CURRENT MISSION

Hay que vivir. One must live.

ABOUT ME

I'm a college grad, EFL teacher and a mother, married to a Spanish poet, and living as an expat in Spain. I'd like to meet more people, make new friends and see their homes and the world through their eyes. I'm originally from California, USA.

PHILOSOPHY

I strive to make meaning from meaningless events. I tend to have a novelistic outlook. I want to live in the moment and not have too many expectations of what the future needs to be like. As long as I expect nothing, I will always be pleasantly surprised.

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Intento hacer sentido de eventos sin sentido. Tengo perspectiva autoconciente como escritora. Quiero vivir en el momento y no tener demasiados expectativas de lo que el futuro debe ser. Siempre que anticipo nada, estaré agradablemente sorprendida.

Interests

I love philosophy, poetry, literature. I'm open to new experiences.

• literature
• poetry
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:Depeche Mode, Dave Gahan, (early) VAST, Radiohead, Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, The Beatles, Jenny Lewis, Gackt, Kenna, Paramore, Frederic Chopin, My Bloody Valentine, Erik Satie, Sean Lennon, The Verve, Slowdive, Nancy Ajram, Coldplay, Stanislas Renault, Lana Del Rey and anything I can bellydance to.

Movies: Donnie Darko, Adaptation, Kindergarten Cop, Beauty and the Beast, Bubble Boy, Todo Sobre Mi Madre, Volver, The Orphanage, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Role Models, Hancock, Equilibrium, Inception, Being John Malkovich, The Big Lebowski, Shine

Books: Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, Narcissus and Goldmund by Herman Hesse, White Fang by Jack London, Crime and Punishment/ Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Animorphs by K.A. Applegate, Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, EEEEE! EEE! EEEE! by Tao Lin, Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago, Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, San Manuel Bueno, mártir by Miguel de Unamuno, The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, egyptology books

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw my daughter smile at me for the first time.

Teach, Learn, Share

Sometimes you end up liking the things that you don't think you'd like if you give them a chance. Do something ridiculous, do something that will break your heart and remake you, leave everything behind, and always, always be thirsty for more.

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico, Philippines, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain