About Me

  • About Me: Insight into a how little a grip I have on anything. Yes, we're individuals, unique, special, and all that -- but you've never met anyone like me.

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Will & Grace, Drawn Together, The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, Absolutely Fabulous, Girlfriends
  • Favorite Reruns: In Living Color, Living Single, Martin
  • Most Addictive Show: Hell's Kitchen, House, Lost
  • Characters you relate to: Karen Walker
  • Favorite Theme Song: "California" by Phanton Planet, the Will & Grace theme
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Any of the above

Video Games

  • Games I Play: Soul Calibur III

Travel

  • Places I love: Israel
  • Places I've been: Italy, Cuba, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Israel, South Korea
  • Places to see before I die: Too many
  • Dream Vacation: Antarctica

Style

  • Where I shop: Anchor Blue, Macy's, Men's Wearhouse, Nordstrom, Lucky Jeans
  • Brands I love: Adidas, Ecko, Anchor Blue
  • I like to wear: Formal Clothes, blue plaid, green shirts

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Rufus Wainwright, Balligomingo, Cecilia, Imogen Heap, Dead Can Dance, Adiemus, Thalia, Sigur Ros, DJ Mystik, Paul Oakenfold
  • Favorite Albums: Agaetis Byrjun, Takk..., Want One, Want Two, Little Earthquakes
  • Favorite Genre: Ambient, Electronica
  • Favorite Songs: Go Or Go Ahead, Eden, Dreaming, Hide And Seek

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Moulin Rouge, Chicago, The House on Haunted Hill, Team America
  • Favorite Actors: Johnny Depp, Kevin Spacey, Matthew Lillard, Gael Garcia Bernal, Nicole Kidman, Gong Li
  • Favorite Directors: Pedro Almodovar, Tomas Guitierrez Alea
  • Favorite Genre: Horror
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Moulin Rouge, Chicago
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Any horror, favourites above
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Dave Chappelle

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Italian, Mediterranean, Latin-American, Indian, French, Jewish
  • Favorite Dishes: Salmon, Gallo pinto, Sicilian pizza, Sun-dried tomato and artichoke pizza with spinach
  • Favorite Desserts: Tiramisu, Blood Oranges, Grand Marnier Souffle, Amaretto Liqueur Cake, my aunt's chocolate cake
  • Favorite Drinks: Rum & Coke, Rum, Long Island Ice Tea
  • Best meal ever: A seafood dinner at Legal Seafood in Boston in 2000
  • My Original Recipes: Lemon pepper grilled chicken strips on a bed of green beans, sliced mushrooms, diced walnuts, and sugar snap peas sauteed in walnut oil; artichoke and mushroom risotto with garlic aioli
  • Favorite Restaurants: Merkado (Washington DC), Cote Sud (San Francisco)
  • Foods I hate: Red meat, Grits

Books

  • Favorite Books: Inferno, Candide, Nightmares & Dreamscapes, All About Me, Robert Graves, Emily Dickinson
  • Favorite Authors: Dante Alighieri, Stephen King, Paulo Coelho
  • Favorite Genres: Horror, Humour, Poetry
  • Favorite Characters: Jay Gatsby
  • Recent Reads: Los Cuatro Acuerdos, The Corporation

More About Me

  • Nationality: American (Fuck yeah!)
  • Religion: Jewish. Recognize it.
  • Interests: Spanish, Academia, Art History, Mythologies, Linguistics
  • Expertise: See above
  • Occupation: Education/training
  • Industry: Education/Research
  • Website: This one