I am adventurous, passionate, and intellectual.
My Self-Summary
I hate interviews, so I hate writing profiles to describe myself. I
am an introverted extrovert who does not like talking about myself
except when I do.
What I’m doing with my life
Thinking alot about Sufism and spirituality in general, lately. And
what color to paint the walls in the new apartment. At the moment,
I am rereading what traits describe a psychopath, while trying to
envision them interspersed within my novel and the lyrics to the
Tenessee Waltz. Oh, and helping strangers with cat advice.
I’m really good at
making other people embarrass themselves without making myself look
like an idiot. This means dancing ( I can dance pretty well, no
issues there), singing something awful at karoke, trying odd or
even repulsive food, or admiting something they would otherwise
rather keep quiet.
The first things people usually notice about me
Depends more on the person and less on me, I find.
Someone recently observed that I make a lot of sense and then,
suddenly, I am off on a totally obscure tangent like Brittany
Spear's total lack of tits or the obscenely long hours it takes to
write trash.
My favorite books, movies, music, and food
I just finished Cathryn Valente's Orphans Tales and loved them. I
also loved Jane Yolen and Nancy Springer at some point. Classics
include William Gibson, Janet Morris, Bruce Chatwin, and CJ
Cherryh, just to name a few.
I also write, quite a bit.
Screw Hollywood. I love directors like Tarkovsky, Greenaway, Von
Trier, Jenuit, and Besson. Don't ask me whose in a movie,
though.
Food. Hm. There is very little a foodie does not like, though I
generally despise Mexican - I'll have margaritas, though, just
fine!
Music varies. Right now I am listening to Bat for Lashes, Sting,
Placebo, Chandeen, and The Knife.
The six things I could never do without
My cats, my writing, my laptop, my legs, my brain, and actually
probably a whole lot more biology...maybe my eyes?
I spend a lot of time thinking about
Writing fiction. It's consuming, actually. Pretending to work on my
thesis comes in second.
On a typical Friday night I am
Swing dancing with my boy.