marla

Lee High, Attended 1995 - 1999, Class of 1999

proud product of public schools.

James Madison University, Attended 1999 - 2002, Class of 2002, Bachelor's Degree, Sociology

livable communities outreach coordinator

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life without caffeine. cooking great vegetarian/vegan food, and also food with meat. becoming a professional picnic-er. collecting records. urban spaces designed around people rather than cars. camping in the bay area's spectacular open spaces. organic produce. hot tubbing. local wine. accruing southwest airlines frequent flyer miles, and accruing annual leave. adverbs. mentoring. the great storytellers of the world. keeping it real. talking smack. goddamn soul music. not being in debt like everyone else these days. proofreading. new restaurants. kitsch. the district of columbia. going on dates. with my girlfriend. world travel. chimay. text messages. snuggling. listening to KQED in the shower. making lists. gmailing. biking. public transit. writing letters to joye and renee. pistachios. going to shows. the islands. current events. missing the east coast when on the west, and missing the west when on the east. hearing my nephew call me "auntie marla."

i stockpile books and magazines and occasionally read them as my attention span permits.

shortbus. bubble. the squid and the whale. insatiable. rize. mad hot ballroom. farmingville POV. the woodsman. american splendor. carandiru. storytelling. triplets of belleville. freeway. napoleon dynamite. michael moore stuff. city of god. boyz n the hood. 9 to 5. set it off. pieces of april. dirty pretty things. rabbit-proof fence. full metal jacket. whale rider. tommy boy. superstar. american mullet. happiness. far from heaven. fire. and i'm sorry but borat was fucking hilarious.

nina simone, satchmo, lyn collins, stevie wonder, ray charles, james brown, aretha franklin, bill withers, jeff buckley, my morning jacket, feist, blonde redhead, ted leo and the pharmacists, rogue wave, shudder to think, elliott smith, bahamadia, murs, madvillain, cee-lo/gnarls barkley, black star/talib kweli/mos def, blackalicious/gift of gab, count bass d, edan, 90s classics like foxy brown and lil kim and biggie, black uhuru, gregory isaacs, joni mitchell, roy orbison, john lee hooker, loretta lynn, the carter family, johnny cash, calibre, shy fx, marky, patife, erykah badu, john legend, sharon jones and the dap-kings, jill scott, robin thicke, dj rekha, m.i.a. i also like songs where rappers praise their moms. and almost anything in the $1 vinyl bin at the amoeba in the haight.

strangers with candy (why did they replace orlando, and jerri's brother, and jerri's dad, in the movie? i found that to be whack), golden girls, L word, chappelle, medical incredible, 10 years younger, trigger happy, most extreme animals, fresh prince, inspector gadget

an open book.

and i'm an enfp (CLICK).

people who can ground me/people who make me feel like i'm dangerously ungrounded, and everyone who brings the party with them. people who like playing outside.