CURRENT MISSION

Anti-trafficking and human rights advocate

ABOUT ME

a complex creature. a bit dramatic at times. love being in love and love life. enjoy diversity in everything. want to learn as much as possible. giver. adore being cozy and deep conversations. a Solipsist who suffers from external world skepticism...

PHILOSOPHY

"I knew that all the hundred thousands pieces of life's game were in my pocket. A glimpse of its meaning had stirred my reason and I was determined to begin the game afresh. I'd sample its tortures once more and shudder again at its senselessness." -H Hesse

I'm a solipsist.

Interests

Thinking, Languages, Culture, Reading, Music, Bjork, My twin brother: Eric, My nieces & nephew, Women's Rights, Human & Animal Rights, Art, Cities, Nothing beats playing Chess, Clouds, Traveling, Fashion, Makeup, Tattoos, Babies, HOORAY for: Sushi, Japanese food, Thai food, Vietnamese food, Ethiopian food, Food in general, Coldstone Ice Cream, The Alaskan Fudge Company's "Gold Rush" fudge, Tea, The idea of becoming a strict vegetarian... again, Cameras, Magazine ads- (especially old school Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Versace, and Benetton ads), Will-power, Pistaccio-Gelato, Hiking, Brains, The continent of Africa, The countries of Brazil, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, and Iceland, Vintage posters are awesome, Summer rain, Primates, Turtles, Penguins, Art Nouveau, Alphons Mucha, Gustav Klimt, Maxfield Parish, Laughing, Randomness, Comfy beds, Good conversations, Small spoons, Peanut Butter Captain Crunch, Authors, Obsessive Compulsive Personalities, Roofs, Making adjectives out of nouns, Break dancing, Speakers, Good smelling soaps, Chuck Taylors, Water, Biking- I miss my bike :-( does someone want to send it to me?! Nature's Blessing hair pomade, Nice feet, Laying in the sun, Aveda shampoo, Love, Knitting, Nag Champa incense (Satya Sai Baba), Swimming Pools, Beauty Products, Baths, Beauty facials, Kissing, Loving, and Cuddling (with the right person), Being Lazy (different from laziness), Coziness, Yayyy for Cuteness, Holding hands, Smoothies, Swimming, Sunsets, Large bodies of Water, Hair, Freedom, Creativity...Sleeping...When Boopcho sleeps on his back with his legs stickin' straight up to the ceiling.......Dancing around my apartment with Boopcho in my arms.....

• animals
• arts
• culture
• fashion
• beauty
• tattoos
• dancing
• break dancing
• human rights
• dining
• japanese food
• vegetarian
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• knitting
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• swimming
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

MUZIK--BJORK, Marley, Ded Prez, Outkast, Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Outkast, NAS, Jill Scott, Oumou Sangare, Sade, Lauryn Hill, Goapele, Les Nubians, Zap Mama, Fela Kuti, Bebel Gilberto, old school r&b like Chaka Khan and Earth Wind and Fire, The Commodores, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Massive Attack, Faithless, Moloko, Shapeshifters, Lemon Jelly, Basement Jaxx, Maxwell, Nina Simone, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Anything from the 80's, Afro beat, Reggae, Brazilian, Bassa Nova- ahhh the soundtrack to Black Orpheus is so fresh, Chill-out music, Some electronic, Radiohead, Lots of 90's alternative like Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, etc., The theme song to "Reading Rainbow", "I would walk 5,000 miles"- The Proclaimers, Bande sonore pour Le Fabuleux destin d' Amelie Poulain, Dragan Dautovski Quartet, Sting and the Police, Anything that makes me really happy, nostalgic or sad, sometimes crying... loudly feels really good- just as good as laughing... loudly... alone. I like anything that will make me dance around my apartment and act like a damn fool. Hey anybody remember "Buffalo Stance" by Nina Cherry? What about "We don't have to take our clothes off" by Jermaine Stewart? "It takes two", no, not the Rob Base version- the version by Seduction... dang it took me so long to find that version. Yeah, stuff like that takes me way back and I really act like a silly girl. I love that really poppy 80's music- Good stuff.

MOOVIES--Le Ballon Rouge, Kill Bill I &; II, Dancer in the Dark, Anything with Audrey Hepburn because she is AmAzing, All Spike Lee joints namely: Malcom X &; Bamboozled, Zoolander, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Truman Show, 50 1st Dates, Edward Sccisorhands, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Chocolate, Orfeu Negro, Le Fabuleux destin d' Amelie Poulain-Amelie- the most adorable woman character ever- other than myself and Bjork of course ;-), The Usual Suspects, As Good As It Gets, Raising Victor Vargas, Cidade de Deus, The Gods Must be Crazy,, Before The Rain, The Beach, Requiem for a dream, Clueless, Punch Drunk Love, What Dreams May Come, The Sound of Music, Finding Nemo, Chicken Run- get that freedom baby, Nowhere in Africa, Les Triplettes de Belleville, Gaslight, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, most 80's movies, lots of old movies, almost any foreign film really......

BOOKS--Le Petit Prince, Life of Pi, The Human Stain, Cat's Cradle, Desert Rose, The Prophet, Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, Black Boy, Native Son, Black White and Jewish-memoir of Rebecca Walker, Most anything by Langston Hughes, Childrens books- they are so much more creative and I love the illustrations, Compact Atlas of the World, Photography books, Vogue.. many many more

Countries I’ve Visited

Albania, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kosovo, Macedonia, United States

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