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kim

Either get busy living, or get busy dying. -Stephen King

About Me

quirky-aloner with a curious, adventurous mind .. i love travel, rock-climbing, yoga & photography, to name a few .. spiritual, untamable thrill-seeker & sunshine addict, can usually be found lost in the great outdoors - exploring, thinking, looking, shooting pictures .. love rugged, low-maintenance travel ....lately i can't seem to get enough of photographing what i see around me .. i 'm armed almost constantly with my lil digi-cam .. just in case .. here's a small sample of my shots .. many more images at flickr..

My Interests

long drives along the coast or on windy mountain roads, foreign cities, ben and jerry's berry graham cheese cake ice cream, freckles, toe rings, the underdog, dares, body piercings and tats, sand in my toes, my fingers in the dirt, butterflies, deep conversations, quirky personality traits, teasing and tickling, disgustingly nice people, rough-around-the-edges tough people, exploring, wandering aimlessly, spicey food, laughter, intimacy, controversy, sunshine, sunshine, sunshine, margaritas, hamocs, adrenaline rush, the colors red orange and yellow, bondfires, night-time swims, sleeping under the stars .. travel, rock climbing, scuba, hiking, camping, road trips, indie films, lounging in the sunshine, a good cold tastey beer, happy hours with interesting people

I'd like to meet:

like-minded, spiritual, on-the-go, worldly peeps, mischeif makers, partners in crime ..You have been marked on my profile map! Click to zoom-in.

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Music:

menomena, modest mouse, belle and sebastian, looper, my morning jacket, radiohead, pulp, electrelane, the lovemakers, blonde redhead, bjork, cat power, azure ray, sigur ros, massive attack, amon tobin, bonobo, cujo, kid loco, sublime, beastie boys, violent femmes, cake, bare naked ladies, jack johnson, ben harper, bowie, pink floyd, gong, manu chao, fela kuti, femi kuti, nusrat fateh ali khan

Movies:

black hawk down, behind enemy lines, stander, snatch, run lola run, billy elliot, buffalo 66, pulp fiction, the 5th element

Television:

man against nature, i shouldn't be alive, anthony bourdain - no reservations, monk, the colbert report, law and order CI, mythbusters, heroes

Books:

a fine balance, the poisonwood bible, the kiteflyer, memoirs of a geisha, anais nin, sante d'orazio - a private view

Heroes:

not to be cheesy, but .. Cory .. for his paintings that i could stare at for hours; for his photography that is intimate and masterfully done; for his skillful graphic design and webwork mastery; for his knowledge - he seems to know something (a hell of a lot, actually) about everything; Cory for his beautiful landscaping, knowledge of botany and magical way with plants - "he can plant a stick and make it grow"; for his carpentry and creative building skills - he can build ANY thing; Cory for his adventurous spirit and "always-up-for-anything-ness"; Cory for his tenderness, humility and inner peace; for his generosity and friendship, and the way he relates to people; Cory for his kick-ass tunes and large repertoire of very cool music! Cory for his way of making art whether he means to or not with everything he touches and everything he does; I could go on & on .. you can find a small sample of his craftiness here: http://demo.nwr2.net

My Blog

i heard your heart today ..

... beating 10 weeks strong...
Posted by kim on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:08:00 PST

Rest peacefully, Danika ...

At around 5 am on Thursday 6/21, 2 large, dark, unleashed dogs came into our yard and brutally mauled our cat. They each had a jaw-lock on her, violently shaking and "tug-of-warring" with her. After...
Posted by kim on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 07:54:00 PST

Sitting on the beach, lost in your big brown eyes ...

i vacationed on the coast of lincoln city this weekend on bella beach .. it was a quite loud & wild time with 7 other girls in a 3-story vacation rental complete with coctails, jacuzzi, silly stri...
Posted by kim on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:58:00 PST

he loves me .. he loves me not ..

some of today's photos ......
Posted by kim on Sat, 26 May 2007 08:49:00 PST

white

a photographic tribute to the beautiful non-color ......
Posted by kim on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:49:00 PST

it rained today

the sky was dark .. the air was cold .. thirsty plants drank .. and drank .. and burst with incredible lush, green color .. a dandilion was ravaged .. but stood its own .. elegantly .....
Posted by kim on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:36:00 PST

Constellation

i stumbled upon a small gathering of water droplets on a leaf like a small constellation of miniature worlds .. as though in unanimous agreement to share the morning .. until later transforming into n...
Posted by kim on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:53:00 PST

please help free Gary Tyler!

on my way to work on thursday, i heard on the radio (radio show Democracy Now, www.democracynow.org War On Peace Report) a phone interview of Gary Tyler from his jail cell, a black man wrongfully sent...
Posted by kim on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:25:00 PST

Beautiful Corrosion

i interviewed for a new job yesterday .. i was promised an answer within hours .. i really wanted this one !!  so after pacing for a bit and repeated glances at my lil' blue cell phone, i decided...
Posted by kim on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:14:00 PST

You Know You're From Hawaii When...

I spied ((SPAK'D)) this on teahi's blog & had so much fun reading it, i thought i'd re-blog & pass it along ...... =)  (photo by cory cailteux)You Know You're From Hawaii When...You can u...
Posted by kim on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:54:00 PST