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Foram

part of you pours out of me in these lines from time to time

About Me

I'm small but completely certain that I'm actually taller than I look. I think too much, laugh too loud, sleep too early, remember too little, and talk too often, but all of it makes me happier to be me.

My Interests

perfectly placed alliteration, dancing, reading, acting, writing, laughing, daffodils, making friends, brian andreas, music, daydreaming, and, of course, james lipton, viewing parties, beaches, cities, etc.

I'd like to meet:

the smart, funny, interesting, charming, ambitious, enthusiastic, charismatic people that give me hope in humanity, not that i'm much of a pessimist.

Music:

sucker for kanye west, pharrell williams, jessie baylin, laura jansen, joe purdy, belle and sebastian, meiko, prince, justin timberlake, john mayer, jimmy eat world, frank sinatra, astrud gilberto, edith piaf, ella fitzgerald,keane, sanders bohlke, feist, coldplay, imogen heap, ingrid michaelson, ray lamontagne, norah jones, thelonius monk, the police, eric clapton, moussorgsky, rod stewart, simon and garfunkel, spice girls, showtunes, switchfoot, joshua radin, jordan lawhead, zack hexum, brett dennen, rob giles, sondre lerche, the postal service, teitur, jeff buckley, sufjan stevens, joni mitchell, the strokes, the virgins

Movies:

singing in the rain, white oleander, finding nemo, garden state, same time, next year, sophie's choice, wit, in america, i heart huckabees, when harry met sally, the big lebowski, 12 angry men, casablanca, hero, amelie, breakfast at tiffany's, the man on the moon, million dollar baby, big fish, only when i laugh, junebug, waiting for guffman, this is spinal tap, best in show, and every other Guest mockumentary

Television:

gilmore girls, house, LOST, grey's anatomy, insidee the actor's studio, deal or no deal!, project runway

Books:

le petit prince, the god of small things, me talk pretty one day, lolita, a prayer for owen meany, the bell jar, the glass menagerie, franny and zooey, to kill a mockingbird

Heroes:

strangers, friends

My Blog

the feather on my foot

"life is not about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself"- george bernard shaw "Just go," she said, so resolutely, with no hint of dramatics. "Don't think about it, because when y...
Posted by Foram on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:39:00 PST

swinging...

This year I started swing dancing. Thursday nights, up at 31st and 8th ave, I put away my sneakers and put on my dancing shoes. In a way, it's the most intimate form of communication. This stranger, w...
Posted by Foram on Sun, 20 May 2007 01:52:00 PST

valentine to-go

Nothing says Single like a meal-for-one to go from a dining hall on Valentine's day. I must admit, at first I was a little bummed about it: not only would I have to endure the sloshy brown snow on the...
Posted by Foram on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:51:00 PST

being home

i've been here for about 4 days now, and i think i've gotten back into the swing of things. i say that because i've already reached my threshold of boredom. it's a thin line to cross, but it's there. ...
Posted by Foram on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:29:00 PST

Toilet paper: how i know my mother loves me.

As I re-entered my house for the first time in 4 months, there was a quiet calm in the air. The place was spotless, pristine, eerie. Some furniture had been rearranged, the carpet had been shampooed, ...
Posted by Foram on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:44:00 PST

let it snow...

Lately, we've all been on snow-watch, hoping the little flakes will come down before my flight on the 18th. today we got a phone call from an anonymous source informing us of sightings of "snow flurri...
Posted by Foram on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:57:00 PST

i have mail...

Something else about the 206 girls is that we always have a movie on. In the morning, getting ready for class, during the day while we do our homework, late at night when we're falling asleep, and eve...
Posted by Foram on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:27:00 PST

I'll be your fin...

Smoked Salmon, as we all know, has a fungus problem. Lately, it's gotten pretty bad and he has lost his fin. It's very sad to see. Yesterday I was in my room and I went to check up on Rebel and Salmon...
Posted by Foram on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:56:00 PST

new york life

I wish I had a camera so I could show you everything around me. For now, I'll just try to be as descriptive as possible.My roomie Vivian and I have started a zoo. On second thought, it's more like a w...
Posted by Foram on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:51:00 PST

walking one-by-one

Attn: straight men of nycWhere ARE you? Something about the turning of leaves just brings people into each other's arms. I think there's something in the rainwater. I remember trudging through the rai...
Posted by Foram on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 06:15:00 PST