Originally from New Jersey -- moved out here for graduate school and stayed because I fell in love with the area. I do retain some of my roots -- I pronounce water correctly unlike most people here, I miss pizza although some "California pizza" is tasty, and I tell it like it is.

I am nerdy but I love enjoying the outdoors whether it be running, hiking , biking, playing various sports or just hanging out.

I am kinda-Buddhist - I really feel some of the ideas like right speech and action, seeing through the fog, and not taking things personally have been very helpful in life, but I am not ready to become vegan and sit in a cave and meditate.

I love discussing stuff because I do love to learn and want to hear what other people are thinking (even if I don't agree with them) -- I do talk about politics and the world and many times it depresses me.

I love puzzles, games and solving problems, it follows that I love Scrabble, Words with friends, Sudoku, Kakuro, Poker, etc.

I love cooking and going out to eat. I am addicted to sushi and currently I am trying to figure out new recipes for my
Blentec blender.

My friends would say that I am energetic, sharp, playful, fun and punny. My friends do have to tell me to stop it with the puns, but then I get into the "that's what she said jokes" and then they realize the puns are more tolerable.

Besides that I love to kiss, cuddle, spoon and be cute.

I am a lawyer working in a field that I enjoy, but looking for a more challenging job. I volunteer quite a bit as I like to help out people that need help. I work out and would love to train and have the motivation to run a 1/2 marathon.

Lately, I have been trying to be more social, get back into dancing, running, tennis, biking, volunteering, roaming aimlessly in the city and reading.

I finished INSANITY -- it was soooo hard but I finished, looking for the next workout!! :)

devouring sushi, finding good places to play two letter words in scrabble, destroying tense and knotty muscles, math, and being good company.

I am also a pretty good ballroom dancer and making sure all my dance partners look awesome (no matter how klutzy they feel or scared they are to try it out :)

is that I don't play guitar nor do I have a cute dog.

But seriously, people notice that I smile a lot, I make eye contact, I am being helpful, I help people feel at ease, and I am punny. Basically, I am adorkable.

still working on it!
Books: Life Of Pi and all my law books..

Movies: Shall We Dance (Japanese version), Secretary, Little Miss Sunshine, Kill Bill, Ratatouille, Star Trek (2009), Ted

TV: Community, Family Guy, House, Bones, Big Bang Theory, and all the cooking/food shows

Music: Dance music, Big band music -- I have to admit when I am not listening to NPR I am listening to 92.7 - even when they play those terrible Ke$ha songs.

Podcasts/Radio: This American Life, Intelligence ^2, Radio Lab, Stuff you should know, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, The Adam Corolla Show, Prairie Home Companion

Food: sushi, breakfast (mixtures of egg, potato, breakfast meat and cheese), tart frozen yogurt, exotic chocolate.

1. An atmosphere with oxygen with not too much poisonous stuff.
2. A comfy bed with a warm blanket.
3. My iPhone (sad that I have to admit this).
4. Intelligent conversation / Intellectual curiosity.
5. Puns
6. ((place holder)) :-P

if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about.

at happy hour with my friends, eating out with friends (if I can convince them to leave happy hour), home just relaxing :)

is nothing. I am a lawyer, we don't do such things!

you want to. I don't bite unless requested or if you are swiss chard :). I will definitely respond if you make me laugh!

You should definitely message me if you are interested in getting to know an awesome guy a bit better :)