well, hmm, real quick here:
i'm a musician, which is my main form of expression and increasingly the means to quite a lot of potential ends; i'm a very social person- my friends are super important to me, and i love to meet new people; i'm a good listener and question-asker, and am seeking someone similar; i love people with whom i can be goofy as hell and not be judged; i'm an explorer and travel addict whose addiction hasn't been satisfied in too long; i'm a vegetarian but have a whole plethora of meat eating friends (i don't judge. to your face. :) and i do eat the occasional fish; i love nerdy things like NPR and reading books and writing papers and coming up with big ideas that may or may not be fulfilled; i also love to go out; and i kind of want to save the world from caving in on itself and feel guilty about the little things i don't do to meet that...

beginning my career as a full-time music therapist.
volunteering at a wonderful after school program in south philly.
eating and sometimes cooking.
exercising.
spending time with friends.
exploring.

music, making friends, getting comfy in new places, traveling, driving, bicycling around the city, listening, conversing, cooking w/o recipes, netflix'ing, reading several books at one time...

my Chicago accent...?

books, as of late: Bossypants by Tina Fey (the audio version!); The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery; Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison; Zami by Audre Lorde; Fun Home by Alison Bechdel; anything Jonathan Safron Foer has written; anything that Irving Yalom ever wrote or said or did; poetry by Mary Oliver and Alice Walker

movies: someone please take me to a movie! Netflix and Hulu have made me become more TV-addicted than ever before and movies have taken a back seat. some faves are Before Sunset/Sunrise, Waking Life, Kill Bill, Let the Right One In, most Woody Allen movies, Everything is Illuminated...

tv: The L Word, Modern Family, Parks and Rec, Parenthood, The New Normal, The United States of Tara, The Daily Show, Colbert Report

music: the song "Vienna" by Billy Joel just became a life theme song; current favorites include Brandi Carlile, Joni Mitchell, Feist, Dar Williams, Lykke Li, Miles Davis, Sufjan Stevens, Mumford and Sons, Radiohead, Bjork, some Kanye, and more than I care to list.

i also listen to podcasts including: This American Life, The Moth, NYC Radiolab, Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me- and more to be discovered.

food: Indian, Ethiopian, Thai, Mexican, good ole American bar food, brunch(!)... i'm a pescetarian, but cook vegetarian. love to cook.

my friends and my family, in all their various spaces and places
music
coffee
chocolate
my bike (and also my car these days)
the opportunity to travel

music. music therapy. women. people in general. nature cravings. future road trips now that i have a car. what country to go to next. spirituality. human nature. how to best live my life.

friends + fun, in whatever fashion the night has to offer. vegging out in front of someone else's tv or my laptop is super fun, and so is dancing and drinking if i have the energy for it after the week.

i'm kind of constantly overcoming shyness, but i think i do a pretty good job of it.

you want to

you are somewhat involved in Philly's LGBT community.

you do not create or crave drama

you are compassionate towards others and passionate about what you do in life.

you enjoy things like yoga, meditation, and smoked salmon.

you read this whole g/d profile