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About me

Gender Female
Industry Education
Occupation photographer, musician, sometimes writer, educator
Location Arlington, VA, United States
Introduction 1. i have been a teacher for 22 years. 2. i have playlists that include vampire weekend, alabama shakes,the cure, morrissey, new order, danger mouse, and manchester orchestra 3. although i am an elementary school teacher, i hate punctuation and dont always use it 4. my college dean restricted me from leaving campus for one semester (due to a minor incident that was barely my fault) 5. i love new wave 80s music 6. i spend my summers in berkeley 7. i am unable to function before three cups of coffee 8. i am an animal rights activist 11. i spent a year and 1/2 living in London 12. i ran the marine corp marathon 13. i have a degree in communications, a master's degree in education, a minor in psychology, and an honorary degree in special education 14. i am a vegetarian 15. despite the fact that i moved 15 hours away from my family, they now live 20 minutes away 16. i have Synesthesia (and the number 6 is yellow) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia check out mirror touch synesthesia...this is the most difficult part of having this gift. 17. i love photography
Interests music, playing with my dog oliver, music, brunch, music, spending time with my nieces, photography, music
Favorite Movies seven years in tibet, love actually, gladiator, xmen, star wars, anything related to historical fiction, wild, into the wild.
Favorite Music smiths, new order, XX, mumford and sons, alabama shakes, the clash, passion pit, vampire weekend, manchester orchestra, the xx, lorde, bear hands, alt j
Favorite Books anything by the dalai lama, oscar wilde, rolling stone, into the wild, kerouac, a walk in the wood, zen and the art of motorcyle maintenance, shakespeare, poetry, historic fiction. actually, anything historical. currently reading the history of the renaissance world.

Try writing your name with your other hand. Where was that person raised?

life is too silly of a thing to take seriously