Man, is this daunting… Nothing but open space… Must impose structure… Ah! A list!
- San Diego native. Have done time in Berkeley, Oakland (my enduring favorite), Alameda, Seattle, and most recently Edinburgh, Scotland. Now I am taking up space in various guest rooms around San Diego until I can find a job and a suitable rental.
- I am engaged to a wonderful, awesome, intelligent, sensitive, lovely Mancunian named Paul. Don’t know when or where the wedding is yet, so don’t ask. I’m choosing to focus on the marriage.
- I used to be an elementary school teacher. First in the ghetto, then in the barrio. Like over 50% of dedicated, idealistic, hard-working young teachers, I burned out. I was tired and broke and feeling generally useless.
- In my new line of work, I am well-rested, paying off my student loans, and constantly discovering that I’m very useful. I’m not making the world a better place, exactly, but I’m happier and that’s worth a lot.
- What I do depends on what you do. If you are not familiar with internet startup culture and technology, then that’s what I do. If you are, then I do business development, content management, and SEO for new projects. If you are a local business, I can help you get more customers using the web–check out my resume page.
- Finally finally, have settled into a brand of Christianity that is compatible with what I’ve always understood as love-thy-neighbor, but what I now learn is called Humanism. Being loving is more important than being right, people.
- I’m a Libertarian Socialist who votes Democrat. Put that in your smoke and pipe it.
- I read. Love to read. Have a whole shelf of books in the queue. I’m a sci-fi noob, and have lately been enjoying lots of pop-psych, Jane Austen, and other fiction that comes recommended by friends or the Newberry Award.
- I knit. Love to knit. Can’t say enough how addicted to yarn I have have become. Never leave the house without a project. I’m Lindsay Dayton on Ravelry, shockingly enough.
- I am a novice urban cyclist. I don’t commute anywhere, but I have found my flat-bar road bike is good for pretty much anything, short of a run to the airport or CostCo. Still learning that cars are not to be trusted!
- I’m a Mac fangirl, and my iPhone is pushing me nearer obsession every day.
- I love to travel. I had forgotten, being so poor as I was, that I love to travel. Have seen very small corners of Asia and Europe, most of this great continent of North America, and nothing of anything else. But I’ve got a map and a whole cup full of pins.
- Food and Drink compete for the #1 spot in my drug-of-choice list. More specifically, cake and beer.
- I’m experimenting with a greener lifestyle. In San Diego, canvas grocery bags are enough to make people assume that you are a tree-hugger, but I’m bucking the system. Sometimes I even scare myself with the kind of hippie I have become.
- I’m about 85% of the way done with a Master’s Degree in Policy Studies in Cross-Cultural Education. Anyone want to write my thesis for me?
Now, some pictures for your viewing pleasure.
At the top of some very high waterfalls in Norway.
One of my favorite pictures of Paul and I
