Crazy. In a good way, I'd like to think.

Hah! Interesting question.. passion is working with communities displaced by conflict and/or natural disaster. However, constantly torn between a life devoted to bettering humanity and one as a divemaster, living HST-style somewhere in the Caribbean.

*I JUST MOVED HERE FROM BROOKLYN! Here for a fellowship and as a first-timer, I have no idea what's going on in this city... Looking for tour guides to show me the best dive bars, live music, outdoor expeditions and other cultural activities/debauchery this city has to offer! Help me, please?*

Conversation/story-telling! And scuba diving, drinking, saving animals/bugs, and just connecting with other human beings in general.

I hear smile and energy a lot.

Whoa, whoa, whoa - loaded question. Snapshot:

Books - way too many to breach the subject.

Films - La Meglio Gioventù; Va, Vis et Deviens; Voces Inocentes; Turtles Can Fly; Svjedoci; The Story of the Weeping Camel; Before Sunrise; Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona; Marooned in Iraq; Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring; Harold and Maude; Johnny Stecchino

TV - hardly ever watch, but The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Arrested Development, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Homeland, news/documentaries on Al Jazeera, Democracy Now, BBC, etc..

Music - Mano Negra, Manu Chao, Jovanotti, Lucio Battisti, Pino Daniele, Subsonica, Roy Paci & Aretuska, Bob Marley, Steel Pulse, Toots and the Maytals, Cultura Profética, Amadou & Mariam, Cheb Mami, Michael Jackson, Phoenix, Toro y Moi, Future Islands, The Kooks, Modest Mouse, Lil Wayne, brass, soul clap, disco

Food - Pizza Napoletana, Indian, Thai, Lebanese, etc. Open to anything new (as long as it doesn't have parents ;) SALAD!!!

Arugula, traveling, books, alcohol, spontaneity, passion and the ocean. That's 7 - such a rebel...

People around the world, particularly those that have been forced from their homes. Never take for granted that you were born in your country by chance. We could all become refugees tomorrow...

Unfortunately working now - usually up for anything though! Can do the stay-out-til-sunrise or cook at home and watch a film equally the same.. I will add that I am known for my randomness so if you are open to atypical adventures, we'll get along well.

I always read the last sentence of a book before I start it.

I guess that's more strange than private, but I generally share things that most people would consider 'private' rather freely (particularly with complete strangers), so I'd have to equate privacy with intimacy, in which case we'll have to get there first...

You can teach me something and are down for swapping random stories with one another :) Also a huge plus if we share very divergent interests (I want to learn from yours!); yet we have that inexplicable connection to bind us together. A balanced approach to life - serious, yet obnoxiously (i.e. infectiously) carefree -- is also something I value as it eludes me as a person of extremes...