I like education.
and politics.
and music.
and ideas.

I'm a high school math teacher, and my job requires me to have a lot of empathy and patience. This does not just disappear the minute I leave the classroom.

I have some idealist tendencies, but my quantitative background runs a pragmatic streak through me at all times. I love talking about politics and society and 'the macro,' but I can also laugh at reality TV. I'd love to meet more nice people in LA.

I've recently started riding a bike/doing active things more often, so I'm up for that as well.

I've got my Master's in Ed/credential and I'm in my 2nd year of teaching. Other than that, I'm always keeping up on current events and culture (as much as possible), as well as cooking and so on. I also like playing guitar and driving with the windows down in pretty scenery.

In the next couple of years I want to learn more about educational administration and applied statistics.

being interested in things.

you already know because you are a person!

Books:
Fiction: Murakami, Zorba the Greek, On the Road, Bukowski, Vonnegut, East of Eden/Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck in general), Dharma Bums, Great Gatsby, Hemingway, Bashevis Singer.

General Non-fiction: Game Change ,Nate Silver, Michael Sandel, Chomsky, Zinn, McDonaldizaiton of Society, Outliers, Race Matters, The Tipping Point, Freakonomics.

Education: Jonathon Kozol, Pedro Noguera, Ethics of Education, Freire.

Philosophy: Slavoj Zizek, John Rawls, Foucault, Lacan, Camus, Sartre, Kant, Sandel.

Movies: I love Woody Allen films, Eternal Sunshine, The Big Lebowski, Lost in Translation, Amelie, Synecdoche, New York, You Me and Everyone We Know, An Education, Greenberg, Rushmore, political documentaries, Foreign cinema, etc!

TV Shows:
Seinfeld, Louie, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Arrested Development, terrible YouTube videos, Hey Arnold, old Simpsons episodes at 11pm, guilty pleasure episodes of the OC, Parks and Rec, etc. (However, I will watch terrible shows if if people force me to :D)

Music:
In general, I love Jazz, Sufjan Stevens, Elliott Smith, and lots and lots of indie music from the last 15 years....oh and NPR. Ira Glass is the man. Billie Holiday, Chet Baker, Death Cab, Fleet Foxes, Andrew Bird, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Benny Goodman, Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear, Wilco, St. Vincent, LCD Soundsystem, Jens Lekman, French music, Motown, etc.

Podcasts: This American Life, Radiolab, Planet Money, MIT/Harvard/Yale/Berkeley online lectures, Philosophy Bites, Freakonomics, Media Matters, TED, Stuff You Should Know, etc.

Interested, optimistic people
Art
Ideas
Cuddling
Cuteness
*wild card slot to prepare for inevitable change*

Society.
How insane organized religion is.
conceptions of the good life.

It depends. I'm flexible. (not literally) I do love conversation though.

One time in 2nd grade I bought a cup-o-noodles in the lunch line because it was the only thing I could afford. I didn't have hot water, so I just sat on the edge of the playground, munched on the dry food, and cried.

you're a humanistic person.
you are not a narcissist
you are not ridiculously cynical
You do not consider Ayn Rand a philosophical inspiration
you APPRECIATE others and don't have a 21st century princess mentality
you don't think 'getting crunked' is an admirable trait
you dont name drop constantly about 'the industry'
you are aware of privilege
you care for others
you do NOT have a social darwinist, every man for himself, libertarian attitude.