Interests & Hobbies
Meaning of Life:
To love and be free.
Favorite Books:
wilber, hemingway, alan watts, fitzgerald, hamsun, twain, faulkner, gary snyder, especially regarding wave, some beat authors, huidobro, ee cummings, frawley, ken wilber, borges, neruda, gaia's garden, william carlos williams. tu fu, anais nin, eliot weinberger, kenneth rexroth, eliade, coetzee, octavio paz, robert jordan, tom robbins, nietzche, ruben dario, anton chekhov, david daida, nabokov, cookbooks, milan kundera et al.
What I Like To Do For Fun:
Painting, Cheffing, adventuring. I'm into adrenaline.
Favorite Songs:
Beirut, dj shadow, beats antique, tabla beat science, Devendra Banhart, volcano choir, bon iver, jeff buckley, claudia quintet, tibetan chants, television, segovia, glenn gould, beck, bob dylan, rachel's, brad mehldau trio,brian eno, cars & trains, a tribe called quest, de la soul, tibetan chants, tabla beat science, cannonball adderley, can, chick corea, charles mingus, yo la tengo, neil young, johnny cash, Peter Bjorn And John, sigur ros, talking heads, penguin cafe orchestra, erik satie, claudia quintet, marvin gaye, tom waits, silver jews, pink floyd, dj shadow, radiohead, nitty gritty dirt band, florence and the machine, the xx, radiolab
( I used to dj at my college radio:) )
Favorite Movies:
down by law, kiss kiss bang bang, north by northwest, double endemnity, perrot le fou, godard, cloud atlas, to Rome with love,
network, five fingers of death, nashville, man push cart, synecdoche, new york, taxi driver, stroszek, no country for old men, bonnie and clyde, the virgin spring, blood simple, original bond, the brothers bloom, spaghetti westerns, i am curious, mst3k, the twilight zone
Craziest Thing I've Ever Done:
Too many. Thankfully I have nine lives. ;)
If I Could Be Anywhere Right Now:
I'd be swimming naked off an island.
Hobbies:
guerrilla gardening, creating a tantric cookbook, Dancing every morning, a secret nerd for gaming ascension, nshex, good ol catan) : arting, photograpy, archery, camping, hiking, travel, homebrewing, skiing, fishing,fire ceremonies, white water rafting,
Talents:
Making coffee, playlists, thin crust pizza. Handcrafting bows and practicing in the woods.Drawing maps and shooting from the hip. Uncorking wine bottles and talking about food. Headstands. Long-term relationships. Using public transportation. Jamming while biking to beck. Walking while reading. Driving stick. Jumping off cliffs. Scrabble. Being a goober. One-handed cartwheels. Brewing some kombucha or beer. Making tapas. Accumulating massive amounts of music and books and movies. Slacking off when it comes to returning books to the library, because I enjoy paying overdue fines. Sharing yerba mate. Call me a berry picking star marveler
Perfect Date:
staying up for several nights, painting, and playing music, leaving anonymous notes hidden in trees and rocks, stuffing bags with fine whiskey, hiking over mountains, drawing treasure maps, drinking yerba mate out of a bombilla, singing and smoking a j, having bacchic epiphanies=the things you own end up owning you.
It could happen.
Turn Ons/Offs:
Being FUN! A curious sort of person, that makes you tilt your head. Politeness, humor, generosity with a wild streak.
Turnoffs: rudeness, begging, bad attitude
Best Reason to Get to Know Me:
I'm sweet AND raunchy.