Ali

theatrical tech, massage therapist, choreographer

Contact Improv and Modern dance, ice cream, film, painting, craftiness, accessorizing/assisting femmes, (holding femmes' sassy purses), my switch-cat Sam, UMass-Amherst, patchwork spiritual practice, subvertin' da dominant paradigm, healing arts/massage.

collected works of Rumi, Stones From the River by Hegi, Horton Hears A Who by Dr. Seuss

The Cook-The Thief-His Wife&Her Lover, Fight Club, Tank Girl, Benny&Joon, Fresh, Bowling for Columbine, Sex-Lies&Videotape, Like Water for Chocolate, The Pillow Book, Victor/Victoria.

old madonna, ani difranco, cake, portishead, sinead, joni mitchell, zap mama, cocteau twins, jill scott, sneaker pimps, PRINCE, Squeeze, Depeche Mode, DJ Gray (2-step), Missy Elliot, The Police, Annie Lennox, Erykah Badu.

Charlie Rose & all else PBS, Law&Order, Drew Carey/Who's Line...?, XFiles, Suspect (Helen Miren!)

I'm worth knowing. The rest will take time well spent.

Everything and nothing and I'll know it when I see it:
Friends who aspire to really have my back. Reciprocators. Thinkers who want to trade noble challenges. People who like staying present and have honed a keen sense of physical awareness. People who can stay up really late shakin da bootay. Folk who meander and eventually get there and have a spiritual base, (not a religious bat). Good souls who are genuine, crucially honest about themselves & others, and don't flake. Talented ones who make me laugh my ass off, and egg me to do same for them. Lovers of belly, neck, and spooning. Artists, advocates, poets, sleeves-rolled-up-get-dirty makers of dreams-come-true who don't
wait for someday.