I am working to creating some serious smile lines due to over-use. I like to cook new, unfamiliar fare - Indian, Senegalese, Central American, and Thai. Had an incident with an Ethopian dish and 5 tablespoons of cayenne, but that was only once. I listen to NPR too much. I read Mental Floss magazine. I miss living in San Francisco. Sometimes, I skip a few steps in public. I find people and their stories totally fascinating. I am actually sweeter than I am sassy (Shhh. Don't tell anyone).

Other than being tremendously satisfied with it? Well...
Have you ever had the feeling that you are finally on just the right path? All of a sudden there is no rush. The flow pulls you along at just the right pace to all the right places. Not that I am satisfied and I definitely haven't reached my ambitions yet, but right now I know I don't need to worry so much about if it is going to happen or not. It is.

On a less existential note, I am trying to paint and cook more. After my first kayaking experience late last summer, I have decided I needed to buy a kayak; that way, I'll spend every spare weekend next summer braving lakes and rivers. I try to get involved in helping with the healthcare effort, but the opportunities to do so in Sacramento are either non-existent, or are poorly advertised.
I work, read, and bike around midtown. I just got a foster dog who is a total lovebug if not just a little damaged. I drive to the bay to spend time with friends whenever possible. I laugh as heartily as anyone you know, and it feels great.

I'm great at pulling random pieces of trivia and information out of my... mental database. At laughing it off. At providing comfort. At stripping it all away and getting to the heart of the matter. At getting goofy. Finding alternative solutions. Being a patron of the arts. At seeing and articulating the other point of view, even if it is not my own.
I excel at my job, because I love it. When I don't feel so lovey, sometimes my results wane. It always changes, and I can't 'fake the funk.' Friends say I look good wearing little makeup and with unruly hair. Then I confound many when I dress up.

People tend to comment on my intellect first, which is scary and sets me up to disappoint them as soon as I say something stupid or use the wrong $500 word when a simple one would do. Women notice my skin or my shoes. Men notice my hair or my lips. Folks notice that I enjoy what I do. No one seems to notice that I have no idea how to respond to their kind words.

From My Facebook Profile: Books: Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, Freakanomics, Clockers, But Beautiful (love, love, love that book) Lamb, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Jitterbug Perfume, Narcissuss and Goldmund, all things Sedaris. Movies: Run Lola Run, Hate: A Comedy, Volver, The Cooler. TV Shows: Simon Schama's Power of Art, The Wire Music: I love it! jazzhip hopindie rock soul/funk I particularly enjoy artists that combine genres.
I'm a pretty adventureous eater. Try me.

The obvious (family, love, food, etc), but those don't count
NPR
Lip Balm
A Cause
A Challenge
A Good Laugh
My "What Would Omar Do?" t-shirt

How to engage, inspire, and excite people about taking action and making changes. Inclusion. Awareness. Healthcare. Young people and their well-being. How I might transport a kayak on my convertible. My hair. Travel. The past. What I might be forgetting. Where I put my..... (lip balm, car keys, glasses, ipod, etc). What I should be reading. Whether I should get a tv or not. Religion. Justice and Forgiveness.

On my way to San Francisco for music, food, and friends, or out to dinner and into bed early with a good book. I haven't figure out where the hip, but not irritatingly hip, hang out in Sacramento yet.

Editors

• ebano0503

I don't get David Lynch. And I've tried. I've really tried.
And I didn't become an NPR donor until last year. I know. Does it help that I always felt guilty?

If you are looking for someone to explore with. Write me if you are smart. Smart enough to recognize that my profile is full of fragments, grammatical and spelling mistakes, but choose to see them as an artistic choice. If you like to laugh and don't take yourself too seriously. Write me if you enjoy a good (or bad) pun. Message me if you are tall, because it makes me feel so feminine to walk arm in arm with someone I can wear heels with and still have to get on my tippy toes to kiss his cheek. If you think I am cute, comely, pretty, beautful, outstandingly-super-model gorgeous, or not truly repulsive, send me a note.