Basically?
I'm an early-thirties program analyst living in Washington DC.

What's with the name?
Moryma Aydelott (more-I-ma / aid-a-lot). My first name is spanish/moorish, my last name is french. It was Berkeley in the 1970's - could have been much much worse. Actually, I really like my name, even with all the wacky mispronunciations I get.

Where are you from?
I grew up in the San Francisco (East) Bay Area, spent the last two years of High School in CT, and went to college and worked in Washington DC, went to grad school in Berkeley CA and now live in DC again.

Favorites (in no particular order)?
Movies: Favorites cycle in and out but in general give me some mix of indie (usually small in scope and rough in cut), intrigue (spies, lies, whatever), social commentary (yup, I'm a liberal), good pacing (I don't want to fall asleep), laughs (pratfalls or wordplay I don't care), good soundtrack (keeps things moving), and George Clooney and I'm fine. As a note - I'm a notorious crier at tearjerker movies to the point where Demmert won't see them with me anymore. Books: "Animal Dreams" by Barbara Kingsolver, "Nobody's Fool" by Richard Russo, "Auntie Mame" by Patrick Dennis, "A Room with a View" by EM Forster, "Paula" by Isabel Allende, "The Eight" by Katherine Neville, "I, Claudius" by Robert Graves, all 6 of the "Anne of Green Gables" books by LM Montgomery, "High Fidelity" by Nick Hornby, "Tales of the City" by Armistead Maupin, "The Club Dumas" by Arturo Perez-Reverte, "My Wicked, Wicked Ways" and "Loose Woman" by Sandra Cisneros, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkein, "Girl of the Limberlost" by Gene Stratton Porter, "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood, "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote, "About Alice" by Calvin Trillin, "Valley of the Dolls" by Jacqueline Susann Songs: "How Can I Keep From Singing?" by Eva Cassidy, "Suzanne" and "Lady Midnight" by Leonard Cohen, "Orange Crush" and "Jesus Loves Me Like a Bird" by Rose Polenzani, "Awake" by Letters to Cleo, "Hallelujah" by Rufus Wrainright, "Allelulia" by Dar Williams, "Little White Dove" by Jess Klein, "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake, "Handle with Care" by Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins, "I'm the Man Who Loves You" by Wilco, "Blues in the Night" by Julie London, "It Had to be You" by Harry Connick Jr., "Broken Hearted Melody" by Sarah Vaughan, "Let's Just Get Naked" and "Right Hand Man" by Joan Osborne, "Something" by the Beatles, "Strange Loop" and "Jealousy" and "Closer To You" by Liz Phair, "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" by Stevie Wonder, "The Good Life" by Weezer, "Brand New Lover" by Dead or Alive, "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" and "Little Red Corvette" by Prince, "Heartbreaker" by Pat Benetar, "Move Over" and "Piece of my Heart" by Janis Joplin, "Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett, "Suburban Home" and "Cheer" and "Sour Grapes" by The Descendents, "Garden of Delights" by Lisa Loeb, "Carey" and "A Case of You" and "California" by Joni Mitchell, "Far Gone and Out" by Jesus and Mary Chain, "The Girl in the Corner" by Lyle Lovett, "Landmine" and "Last Innocent Year" and "No Net Below" by Jonatha Brooke, "Head On" by The Pixies, "C'mon, C'mon" and "My Favorite Mistake" by Sheryl Crow, "Big Time Sensuality" by Bjork, "Too Bad About Your Girl" by The Donnas, "Step Aside" and "Ballad of a Ladyman" and "You're No Rock 'n Roll Fun" and "Leave You Behind" by Sleater Kinney, "Sssingle Bed" by Fox, "I Touch Myself" sung by Scala Choir, "Really Really Happy" by The Muffs Artists: Georgia O'Keefe, Henri Matisse, Edward Weston, Mark Rothko

And?
I'm an avid reader, crafter, collager, and a reluctant jogger. I hate brussel sprouts, but unlike my father I do like okra. And as my friend beley will tell you, I am the forever queen of cheap read wine.