Yoga (Ashtanga/Vinyasa); LOVE coffee; art museums; traveling; talking about what others consider annoying "psychobabble"; trying to hold a conversation with Sean (the little philosopher); trying to teach my brother yoga... which is pointless; Dreaming about going to Mysore, India (the home of Ashtanga yoga), and just recently following my alma mater's sports teams (GO JASPERS... hope I don't jinx their good luck!)
Who I'd Like to meet?Free spirits, fun/flexible individuals, quirky is OK as long as you're not my patient, old friends and new... Anyone who enjoys coffee, KNOWS who Marc Chagall is, likes dogs and minty chocolate chip frozen yogurt is cool in my book!Oh, and if you think that honesty is "overrated"... you have a problem. I know good therapists in the city that can help :)
Radiohead, The Juliana Theory, Snow Patrol, The Shore, Tresspasers William, Marcy Playground, REM, Coldplay, Devics, Death Cab for Cutie, Remy Zero, Imogen Heap, Augustana, Shiny Toy Guns, Kill Hannah, Dynamite Walls, Breaking Benjamin, Trapt, Chevelle, and TONS of indie bands I just cannot remember!
Amelie, Empire of the sun, Lost in translation, If Lucy fell, Color of Paradise (indie film from Iran... amazing), The Pianist, Angela's Ashes (the book was way better), I am Sam, American Beauty, Garden State (sorry.. I'm a fan of Natalie Portman and Zach Braff), The Virgin Suicides, White Oleander (the book was better), etc...
Sex and the City, Will and Grace, Friends, Six Feet Under, My So Called Life (Yes, most of the shows I liked are GONE!!); The Colbert Report; The Daily Show; South Park (at times... most enjoyable when watching it with my brother :)
The Kite Runner, Father Goriot (Balzac), The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood is VERY cool!), Coffinman, Me and Emma, My Name is Asher Lev, Man's Search for Meaning, Ka, The Gitta, Ramayana, The House of Spirits (Allende), Paula, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Blackbird, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, White Oleander, Angela's Ashes, and many, many MORE!
Mahatma Gandhi (although I don't agree with his stance on women and birth control), Sri Krishna Patthabi Jois, My Nanna, Alex (my "twin", who believes in me when I lack the strength to do so), Rob R (my college pal and BEST friend who has taught me how to smile in the face of adversity), the medical team at John Hopkins, my immunologist, and most importantly my LITTLE PATIENTS... each one is a hero.