Lust List 2016: Tanisha: Circus aerialist, Liquid Sky

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Age: 32
Job: Accountant/Circus aerialist, Liquid Sky
Relationship Status: Single

An accountant by day and aerialist by night, Tanisha is like the perfectly balanced equation waiting for the right suitor to solve for y. So why is she still being subjected to lame pickup lines in 2016? Like moths to a flame, the dimmest of wits are no doubt drawn to her faerie magic. But this Taurus takes no bull. She’s a trapeze queen with killer credit; a bald beauty with a brain for numbers. So come correct or consider yourself subtracted. — Rodney Carmichael


FUN AND FREE

My personality is very different in my corporate job than it is in my circus aerial job. I obviously get to be a lot more fun and free. Sometimes it’s hard to explain so I say I’m an aerialist and they don’t really know what that means. And I say, “OK, circus?” And they think the clown with the red nose. So I’m like, “I’ll just show you.” But I performed for our recent corporate Christmas party, so it was the first time any of them had ever seen it. They were like, “I didn’t know you did that!” It was nice. They got to really see what I’m doing — that I’m not walking around with a red clown nose.


What’s your preferred cocktail?

I love a Moscato or something sweet. I’m a sweet drinker but that’s annoying to say to the bartender.

How many dates before you go all the way?

It doesn’t really have to do with dates, because I’ve been on several Tinder dates with people. I hate dating. It’s not fun, so I’ll force myself to go on dates with someone and be like, let me try and find something interesting in them. And it could be five or six dates and it goes nowhere.

What’s your credit rating?

Oh God, I don’t know but I just bought a house and I didn’t have a problem with that.

What’s your guiltiest pleasure?

I love to people watch, so I can like go to Piedmont Park and just sit there and watch people for hours and hours and hours. I think I like to psychoanalyze people. My entire life I’ve been a people watcher. I just like to see how they react. I probably would be a peeping tom if I had the chance to.

What movie would you most want to live in?

I love, to this day, Love Jones. I love the whole story, how they met, everything. So I think Love Jones would be how I would want to live.

Do you have a drug of choice?

Either ZzzQuil or a mix of ZzzQuil and a glass of Moscato.

What’s your favorite curse word?

I don’t say it often and I really don’t understand why it’s such an offensive word, but I like “cunt.” Is that terrible?

What’s your best move on the dance floor?

I like to clear the floor and do a nice split. It’s always a surprise. The surprise split. And the crowd goes wild.

If you were convicted of a crime, what would it be?

It would probably be me helping someone else. I would be an accomplice for sure, and then I’d get screwed and have to go to jail.

How often do you talk to your mother?

My mom texts me several times a day. And I probably talk to her four or five times a week.

Describe your best date.

My best date would be going to a real cool, laid-back lounge — maybe somewhere in the Fourth Ward — to see a live band or some kind of jazz. Again, I’m thinking about Love Jones.

What’s in your glove box?

Actually, some gloves and the manual for my car.


What’s the sexiest part of the male anatomy?

I like some nice white teeth. But I also like a very defined V-shaped pelvis.

How often do you exercise?

Every day, sometimes twice a day. It’s obsessive.

Name a celeb you could take in a fight.

I feel like Beyoncé isn’t super scrappy. Solange on the other hand, I wouldn’t take her. But Beyoncé, I feel like you could knock her out before she realizes it.

What’s your weirdest recurring dream?

Where I’m trying to talk to someone but there’s all this gum in my mouth and I’m just pulling and pulling and pulling and pulling. And I can’t talk. It’s terrible.

What’s the lamest pickup line someone tried to use on you?

Just recently I was at this party at Tongue and Groove and this white guy came up to me and said, “You and I have the exact opposite problem.” He went on to say he’s super pale and I’m super dark. Then he followed that with: “How do you feel about big, white, bearded men?” I walked away. I want to teach all the white boys how to approach a black girl because that is not how you do it.

What three people would you most like to play spin the bottle?

Idris Elba, Tyrese, and Rihanna

What’s the best way for a customer to hit on you?

If I’m at a bar, the best way to hit on me is to send a drink to me. Come over and say hi, and then leave. Like, give a compliment and leave, then to come back maybe. I feel like I don’t get approached at all. Not in the legit way. You’ll get, “Hey girl, you’re so hot, your ass” this-and-that. But I never get like a legit, “You’re beautiful, I just wanted to tell you that.” That is the best. Not enough people use that.

Why do you think you’re on the Lust List?

I don’t know why. I’m not sure. What does it mean to be on the Lust List, to be lusted after?

Are you ready for the attention that may come with it?

Sure, because I’m looking for a quality date. I want to be approached in a legit way. Not “Hey girl, hey. Your ass is hot!”