Hi,

Thanks for visiting – I thought I’d give this site a shot seeing as how my life here in Houston has been pretty busy/crazy with my teaching and now my grad work, and it’d be great to meet more people outside the same crowd.

Ok, well, a bit of background first off. I'm 34, like it says up there, and I've been a nomad most of my life - lived all over the world when I was growing up (Australia, Kenya, just to name a few), then did my undergrad in Canada, and lived in London for a while working on another degree. I think I still consider London the best place I've ever lived - I loved the arts there (museums, theater, everything), the diversity, and that there was always something going on. Houston was a bit of an adjustment after that, but now that I've gotten to know the scene better, I'm out in the city whenever I can to take advantage of everything it has to offer. One of my friends calls me the human Houston Press =), and I do love to keep track of everything that's happening, even if I can't always make it!

Right now I’m earning another masters and I truly love what I’m doing. Outside of that part of my life I like to keep myself as active (as I said before!) and healthy as I can – I spend a lot of time biking around Houston, doing yoga, and ballroom dancing. I also like to read and talk philosophy. I’ve gotten into experimenting in the kitchen too – most recently South Indian dishes, after getting inspired by Gordon Ramsey’s cooking show. I’ve been told they turned out great, although the sources probably weren’t the most objective!

If you think we might have any of these things in common, feel free to get in touch. Open to friends and maybe more.

So one of the things I know about myself is that whatever I pick to devote myself to at any given time, I'm very driven about it, and dedicated. I felt that way about the software company I worked at for a while, and then my teaching (I taught world civics to 8th and 10th graders for a few years), and now the masters I'm working on. That said, things are a bit open for me in terms of my plans right now - I'm dedicated to my grad work, and I may eventually go back to teaching or continue school, depending on how things work out.

Hmm. I hate stuff like this - I think whatever it is I might be good at, I always think I need to get better, and anyway there's always a spectrum. That said =), I'm working at yoga, dancing, cooking, and in the past I've worked really hard at computer programming, public speaking, acting, basketball, etc.

I have no idea, but I just asked a friend, and she said "objectively, you have a cute butt," but before that she said my smile, so we'll go with that =).

Favorite books/poets
- Rumi, Tagore, anything to do with education, philosophy, neuroscience, physics, pop culture so long as it's interesting/intelligent, and the classics, historical fiction, fiction, basically I'll read anything.

Movies
- Space Odyssey 2001, Woody Allen films, Watchmen, Persepolis, Waltz with Bashir, School of Rock (and practically every other creative teacher movie like Dead Poets Society), Vanilla Sky, Star Wars, Matrix...

TV shows
-The Daily Show and Colbert Report, Seinfeld, The Office, Fraiser, Cooking shows

Radio shows
-Philosophy Talk, Most of the shows on NPR, Used to listen to BBC Radio a lot when I was living in London.

Out at a play, reading, dancing, or something else interesting around town - if not, I'm in relaxing or reading or cooking probably.

I am in a loving open-relationship right now with my girlfriend (also on here - BlueFisher). Both of us are looking to see other people casually but compassionately. I could also see long-term relationships developing, as long as you want to be part of our open-relationship. Both of us are very happily nerdy, well-traveled, and down to earth - no drama here, and not looking for any! If you love getting out in the city, reading, writing, dancing, watching films, plays, or have any other passions you love sharing, get in touch!