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olive69
39 / F / straight / Single
Chicago, Illinois
The Skinny
- Last Online
- Join Date
- Ethnicity
- White
- Height
- 5' 4" (1.62m).
- Body Type
- Curvy
- Looking For
- New friends, Long-term dating, Short-term dating
- Smokes
- No
- Drinks
- Sometimes
- Drugs
- —
- Religion
- Judaism but not too serious about it
- Sign
- Capricorn and it’s fun to think about
- Education
- Graduated from masters program
- Job
- Artistic / Musical / Writer
- Income
- Rather not say
- Kids
- Likes children
- Pets
- Likes dogs and Likes cats
- Languages
- English (Fluently), Spanish (Poorly), Italian (Poorly), Greek (Poorly), Yiddish (Poorly)
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Your Notes
Edit your notesI am creative, smart-assed, and often articulate.
My Self-Summary
I am an artist with some type-a tendencies (those being the
very-organized more than the control-freak sort). I am usually the
first to laugh at myself, but I can handle when others laugh, too.
I moved to Chicago in 2002 to get my MFA and never left.
I love live music and try to go a few times a month. I have been called a foodie (I'm only unwilling to try foods I'm allergic to); I love restaurants and being cooked for, and can even get into impressing someone (or trying) with my own cooking -- and I don't mind doing the dishes (okay, not at a restaurant, maybe).
I wouldn't trade a single friend or family member of mine if you paid me, despite their quirks. If you ask me what I think, I will try to be sensitive, but I will always be honest.
I love trying new things, though I don't consider myself wild...most of the time. I am addicted to travel and almost always up for a weekend roadtrip.
I love live music and try to go a few times a month. I have been called a foodie (I'm only unwilling to try foods I'm allergic to); I love restaurants and being cooked for, and can even get into impressing someone (or trying) with my own cooking -- and I don't mind doing the dishes (okay, not at a restaurant, maybe).
I wouldn't trade a single friend or family member of mine if you paid me, despite their quirks. If you ask me what I think, I will try to be sensitive, but I will always be honest.
I love trying new things, though I don't consider myself wild...most of the time. I am addicted to travel and almost always up for a weekend roadtrip.
What I’m doing with my life
Until mid-Sept, I oversaw an artist residency program in Chicago
with nine artists-in-residence. I am now working on creating a new,
non-profit residency program for artists, writers, and performers
in Chicago (and a component which sends Chicagoans off to make work
and then return). I also make letterpress printed posters, and
books, and ceramic sculpture... the books are sometimes made out of
clay. I write...ish. I like fiction and run-on sentences (and
ellipses)...
I've been house-hunting with the hopes of buying a place before winter, but I am willing to wait for the perfect place (I don't mind my apt.). I am traveling to the SF Bay Area for two weeks (Oct 16-Nov 1), Manhattan (Nov 3-9), and New Orleans (Nov 11-15)! I am also (slowly) working on an abecedarium of music-related locations in Chicago.
My best friend and I are planning a trip for our 40th birthdays in December. We considered a tropical island, but now we are leaning towards Amsterdam...
I've been house-hunting with the hopes of buying a place before winter, but I am willing to wait for the perfect place (I don't mind my apt.). I am traveling to the SF Bay Area for two weeks (Oct 16-Nov 1), Manhattan (Nov 3-9), and New Orleans (Nov 11-15)! I am also (slowly) working on an abecedarium of music-related locations in Chicago.
My best friend and I are planning a trip for our 40th birthdays in December. We considered a tropical island, but now we are leaning towards Amsterdam...
I’m really good at
...laughing and making others laugh.
...being sarcastic.
...writing letters.
...finding the perfect gift.
...researching creative things.
...detailed descriptions.
...remembering important events.
...harmonizing (but it takes a lot for me to do it in front of others).
...organizing.
...eating (and describing the experience).
...encouraging/helping others to do things they want to do but don't know how.
I can also blow really big bubbles with a good piece of bubblegum. (Classy, I know!)
...being sarcastic.
...writing letters.
...finding the perfect gift.
...researching creative things.
...detailed descriptions.
...remembering important events.
...harmonizing (but it takes a lot for me to do it in front of others).
...organizing.
...eating (and describing the experience).
...encouraging/helping others to do things they want to do but don't know how.
I can also blow really big bubbles with a good piece of bubblegum. (Classy, I know!)
The first things people usually notice about me
My eyeglass frames. That I look young(er). Sometimes my eyes
themselves.
They usually notice my attitude after a bit. And my tenacity. And my rapier wit...
They usually notice my attitude after a bit. And my tenacity. And my rapier wit...
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
pretty much any art reference or art coffee table book;
otherwise, mostly fiction -- The Phantom Tollbooth,
One Hundred Years of
Solitude, The Girl in the
Flammable Skirt, The
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Snow Crash, Observatory Mansions,
The
Alchemist, Still Life with
Woodpecker, Barrel Fever, Everything is
illuminated...I have a pile...
(A-Z thanks to Netflix:) Amelie, Being John Malkovich / Bourne or Bond series, Cinema Paradiso, Dangerous Liaisons / Desperado, Enchanted / Elizabeth, Fargo / The Full Monty, Genghis Blues, Heathers, Il Postino / Iron Man, Juno / Jamon, Jamon, Kinky Boots, Life & Times of Frieda Kahlo, Muriel's Wedding, The Notorious Bettie Page, O Brother Where Art Thou, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, The Royal Tenenbaums, Secretary / Saving Grace / Stranger Than Fiction / Stealing Beauty, Triplets of Belleville, Under the Tuscan Sun, Volver, Waitress / Walk the Line, Y tu mama tambien.
Neko Case, Andrew Bird, Kelly Hogan, Marya Lawrence, Bloodshot Records, The Beatles, Erik Lawrence, Nora O'Connor, Kevin O'Donnell, Jon Rauhouse, Jon Langford, Alejandro Escovedo, Son Volt, Diana Krall, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Indigo Girls, Elvis Costello, Beck, Bonnie Raitt, ALL/Descendents, Billie Holiday, Liz Phair, Robert Cray, Operation Ivy, Ryan Adams, PJ Harvey, Charlie Parker, Graham Parson, Merge, Etta James, KD Lang, Los Lobos, They Might Be Giants, even an orchestra performing the Brandenburg Concertos....
Mmmm, a really fresh spicy scallop hand roll or chirashi bowl (Japanese); a thick medium-rare filet mignon or carpaccio (red meat); Kumamotos or Malpeques on the half-shell (fresh seafood); the guac, ceviche or special skirt steak at Los Nopales (Mexican food); an old-fashioned grilled cheese sandwich; lentils, beets, pretty much any veggie or fruit; ice cream (mint-chip or coffee, preferably)....
(A-Z thanks to Netflix:) Amelie, Being John Malkovich / Bourne or Bond series, Cinema Paradiso, Dangerous Liaisons / Desperado, Enchanted / Elizabeth, Fargo / The Full Monty, Genghis Blues, Heathers, Il Postino / Iron Man, Juno / Jamon, Jamon, Kinky Boots, Life & Times of Frieda Kahlo, Muriel's Wedding, The Notorious Bettie Page, O Brother Where Art Thou, Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, The Royal Tenenbaums, Secretary / Saving Grace / Stranger Than Fiction / Stealing Beauty, Triplets of Belleville, Under the Tuscan Sun, Volver, Waitress / Walk the Line, Y tu mama tambien.
Neko Case, Andrew Bird, Kelly Hogan, Marya Lawrence, Bloodshot Records, The Beatles, Erik Lawrence, Nora O'Connor, Kevin O'Donnell, Jon Rauhouse, Jon Langford, Alejandro Escovedo, Son Volt, Diana Krall, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Indigo Girls, Elvis Costello, Beck, Bonnie Raitt, ALL/Descendents, Billie Holiday, Liz Phair, Robert Cray, Operation Ivy, Ryan Adams, PJ Harvey, Charlie Parker, Graham Parson, Merge, Etta James, KD Lang, Los Lobos, They Might Be Giants, even an orchestra performing the Brandenburg Concertos....
Mmmm, a really fresh spicy scallop hand roll or chirashi bowl (Japanese); a thick medium-rare filet mignon or carpaccio (red meat); Kumamotos or Malpeques on the half-shell (fresh seafood); the guac, ceviche or special skirt steak at Los Nopales (Mexican food); an old-fashioned grilled cheese sandwich; lentils, beets, pretty much any veggie or fruit; ice cream (mint-chip or coffee, preferably)....
The six things I could never do without
1. art supplies
2. books
3. friends and family
4. music
5. good coffee
6. humor
(not in order of significance)
2. books
3. friends and family
4. music
5. good coffee
6. humor
(not in order of significance)
I spend a lot of time thinking about
...homes/buildings. And art projects -- mine and those of others.
And traveling. And a book or two I'd like to be reading right at
that moment. And all those other things I've got to take care of.
And...
On a typical Friday night I am
exhausted but looking forward to the weekend. Often I'm out with
friends, maybe seeing music, having a few drinks or having dinner.
Sometimes I am curled up in front of my most recent Netflix
delivery relaxing, or with a book if I am out of unwatched dvds.
The most private thing I’m willing to admit here
Come on. The most private thing I am willing to admit here is that
I am filling all this out, like it's a damn college application!
You should message me if
You love laughing in the rain, but not pina coladas. Okay. I mean
if you have good personal hygiene, have been employed in the last
year, and read books of your own volition. Can you tell I am
super-picky? Seriously, you should contact me if you like laughing
_at_ as well as _with_, if like doing new things or some of what I
already like to do, if you aren't originally from Chicago (though
I'm not afraid of Chicagoans either).
Just for clarification, you should NOT message me if you have _bad_ personal hygiene, hate to read, are a super-picky eater, hate travel, and are obsessed with staying in Chicago (I _love_ Chicago, but there are other places out there, to check out!). Also if you are a hardcore Republican.
Just for clarification, you should NOT message me if you have _bad_ personal hygiene, hate to read, are a super-picky eater, hate travel, and are obsessed with staying in Chicago (I _love_ Chicago, but there are other places out there, to check out!). Also if you are a hardcore Republican.
