CURRENT MISSION

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over.

ABOUT ME

I am a recent college graduate re-locating to the Big Easy to teach the bambini &enjoy some Bourbon, good music, &awesome food.

Interests

giggling. reeking havoc with my best friends. singing loud &okay, a little out of key. mud sliding. words. big necklaces. dresses. growth. falling leaves. spooning. pieces of fiction. dance parties. passive resistance. conor oberst. train rides. poetry. scavenger hunts. beatniks. black & white photography. traveling. sucking the marrow out of life. coloring books. writing. oreo blizzards. fresh snowfalls. hurricanes. swinging on swings. fire escapes. cartoon blues. the long-winded verses of whitman. pool hopping. vision. morning afters. tall buildings. dirt roads. randomness. riding herbie in the ocean. ivory piano keys. bansky. conversation. spending quality time in J&H. dissenters. fragments. late nights. art. live music. tree houses. whiskey&bukowski. spontaneity. the knots of sycamore trees. reading. john divola. layers. holding my breath through tunnels. timed pauses. inhaling thrills. sidewalk chalk. multidimensionality. catching moments. equality. window panes. pocket flasks. testing the limits of constructed worlds. soft-spoken secrets. stale scent of cigarettes. innocence. awkward silence. distorted realities. broad street. recycled air. surviving. being young &feeling brave. invincibility. side stitches. ♥

• arts
• writing
• books
• poetry
• singing
• photography
• coloring
• dancing
• dining
• partying
• reading
• traveling
• billiards
• music
• live music
• piano
• blues

Music, Movies, and Books

Books - On the Road. The Catcher in the Rye. The Great Gatsby. Les Miserables. Me Talk Pretty One Day. Diary. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Junky. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. A Million Little Pieces. Perks of Being a Wallflower. Slaughterhouse-Five. Sex, Drugs, &Coco Puffs. Lysistrata. Revolutionary Road. Invisible Man. Beat Poetry. Bukowski. Howl&; other poems.

Music - The Get Up Kids. Bright Eyes. Rilo Kiley. Tilly and the Wall. Elliott Smith. Lullaby for the Working Class. Radiohead. The Postal Service. Straylight Run. Deathcab for Cutie. Cursive. Brand New. Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer. Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins. Say Anything. Lifetime. Owen. Mates of State. Broken Social Scene. Rainer Maria. Camera Obscura. Badly Drawn Boy. Desaparecidos. Dr Dog. Man Man. Azure Ray. Animal Collective. The Polyphonic Spree. &; more.

Movies - Across the Universe! Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Romeo and Juliet. Requiem for a Dream. Trainspotting. American Beauty. Reservoir Dogs. Donnie Darko. Fight Club. Dazed and Confused. Pulp Fiction. Dogma. Old School. Blow. Wedding Crashers. A Clockwork Orange. The Boondock Saints. Rent. Life Aquatic. Empire Records. Say Anything. Anchorman. Crash. Clerks I II. South Park the Movie: Bigger, Longer, &uncut. Science of Sleep. The Departed. Grandmas Boy. Superbad. So it goes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States