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Gender Female
Industry Education
Occupation English Teacher/Journalism Adviser/Nut
Location Los Angeles, California, United States
Introduction I'm a book fiend and will read everything and anything. My literary pursuits are fairly eclectic (currently between and betwixt The Diary of Anais Nin and In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust), but I especially adore Restoration comedies, period pieces and non-fiction. I listen to all sorts of music, love martial arts (Kyokushin karate) and am nuts about the outdoors, museums and the theater. Originally from Mesoamerica, though not of Mesoamerican descent, I speak Spanish fluently. I live and work in El Lay where I'm teaching and pursuing an advanced graduate degree in Bilingual Education. I'm funny and witty and kooky, except when I'm not. I can be easy-going, though am usually fairly dramatic and high-strung. If you can get past the latter, then I hear that I make excellent company and a good friend.
Interests Literature, Poetry, Journalism, Human Rights, Spirituality, Theater, Writing, Reading, Cooking, (, French, Paella, Sushi, Indian, ), Eating, (, French, Paella, Sushi, Indian, ), Bilingual Education, Charities, Education Law, The Great Outdoors, Camping, Laughing, Travelling, Bill Maher, Dark Chocolate, Banksy, (, Graffiti, Art, ), The Sea, The Beach, Tango, Costa Rica, Tony Jaa, Forgiveness, The Ocean, Manuel Antonio National Park, Sequoia National Park, Beagles, The New York Times, Slate Magazine, Big Sur, Boston Red Sox, History, Kayaking, The New Yorker, Hippos, Swimming, Being Silly, Letting Go, The Dalai Lama, Inclement Weather, Surfing, Being Useful, Karate, (, Kyokushin, ), Watercolors, Holding On, Sailing, Microphotography, Politics, Daisies, University of California at Los Angeles, (, UCLA, ), Loyola Marymount University, (, LMU, ), Sports Illustrated, Contemplation, Learning, Teaching, Love, People Watching, Cello, Observing Behavior, Rugby, Singing in the Shower, (, or, Rain, ), Smiling, Amnesty International, Dancing in My Livingroom, Hiking, Peace Corps, Getting Up Early, Foreign Languages, (, Spanish, Japanese, French, Welsh, ), (Listen there ain't enough room or world or time to list everything. So just ask.)
Favorite Movies The Power of One, The Shawshank Redemption, The History Boys, GI Jane, The World's Fastest Indian, Dances with Wolves, The Princess Bride, 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama, October Sky, The Secretary, Lust Caution, Shakespeare in Love, Onegin, Pan's Labrynth, Ong-Bak: Muy Thai Warrior, Biloxi Blues, Little Miss Sunshine, Farewell My Concubine, Lost in Translation, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Le Conseguenze Dell'Amore, (, The Consequences of Love, ), Imagine Me & You, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Full Metal Jacket, Le Notti di Cabiria, (, The Nights of Cabiria, ), (Ask me ask me ask me . . . and I shall tell you tell you tell you.)
Favorite Music John Mellencamp, David Gray, Yo-Yo Ma, Bajofondo Tango Club, U2, Bob Dylan, Dave Matthews Band, Morrissey, Dean Martin, Dmitri Shostakovich, Ella Fitzgerald, Nick Cave, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Glenn Miller, Itzhak Perlman, Gipsy Kings, Carlos Gardel, Jacques Brel, Trespassers William, (I'm all over the place so you're better off coming over and borrowing my iPod.)
Favorite Books The Prophet, by, Khalil Gibran, To Kill a Mockingbird, by, Harper Lee, Pride and Prejudice, by, Jane Austen, The Grapes of Wrath, by, John Steinbeck, Love in the Time of Cholera, by, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Canterbury Tales, by, Chaucer, (OMG just ask me because this could be a very lengthy list indeed!)

You're trapped in a well with a goat and a slinky. Describe how you will escape.

I'd tie one end of the slinky 'round the goat's neck and while holding on to the opposite end of the slinky I'd toss the goat out of the well and make him haul me out. (I know right now you're tempted to label me a "genius", but truth be told, I saw Bear Grylls do it on "Man vs. Wild".)