I'm an improvisor. I teach and perform improv, and I try to practice what I preach - I tend to say yes to adventures and i'm good at rolling with what life gives me. I love a good time with good people and I don't take things too seriously, because even if things go wrong, there will be a chance to try it again soon enough.

I'm outgoing and curious, which means I'm relatively easily amused, so life is fun. I think people and relationships, in all of their forms, are the reason to be here. I like hearing people's stories, and figuring my own out.

I have a job I love. I love climbing, though so far, I've stuck to the climbing gym - my first outdoor venture still awaits me. I'm close with my family. I grew up with a big dog and have a soft spot in my heart for them, though I am currently dogless. i've got a sister in Seattle and totally dig the vibe up there. I'm a pescetarian. I like to watch tivo'd episodes of the Daily Show over breakfast.

I'm an improvisor - I had no idea that was a job a person could have until I landed in it. I play as a member of an improvisational theater company in San Francisco, and I teach improv to adults and high school students.

In the summers, I volunteer at a backpacking camp up in the Sierras, where I get my fix of sleeping under stars and breathing fresh air. I don't get to go every year, but it's one of my favorite places.

Other than that?

Seeking the elusive 8-hour night of sleep
Having a love affair with my Honda Fit
Trying to perfect my ginger cookie recipe
Raising a variety of house plants
Visiting my family in the East Bay
Looking for more time to read

quoting movie lyrics
improvising
finding the right word

I'm tall and I have red, curly hair. Those two things don't generally go unnoticed. And I think people notice my laugh. Largely because I don't go long without laughing most of the time, and when I laugh, I laugh heartily.

hmmm...
Tom Robbins, Steinbeck, Dr. Seuss, Keith Johnstone, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Isabel de Allende

Shawshank Redemption, Waiting For Guffman, A Mighty Wind, Singin' In The Rain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Noises Off!

The Killers, Cake, Paul Simon, Brandi Carlile, Ani Difranco, Counting Crows, Gipsy Kings, Bebe, The Avalanches, Edith Piaf, Ella Fitzgerald, The Postal Service, Queen, MIKA, Traveling Wilburys, old school early 90's rap. There's not a whole lot I don't like if the moment's right.

Food? I'm pretty easily pleased, and VERY grateful for the plethora of dining options in San Francisco. I love Indian food and sushi and macaroni 'n' cheese and stone fruit and pad thai and cornbread and steamed veggies and white rice and nutella. Generally not all together, but then again, I've never tried.

People. What they want and why they do what they do, which inevitably leads to thinking about why I do what I do. How to keep my students engaged. When i'm going to get around to renewing my parking permit. Why some stories are compelling and some aren't. What i forgot to do earlier today (note parking permit). The weird way that lives intersect.

My world shifts pretty constantly, so typical is hard to pin down, but in general, I'd say I'm in a show, at a show, visiting my nearest and dearest, or enjoying a glass of wine with friends.