After growing up in a small town, I moved to Olympia three years ago. Then, I ended up here in Tacoma two years ago where I work for a major insurance company. When I'm not talking to people about their car accidents at work, I enjoy exploring Tacoma and taking trips to Seattle and Olympia. Also, I love to play the piano, dance, and perform standup comedy whenever I can.

Interests

• humanities
• poetry
• dancing
• swing dancing
• coffee
• reading
• piano
• comedy
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Music, Movies, and Books

Music, oh music, I have so many favorites...same with movies and books! To name a few of each:

Music:

Pink Martini; Simon & Garfunkel ; Glenn Gould; Righteous Brothers; Nat King Cole; Iron & Wine; Cake; Claude Debussy; Frederic Chopin; She & Him.

Books:

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (any Fitzgerald really); For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway ; Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury; The Complete Oxford Book of English Poetry; The Complete Works of John Keats; The Complete Works of Emily Dickinson; The Complete Works of Robert Frost
The Tempest by William Shakespeare;The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell.

Films:

The Godfather; Doctor Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; The Third Man; Casablanca; Fiddler on the Roof; O Brother Where Art Thou; The Grand Budapest Hotel; Inglorious Basterds; To Kill a Mockingbird; Vertigo.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a mild card games enthusiast who is always up for introducing new adherents to the games of cribbage, Hearts, Whist, and Spades. Also, I enjoy getting other people into swing dancing whenever I can.

Additionally, I'm an utterly curious person who loves to walk around a town or city with others and drop into shops, restaurants, or other places I find to be interesting along the way. When I'm by myself, I enjoy discovering such things so I can pass on info about them to others later.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I have a ton of interests and like to chit-chat about just anything. And, I'm a comedian...so I tell jokes and engage in constant banter. Besides that, I'm also a pro dishwashing crew member. If there's a piano around, I'm always down to play a little for you; I also enjoy sharing random poetry I've memorized occasionally.