my cursor keeps flashing.

flash-

ing.

begging me to write.

something.

about me.

so...

here goes:

Trying to find balance in the midst of it all; I suspect that's no different than most people.

I'm a pretty modest person but I also know that I'm an honest, down-to-earth, and kind-hearted person. I give a lot of myself (whether it's my time, my humour, my shoulder to cry on, my advice, or my ears) to those I love and have been told that I give too much of myself but I don't see it that way; it's just the way I am.

And on a far less serious note:

I am a stellar procrastinator but I am also really good at getting the job done when it counts. I'm also great at falling UP the stairs (you heard me); having lengthy discussions in tangential manners; analyzing texts; and overanalyzing texts.

Or at least I pretend to be.

I'd like to think it's my "beautiful blue eyes," or my "sarcastic sense of humour" but if I'm being honest (and I always am) I'd have to confess that my height is probably what gets noticed first. Being a 6' tall woman can sometimes intimidate others, but I tend to forget I'm so "tall," and height's not an issue for me.

Having been curious and asked around I was delighted to hear that "eyes" and "lips" were top contenders, but one can never be too sure. (Whatever that means.)

far too many to mention and far too many yet to be discovered. However, honourable (yes, I choose to spell it that way) mentions go to:

Books
are vital to my well-being and so I strive to read as many as possible. Alas, there's always more to read and I love that. Favourites include: As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner), Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin), Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett), Poetics of Space (Gaston Bachelard), The Practice of Everyday Life (Michel de Certeau)...did I mention that my degrees are in English??

Magazine: Spacing

Movies
I must confess I'm something of a movie critic. I abhor terrible movies but I have oh so much fun bashing them. I can, however, definitely appreciate a good movie. Some notable ones are: Stand By Me, Babel, Last King of Scotland, Kramer vs. Kramer.

Music
is also terribly vital. My taste in music is varied and generally depends on what I'm doing, or at the very least my mood. Music is incredibly nostalgic for me and so it's difficult to be brief and even more difficult to articulate my interest. That notwithstanding, I like most music and have been known to blare the stereo to many genres. My heart, however, really belongs to the "grunge/alternative" era of the 1990s.

Notable bands: Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, U2, Nirvana....this list is endless really.
Hitting shuffle on my ipod will likely play (the above as well as) the following (and several others): Radiohead, Mendelssohn (anything classical), Live, John Legend, Matt Wertz, The Frames, Enya, Alicia Keys, City and Colour, Barenaked Ladies, Billie Holiday, Incubus, Tracy Chapman, Nelly Furtado, Miles Davis, I Mother Earth...

Food
This one's simple. Sushi=yum.

(the implication, of course, being that I could "actually" live without these things, and would just rather not live without them for any extended period of time )

1. My son. Yes, I have one. In this category goes the rest of my family, and my friends.
2. A really good book...and (2.5) a pencil to scribble notes in it.
3. (Safe and Consentual) sex--with the right person, of course. Disclaimer: I'm not looking for meaningless sex with some random, sketchy stranger.
4. A shower at least once a day--unless perhaps I was camping. and even then i'd probably bathe in the lake, or even rain
5. camping/hiking/walking/wandering/exploring the city/outdoors. Anything near water or outdoors basically.
6. My camera. And of course the ability to take pictures with it. If I could have my camera but couldn't take pictures that would just be mean.

I crave creativity in my life and I work to be actively creative everyday.

did I really just put "a really good book" and a "pencil" before sex?? Perhaps I should state that the above list is not in any particular order...

Now that I'm done grad school my thinking-load has been greatly reduced (with sadness and joy). The sadness part reveals my nerdy nature.

No worries. I also spend my time thinking about far less nerdy things. For instance, I spend a lot of time thinking about why on earth some people still can't understand "walk left, stand right."

breathing. typically.

right. because you knew me so well before you read my profile?? (yes, that requires two question marks.)

you:
a) believe in free will. (see, i made a joke. albeit a bad one)

b) or are a Spurs fan.

c) are annoyed at the endless listing that goes on on this site.

But honestly you should message me if you think we'd have a good conversation or have something in common. I'm also always up for great book, movie and/or music recommendations. Mostly, though, I'm looking for that ineffable connection you can have with someone--when the conversation lasts for hours and you don't know where the time's gone and the only reason why it's ending is because the sun's coming up and you still haven't gone to bed before work. --or when you're with that person and you're just comfortable in the silence. --or...or perhaps i should stop now before the sap in me really starts to show