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Loren Christopher

We're not human beings here to have a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings here to have a h

About Me

I love learning about the world and the current issues it's faced with. I've lived abroad before (Prague, Mykonos), and will be heading off to teach English in Seoul, South Korea after I graduate in December. After that I would really like to just live around the world and do humanitarian/volunteer work to help make the world a better place, or at least do my part to.

I like a lot of things, if I'm hanging with people who can make me laugh, but can also have a serious and intelligent conversation with me, then I'm happy. My friends are some of the most incredible people, and I'm so glad to have them in my life. I've been blessed in life to have had some pretty incredible experiences, especially at my age. So just shoot me a message if you'd like to know more about me...

My Interests

reading, traveling, laughing, drinking, sushi, politics, religions, learning, meditating, cooking, writing, chianti, design, history, piano, photography, people, teaching, Italy, Portisead, shark fishing, cheap thrills

I'd like to meet:

I like anyone who can make me think and laugh...also people who are not afraid to take risks, follow their bliss, or live life on the edge. I do NOT want to meet people who have fallen prey to comfortability, ignorance, apathy, or complacency. Those are big 'sins' in my book.

Music:

Portishead, Britney Spears, Madonna, Mary J. Blige, The Killers, Corrine Bailey Rae, Jay Z, Gwen Stefani, The Doors, Rachmaninoff, Keane, Carly Simon, Fionna Apple, Mazzy Star, Massive Attack, Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers, Damien Rice, John Mayer, The Fray, Chopin, Debussy, Ravi Shankar, REM, Beck

Movies:

Amelie, Paradise Now, Somewhere in Time, Before the Fall, My Flesh & Blood, Baraka, Boys Don't Cry, Ordinary People, Downfall, Bridget Jones, Romy & Michelle's HS Reunion, Dancer in the Dark, Scarface, Under the Tuscan Sun, Saved!, Mambo Italiano, Closer, Election, Freeway, Pink Flamingos, Girls Will Be Girls, Gia, The Hours, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Notting Hill, The Piano, The Piano Teacher, Requiem for a Dream, Shine, Life is Beautiful, TransAmerica, Turtles Can Fly, Pulp Fiction, Old School, Mean Girls, Female Trouble

Television:

The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Saturday Night Live, C-SPAN & Book TV, plus usually whatever is on the Documentary Channel

Books:

Crime & Punishment, Feast of Love, Conversations with God, The Known World, 1984, Anti-Christ, Ecco Homo, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, The DaVinci Code, Lovely Green Eyes, Night, More was Lost, Rapture, Letter 2 Christian Nation, Identity, The Pilgrimage, The Alchemist, Million Little Pieces, Hegemony or Survival, Tomorrow's God, Life of Pi, After All

Heroes:

I don't really have any heroes

My Blog

Personal Ads

Ok, so I am bored and thought I would do something kind of silly. These are some personal ads I wrote, and am actually thinking about posting them with real pictures of myself that I just took. (mak...
Posted by Loren Christopher on Fri, 04 May 2007 08:42:00 PST

Update on my life

So another semester is winding down, and I poise to reflect on what all I have done since January.  The time really has flown by....I don't think I've ever been busier in my entire life: school f...
Posted by Loren Christopher on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:44:00 PST

Rwandan Genocide Paper

So I really enjoyed doing my research for this paper I wrote, and thought the topic was pretty interesting: "Why Didn't the United States Intervene in the Rwandan Genocide?"For all you humanitarians o...
Posted by Loren Christopher on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:53:00 PST

Happiness

My life has been crazy lately.  Those of you that know me understand that I'm always on the run, whether at school, tutoring, working my other job, or just being studious and doing work at home.&...
Posted by Loren Christopher on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:19:00 PST

The Future of the Israeli-U.S. Alliance

A paper I wrote for my National Security Policy Course: Throughout its years as a state, never has the US engaged in a foreign policy quite as controversial as that of its alliance with Israel...
Posted by Loren Christopher on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:59:00 PST

Shaken and Stirred

When life feels heavy and the duties become so routine that I lose sight of the joys all around me, I find that life will toss me upside down for a quick second and then set me upright again.  Li...
Posted by Loren Christopher on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:31:00 PST

Birthday Pictures!

You have to wave the mouse over the photos to move them along (you probably already knew that....I did not, however). My 25th Birthday Part-ay! Cool Slideshows...
Posted by Loren Christopher on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:12:00 PST

Would you like some drama with that?

Let me just start by saying I don't even really want a relationship right now. I haven't wanted one for quite some time actually, but have always left open the idea that I could meet someone who migh...
Posted by Loren Christopher on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:00:00 PST

Why Does Europe Hate Us?

Mah' paper I wrote for "Politics of Western Europe". It's kinda long and academically jargonized (teehee), but I know there are a few of you out there that will enjoy reading it.click here to downloa...
Posted by Loren Christopher on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:09:00 PST

Oooh my god....

If I wanted drama in my life again then I'd go back to high school.It's such ashame when you meet a person you think is truly intelligent and mature, and then they try to play these unnecessary little...
Posted by Loren Christopher on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:36:00 PST