet.
I spend a lot of time thinking about
How the market forces us to objectify the people around us, in ways
that are insipid and pervasive. I think a lot about how I can live
and love and learn in such a way as to stop that a little
bit.
I think I spend too much time pondering the arcane mysteries of the
21st century relationship, to no useful effect.
On a typical Friday night I am
laundry?