Here goes:

I have been in Chicago 13 years, am from the Midwest, love traveling, my dogs, spending time with friends, every now and then with family, I try to read and write every day.

I like meeting cool people and hanging out. What I like most is when people read my entire profile to see if they should message me. Also, I get a good laugh if your screen name is dirty. And by laugh, I mean I will laugh at you.

I'm working on being as green as possible while living in Chicago, which is not always the easiest, but I take it pretty seriously.

I am sweet, sarcastic, and jet-lagged.

I earn my bread and butter doing corporate communications workshops. I like it. I get to travel around the world and help people figure out how to use improv philosophies and skills in their everyday jobs. In the past two years, I've been to Dusseldorf twice, London, Amsterdam, and Colombia, SA. I love traveling, especially when clients foot the bill!

Trying to get better at what I'm doing, and trying to get better at being a really healthy human.

Recently tried SUP (stand-up paddle boarding) and loved it. Will be back this summer for sure.

Listening, articulating an idea, teaching, parallel parking and remembering to use my reusable bags at the grocery.

I've been told my eyes. But that may have been a line. You tell me.

I'm terrible at picking favorites. Whenever people play that desert island game I literally get anxiety because I can't choose favorites.

I do have one favorite song, and that's it. Everything else I love equally.

I'm reading more non-fiction. I have this thing, where if information comes into my house (like a magazine), I have to consume it before recycling it. I can't just toss it out. I only have a few subscriptions. The Week is a gem. If I buy a tabloid, I only read it on the treadmill or on the plane.

I'm almost finished with the Stieg Larsson trilogy but that third one is - whew. Can't get through it. I have a bunch of books on my kindle app on my iPad and I bounce around on them: Wanderlust, The Psychopath Test, 1Q84 are a few.

I watch a lot of TV and movies as I write a lot of it, and aspire to, but mostly because I like it.

I'll eat almost any kind of food with one caveat - two years ago I gave up beef and pork, and I am really picky about the food that I'm consuming, especially meat. I don't eat factory farmed meat or dairy. Probably 99.9% of the time.

iPhone
my dogs
laptop
a great purse - great meaning design/function
envirosax bags (reusable shopping bags)
Aveda lip balm (I'm an addict)

Oh gosh, I sure do spend a lot of time thinking. Then my brain hurts. Then I want to stop thinking. But then I'm thinking about why my brain hurts from thinking. Then my brain hurts more. You get the idea.

I do think about how I could reduce my carbon footprint more, but more importantly how to stop using so much plastic. I'm really trying to stop using it. It's hard. Everything is plastic.

I also think a lot about almost anything that I read or listen to NPR that really gets me agitated or concerned. It takes me a while to sort out what I think about it, I need to look into it and research, talk to people if it is a major issue.

Other than that, how I can keep my dogs from misbehaving.

Performing. Then maybe hanging out with friends.

I'm not allowed to watch scary movies. But I do.*

*fast-forwarded

You are between the ages of 30-45. Also if you want to have a normal conversation. If you are normal. By normal I mean not totally bizarre. And by not totally bizarre, I think you know who you are. And if you are generally nice. Nice is good.
* I'm sad to have to add this, but not currently married is important.