about me

Liane {meraki geek} is a left-brain heavy professional seeking rich right-brain balance. Mommy to a very thoughtful son and rambunctious identical twin girls (one sweet and girlie, one book-smart and intense), wife to her high school sweetheart, and self-proclaimed wannabe hippie geek, Liane believes in researching everything (literally) and trying her best to practice less is more, the three r’s (reduce, reuse, recycle), lifelong learning, and personal growth with meraki.

My brain loves: speech-language pathology, massage therapy, anatomy and physiology, neurology, psychology, sociology, words, lists, outlines, cognitive challenges, patterns, predictability, making connections

My eyes love: anything crafty, Japanese paper, washi tape, yarn crafts, digital design, color palettes, Photoshop, sign language, calligraphy, symmetry

My nose loves: garlic, lavendar, scents that evoke memories, clean laundry, chlorine, old books, my kids’ breath, the Ionic Breeze/copy machine emissions, darkroom developer chemicals, gasoline, rubber cement, classic Strawberry Shortcake kisses, the goopy chemically stuff we used to use to blow bubbles with straws when we were kids, scratch-and-sniff stickers

My ears love: background noise, everything except pop and rap, my kids’ sleepy breathing, the sound of rain, my kids’ laughter

My heart loves: twins, organizing, bags, containers, Japan, anything creatively inspiring, odd numbers, recycling, technology, a chemical-free home, anything homemade, Hayao Miyazaki, Disney, Oregon, Hawaii, Japan, efficiency

My tummy loves: Haribo gummy candies, Jelly Belly jelly beans, banana flavored candy, cupcakes, Thai/Mexican/Japanese/Hawaiian food, chips and salsa and guacamole, Coke, soup, anything fried, bite-sized foods, bacon, tea, cooked carrots, popcorn made in coconut oil, caramel, frozen chocolate candy, saimin, spam musubi, fried rice, loco moco with extra gravy, garlic, extra spicy food

My hands love: fast typing, fast texting, short short short nails, my wedding rings, holding my thumbs, moisturizer, stroking my kids’ hair, clicking pens

Some of my opinions: mostly everything has a logical and/or scientific explanation; if there’s something you can do about it, just do it; motivation and optimism are turn-ons; narcissistic and egocentric people are the most difficult to deal with; there’s always room for improvement; I prefer being prepared/forewarned than being caught off guard; being viewed as anti-social is much more tolerable than feeling awkward in social situations; the pre-event anxiety is always much worse than the event itself; nerds and geeks are cool; acting dumb to dumb yourself down is dumb; if you actually read through all of this, please comment and/or follow me so I can give you props!