alyssa

I'm a 30-year-old lawyer, originally from San Diego, and currently living in Glendale, California. Though I enjoy receiving handmade items, at this stage in my life I'm not a crafter. I spend most of my free time watching TV and movies, listening to music or going to shows, camping, hiking, reading books, drinking in dive bars, playing bingo, playing Scrabble or Boggle, taking walks, and taking naps. Above all of these things, I love to eat.

I'm open to trying any kind of music and I love getting mix CDs with songs that are new to me. A fraction of my favorites are: Louis Armstrong, Bad Religion, Harry Belafonte, Cab Calloway, Johnny Cash, CocoRosie, Sam Cooke (and the Soul Stirrers), Jim Croce, The Decemberists, The Distillers, Mike Doughty, Flogging Molly, Ethel Merman, The Mountain Goats, Neutral Milk Hotel, Edith Piaf, The Pixies, Rilo Kiley, Shonen Knife, Nina Simone, The Slackers, Soul Coughing, System of a Down, They Might Be Giants, Tilly and the Wall, Tool, Charles Trenet, Tom Waits, Gillian Welch, Zydepunks.

Amelie, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, City of God, The City of Lost Children, The Eighth Day, Harold and Maude, The Jerk, M, Shaun of the Dead; and anything directed by Wes Anderson, Tim Burton, Jim Jarmusch, or David Lynch.

Danish and mid-century modern design, sushi, robots, trees and birds, accordions, trains, typewriters, This American Life, crosswords, antique/vintage used postcards, Sharpies, Post-Its, stationery, useful office/desk gadgets, useful kitchen gadgets, refrigerator magnets, herbs and spices, healthy crock pot recipes, Burt's Bees, monkeys, Shag, argyle, black licorice, cinnamon candy.

Nickel, so there are a lot of metals I can't wear on my skin. I also dislike cilantro to the point that I might as well be allergic to it.