About Me

  • About Me: A 20-something over-achiever that sadly, but religiously pays her state and federal taxes on a pitiful teachers salary. A lover of people and places, who aims to visit 30 countries by 30 years of age. Next stop, the Middle East?

Music

  • Favorite Artists: John Mayer, Jose Gonzalez, Chris Tomlin, India.Aire, Lauryn Hill, Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Itzack Perlman, Begin, Nora Jones, Rascal Flatts
  • Favorite Albums: Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Voyage to India, Heavier Things
  • Favorite Genre: Acoustic guitar (more of a style)
  • Favorite Songs: Thigpen's Wedding, If I Never Knew You, Till We Meet Again, Golden, To Zion, Unwritten
  • Favorite Lyrics: "Here I set my face unto you, here I speak my heart's true vow. Here I choose to walk beside you, loving only you, my heart speaks true, forever more from now." ~Thigpen's Wedding
  • Songs for Roadtrips: Anything by Stevie Wonder,
  • Guilty Pleasure: Singing in the shower or public places with good acoustics

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: World cuisine
  • Favorite Dishes: coconut rice, daal
  • Favorite Desserts: Vietnamese rice, bean, and coconut cream dessert
  • Favorite Drinks: Horchata, Shiner Boch, water
  • Best meal ever: Any meal with good company, good conversation and good laughter, taking place over at least 2 hours
  • Favorite Restaurants: El Tazumal, Platanos, Tacos el jalisciense, Portomex

More About Me

  • Interests: Travel, Violin, Music, Learning Languages (Spanish, Koine Greek, Japanese, Arabic, Hebrew, Korean, etc.), Reading, Quilting/Sewing, Swimming, Taiko, Sado
  • Expertise: Teaching, making people smile, being me
  • Occupation: Other

Books

  • Favorite Books: Kindred, The Alchemist, Jane Eyre, Barefoot Gen
  • Favorite Authors: Octavia Butler
  • Favorite Genres: Historical Fiction
  • Recent Reads: The King's Fifth, Hummingbird's Daughter

Video Games

  • Games I Play: DDR, Karaoke Revolution, Bubble game
  • Consoles: PS2
  • Favorite Classic Arcade Games: Super Mario, Zelda
  • Proudest Achievements: 1)Getting to the final level of Zelda (80s version) , but not being able to fight Gannon. 2)Beating Super Mario on the 32-bit station multiple times

Television

  • Favorite Shows: CSI, Instant Star, Project Runway, Lost
  • Most Addictive Show: Lost
  • Show I Secretly Watch: America's Next Top Model
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: My-So-Called-Life

Travel

  • Places I love: Merida! Italy, Austria, Japan
  • Places I've been: NYC, Alaska (Anchorage & Fairbanks), Japan, Mexico (San Quintin, Merida), France, Switzerland, South Korea (Cheon-An, Cheun-Chon), Thailand, Austria, Germany, Amsterdam, Italy (Venice, Firenze, Roma), England
  • Places to see before I die: Inca Trail and Machu Pichu, Lake Titicaca, Nazca Lines, South Africa (Kwazulu Natal), Ankor Wat, Israel, Canada, New Zealand, Turkey, Prague, Juliet Low house in Savanah Georgia, Kenya, Ghana, the Grand Canyon, Yosimite
  • Dream Vacation: A linguistic and musical journey through South Africa (no safaris please)

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Snatch, Whale Rider, Rabbit Proof Fence, Shag, Pirates of the Caribbean, LIttle Women, Rat Race, Sankofa, ABout a Boy, Bend It Like Beckham
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Bend It Like Beckham, Glory, The Wedding Singer
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "Mrpf. Too much fruit." ~Look Who's Talking
  • Movies I can watch over and over: The Wedding Singer, Bend It Like Beckham, Shrek

Contact Info

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