I am alarming, conducive, and sacramental.
My Self-Summary
I read. A lot. I dig Muppets and wish I was one. My brother is my
best friend. I make up songs in the shower. I drive stick. I'm a
feminist. I'm a beer and wine drinker. I want to be a puppeteer. I
have a cat named Piggy and a dog named Bear. I like to name my
animals after other animals. I have a thing for picnics. I like
being challenged. I'm into the past--mine and everybody else's. I'm
legitimately terrified of robots. I need the ocean. I like
adventures. I like musicians. I like being caught off-guard.
What I’m doing with my life
I'm a student at UCSC, studying Theatre and Feminist Studies. I
plan on getting my PhD someday, but I ain't in no rush.
In the meantime, I theorize and perform, I make art, I play with
puppets, I connect, I commune.
I’m really good at
trying new things. Laughing. Telling the truth.
I've recently learned I'm funny--I perform in an all-girl sketch
comedy troupe called SheBam. I get to write and perform whatever
roles I want, which means I've gotten to be a unicorn, Sister Wendy
from PBS, Heidi Klum, and a sexy ear of corn.
The first things people usually notice about me
Honestly? I'm probably laughing. So they notice that I think
something is funny, I suppose.
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
I read: Everything is Illuminated, The Intuitionist, Sam Shepard
Plays, The Rotter's Club, The Violet Hour, Hey Nostradamus, When We
Were Very Young, Anne of Green Gables, The Assistant, To Kill a
Mockingbird, Goodbye Chunky Rice, Able's Island, The Diary of Adam
and Eve, Y: The Descent of Maleness, The Chairs, Flight, Pride and
Prejudice.
I watch: Punch Drunk Love, The Royal Tennebaums, Gross Pointe
Blank, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, F.L.O.W., The Muppet Movie,
Flight of the Navigator, Duck Soup.
I hear: Nick Drake, The Mountain Goats, Goldfrapp, Tom Waits, Sam
Cooke, Dolly Parton, Old Crow Medicine Show, Hem, Talking Heads,
The Magnetic Fields, Tilly and the Wall, Kaki King, George
Harrison, Anoushka Shankar, Taj Mahal, Stereo Total.
I eat: Seared Ahi, sandwiches, tomatoes, Seaweed Salad, Vegetable
Korma, avocados, cereal, things I haven't tried before.
The six things I could never do without
music, coffee, the ocean, my family, The Muppets, mercy
I spend a lot of time thinking about
gender, performance, embodiment, things that I wish were real (like
foot-high elephants and other things I think I see out of the
corner of my eye)
On a typical Friday night I am
Dancing, laughing, running around, onstage making other people
laugh, or trying something wonderful and new.
I have also been known to stay in with good friends, a bottle of
wine, and some art supplies.
The most private thing I’m willing to admit here
is that I have parallel birthmarks running down the length of my
body.
You should message me if
You think the Marx Bros. are funny, you think I'd dig some of your
favorite music, or you just want to get a beer sometime.