I'm a firm believer in HARM REDUCTION, realistic drug & sex education, social justice, universal healthcare, peace on earth...HA!
I volunteer at the Needle Exchange in Eugene. Aside from driving the big, white van and distributing supplies, I will soon be doing HIV testing and counseling on site.
My hobbies/passions include creativity in all forms, photography, jewelry making, traveling, hiking, exploring...
I love trees - especially bristlecone pines. :)
I admire great artists such as Shag,
Mark Ryden,
Justin Bua, Sam Flores,
Glenn Barr
Sas & Colin Christian
and Lori Earley
eccentric, interesting people
anyone who can make me laugh (it's not that hard)
I really do like a wide variety of music.
classic reggae, soul & hip hop - SAM COOKE has/d the most beautiful voice I have ever heard. BOB MARLEY is the most amazing singer/song writer I have ever known, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Otis Redding, Peter Tosh, Eddie Kendricks, Jimmy Cliff, Steel Pulse, the Spinners, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, RBL Posse, Hieroglyphics & Dan the Automator to name a few.
Electronic, 80s New Wave, stuff you can't categorize... West Coast DJs - DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, ShortKut, JBoogie, Kid Koala...
I love Thomas Mapfumo, Alice in Chains, A Perfect Circle, Tool, the Cure, Esthero, Dave Matthews Band, Thievery Corporation, New Order,
Donnie Darko, Requiem for a Dream, Easy Rider, True Romance, Tommy Boy, the Goonies, New Jack City, intense documentaries, slasher flicks
We get MOST channels - yay Dreambox - so I watch a lot of PPV movies and porn. I also love Court TV, National Geographic, Discovery ('I Shouldn't Be Alive' is messed up!), A&E, the Simpsons, Lost, Buffy (RIP)
Ishmael - Daniel Quinn, Sepent and the Rainbow - Wade Davis, Ceremony - Leslie Marmon Silko, true crime /serial killer novels - Ann Rule is great, Juxtapoze magazine, NG Traveler & Adventure magazines, American Photo mag.
My Dad, my sister, Bob Marley, folks who manage to cope with the effects of severe trauma...