hrmmmk, i am a pre-law student interested in social and environmental justice, hopelessly addicted to the news (ny times, cnn, bbc, the economist), and bad at keeping up with current television sitcoms. i like modern art, surrealism especially. i like to dance, mostly in trance playing places. i enjoy finding adventures in the mundane. i don't mind getting lost, especially if i find myself somewhere awesome. i dislike annoying miniature dogs that yip & yap, the rain, insects, airplanes, and assholes.

currently applying to law school - writing - reading books - watching filmz - listening to music - pilates- wandering aimlessly - bartending.

having fun, reciting random historical facts, writing creatively and writing boringly, picking up languages, but never mastering any, getting speeding tickets?, completing a "logic game" correctly in more than 8 minutes, which hasn't helped me much on the LSAT, procrastinating ? spilling things on myself?

BOOKS: Le Neveu de Rameau, Post Office, Women, Kokoro, On the Road, Dharma Bums, Satori in Paris, The Chronicles of Narnia, Alice in Wonderland, Dracula, Orientalism, Memories of My Melancholy Whores, Catcher in the Rye, Brave New World, Guns Germs & Steel, Red White & Black, The Metamorphosis, The Picture of Dorian Gray, I Am a Cat, Leviathan, Candide, The Social Contract, Madness & Civilization, The Selfish Gene, Under Crescent and Cross, The Black Death & The Transformation of the West, Ghost Map, The Belljar.

MOVIES: Annie Hall, Vertigo, Sixteen Candles, Broken English, Gia, Requiem for a Dream, Pi, Paris je' t'aime, A Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Crash, Old Boy, Ringu, Batman Begins, Little Miss Sunshine, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Seven, Eternal Sunshine, Me & You & Everyone We Know, Superbad, Wall-e, House of Sand & Fog, A Beautiful Mind, most anything Johnny Depp, tons of foreign flicks, artsy flicks and got a soft spot for horror.

MUSIC: red hot chili peppers, beck, radiohead, the cure, beirut, afrodisiac soundsystem, portishead, alanis, the beatles, led zeppelin, pink floyd, the rolling stones, herbie hancock, toots & the maytals, pixies, the shins, spoon, belle & sebastian, sigur ros, sebastien tellier, mgmt, chairlift, the national, lauryn hill, the fugees, of montreal, nouvelle vague, edith piaf, arcade fire, robert randolph, muse, cary brothers, disco biscuits, massive attack, interpol, broken social scene, timbaland, vampire weekend, patrick wolf, counting crows, yelle, tiesto, daft punk, crystal castles, air, coldplay, miles davis, david bowie, bjork, thievery corporation, brazilian girls, tv on the radio, my morning jacket, digitalism.

FOOD: anything spicy!, indian, thai, japanese, cereal with vanilla soy milk (i could live on this if i had to), tofu, duck confit, french cheeses, babaghanoush/sütlac/dolmas/boreks/pistachios & other turkish foods (comfort food), mushrooms, spinach, most nuts, twizzlers/other chewy candy i should not eat, bacon (which i also should not eat).

current events, legal/political sort of stuff, evolution, philosophical questions/metaphysics, why things are they way they are, origins and histories, ancient civilizations, fond memories, Paris.

and i spend a lot of time thinking about love, trying to define it, but have been largely unsuccessful. my latest definition is: love is when you can share a toothbrush and not be totally grossed out.

atypical.

my french is better than my spanish, but my spanish is better than my chinese, which is better than my japanese.

you're entertaining.