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A born and raised Brooklynite (I like to stress that, as most natives shun being from Brooklyn – they are probably running away from a bitter past). A strange twist of fate brought me to live where my roots are – Sicily. I’ve been in Palermo for 6 years now and I can safely say that I have somewhat found my niche in the cosmos; though I sometimes miss NY terribly, for every one reason that I can find for moving back I can find a just-as-good one for staying put.
Besides teaching TEFL courses and other jobs inherent to bilingual skills, other near-future and far-future projects are writing an English grammar book tailored to the needs of the Italian learner and in a user-friendly manner, writing short stories and possibly a novel, taking a stab at screenwriting, and finding a job that would allow me to live between NY and Palermo (it’s a sacrosanct right to dream). Above all, what I want is peace of mind, which I get through writing. I am fortunate to have this exhaust valve that eases a lot of nastiness with every keystroke and I am also fortunate to have found this outlet that allows me to do so.
- Location:
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Italy
- Primary occupation:
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teacher/translator/interpreter
- Dream occupation:
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dialog coach/writer/professor
- Hometown:
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Brooklyn NY
- Schools attended:
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Scuola d'Italia -NY, University of Palermo, Italy
- I like:
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chocolate, being near nature, children, reading, dogs, music, a good laugh, a good conversation, travelling.
- Favorite writers:
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Luigi Pirandello, Dorothy Parker, F.Scott Fitzgerald, Iris Murdoch, Ian McEwen, Oscar Wilde, Anais Nin, Henry Miller, Arthur Miller, Norman Mailer, Noam Chomsky
- Favorite books:
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Tender Is The Night, The Manual of the Warrior of the Light (Paulo Coelho) Elegy for Iris (John Bayley), Six Characters in Search of an Author, The Portable Dorothy Parker
- Favorite newspapers:
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Any good ones left?
- Favorite magazines:
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Vanity Fair (US edition)
- Favorite music:
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Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Duran Duran,Cousteau, Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Frusciante's solo stuff, Gotan Project, Sarah Jane Morris, the Clash, 70's, 80's, et al...
- Favorite movies:
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Animal House, Saturday Night Fever, Goodfellas, Summer of Sam, the Doors, anything by the Cohen brothers, Monsieur Ibrahim and The Flowers of the Coran
- Favorite TV shows:
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The Simpsons, Nip/Tuck, The History Channel, Classic Vh1, Lou Dobbs...and..FOX News
- Favorite teams:
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FC Inter, NY Rangers
- Favorite quote:
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You have to have a lot of chaos within you to generate a dancing star - Nietzsche; Use your faults, use your defects, then you're going to be a star - Edith Piaf
- Gender:
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Female
- Religion:
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Catholic w/ issues