el Chupamofongo

Someone suggested I actually try to sound interesting, so here is a quick get-to-know-interesting-me:
I earned a useless degree in geology and ended up becoming a digital field cartographer. It was fun spending 3 years driving and living all around the country, and England for a couple months, creating those maps your navigation systems use today...but even travel gets old after a while. Despite that, I still love seeing new places - I've been to most of our continental states, France, the UK (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales), Spain, Italy, Sicily, Croatia, and Israel. I'm fascinated by trees and the natural world, and am now the office manager of one of the borough Forestry divisions for the New York City Dept. of Parks & Recreation, where I get to protect beautiful (and not so beautiful) nature from selfish destructive people. I love walking, hiking, exploring, camping, cooking (and eating, you can see from my pics...), and learning anything about anything, especially history. Other than travel, music brings me some of the greatest pleasure in life. I'd like more excuses to go out and have some fun. I try always to be humble. My friends and family are the most important things to me and I do anything for them. Hmmm... If this is pretentious, let me know. I'm not very good at talking about myself.
"Viciously verbose, funny and kindhearted, obsessively organized, pet-friendly, AND hypoallergenic," says the Snugglebunny Review, December 2006.
The five greatest loves of my life are travel, nature, music, good people, and food&drink - see above, hehehe.
I forget stuff....
There will always be a special place in my heart for Imani Coppola .
My biggest dream is to continue my life in Bolivia, when I get the courage to leave everything I know and am comfortable in.
Someday!...
There's a lot of amazing stuff in the world. We should all take our time, stop and look: there is the most fascinating beauty in the details as well as the overall sight, in everything around us.
I was born with eyebrows one size too large.
I'm obsessed with all things Maya.
Conquistadores are my natural enemy.
I promise never to let freestyle die!
Cheap and deceitful are the worst things someone can be...next to hurtful.
I live to eat, not eat to live. Sorry Ben!
Brandon Bird 's "Bad Day on the High Sea" is my favorite painting.
Misspelt signs crack me up...but not as much as Engrish !
Here's a great site with pictures of places and things in all 5 boros - the Bridge and Tunnel Club . It's great if you want to find local spots to visit, and even has menus! Use their Big Map to explore by neighborhood.
See what people talk about around here, and wonder why:
overheardinnyewyork.com
I wouldn't have my city any other way
It's All connected.
but really...
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mofongo.
mmmmmmm!
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Domoroboto
"Who taught you how to do this stuff?"
"You, alright? I learned it by watching you!"