Rice Q&A
Place: San Francisco
Topics of Interest: How people grow and become whole, and the many things that thwart that. Coffee. Dancing. Loneliness. Office supplies.
Activities (besides writing): Lindy Hop, salsa, painting, exploring, wine bar hopping, staring out windows while thinking, staring out windows while appearing to be thinking
Guilty pleasure: Eavesdropping.
Phobias: Having someone push me onto the tracks while I wait for the subway.
photograph by Dan Girellini
Memorable Quote: “The genius of an individual lies in the inhabitation of their peculiar and particular spirit in conversation with the world. Genius is something that is itself and no other thing,” –David Whyte.
Proudest moment: Changing my car’s alternator at age 21. Most defeated moment: Having to bring the car into Pep Boys the next day because the car died because I forgot to ground a wire.
Top Five Geographical Happy Places: 1) Window seat, Momi Toby’s Revolution Cafe, San Francisco, CA ; 2) A certain porch, Charlotte, NC; 3) Small World Café, Princeton, NJ; 4)The rocks, Capitola, CA; 5) On the ferry to Isla Bella, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Most overused word: Prerequisite. Second most overused word: Mischievous.
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