: About Me

My name is Sarah Torribio and I am a writer with a professional and educational background in journalism. I am the mother of a 17-month-old boy and a freelance writer whose specialties include blogging, copy editing and website content creation with an eye for search engine optimization.

Other writing passions include poetry, songwriting and fiction; I am just wrapping up a comedy screenplay in which a producer is interested in. Cross your fingers.

I hope you enjoy my essays, articles and poetry here on Helium. Want to hear more from me? You can check out some tracks from my self-published debut album, Nicotine Angel, on myspace.com/sarahtorribio. It's available for purchase on Amazon and CD Baby.

I am the Los Angeles Health and Beauty Examiner for Examiner.com. If you're into looking good and feeling great, check out my blog at: http://www.examiner.com/x-10873-LA-Health-and-Beauty-Examiner

I also have authored a book with lifelong rock fan Steve Weinberger called "No Air Guitar Allowed," a humorous guide to the rock concert experience. You can buy it on Amazon or through http://www.noairguitarallowed.com/

My passion is ...

My passion is becoming a better person and cultivating a bit of adventure in my life. Also music, poetry and journalism.

I know too much about ...

I know too much about showtunes, conspiracy theories, clowns and fart jokes.

My parents always told me ...

My parents always told me that I was creative, and that I shouldn't kiss cats because they have germs. I listened to the compliment, not the advice.

My childhood ambition ...

I wanted to become an oceanographer at one point, and an archaeologist, and an actress and a writer.

My favorite memory ...

My favorite memory is of swimming at night in the Ocean on the island of Tobago, with fireflies in the trees and bioluminescent lights in the water.

Why I write ...

I write because I breathe, and because words, phrases, stories, metaphors and ideas are constantly awhirl in my head like a carnival ride.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The Tea House on Mulberry Street by Sharen Owns

My first job ...

My first real job was at the International House of Pancakes. Three years of coming home smelling like syrup!

My best moment ...

Rocking on a porchswing on a windy day, with my baby in my arms all cozy in a blanket.

My inspiration ...

Brian. The Smiths. Travel. My friends. Alex. John Ritter. Sylvia Plath. Madeleine L'Engle. My homies.

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: For now

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I'm making papel picado banners from the soggy labels of cut-rate cerveza. Just for now. Later, I'll go to the botanica and drop my last million pesos on a love potion. I'm wondering if you smell like wood smoke, hair pomade or the long lost floating gardens of Aztlan, Just for now. Later, I will brush the hair from the back of your neck and inhale deeply, then apologize: "Perdneme. I thought you were someone else." I'm feigning interest in a straw wrapper, salt and pepper shakers and the contents of my purse. Just for now. Later, I will send you an aphrodesiacal drink - brandy enflamed by...

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