***NOTE*** Please don't try to add me as a friend without some kind of introduction. I'm not about the "I-have-a-million-friends-aren't-I-cool?" thing. If you think I seem interesting and want to talk, that's awesome, just message me and tell me so!
Hmmm....what a tough question. I guess I will begin with the mundane and progress from there. Born in Lompoc, CA, moved to BumFuck, TX, Pop. 1760 when I was 5. Moved to Austin as soon as I graduated. Went to UT for a year. Hit the rave scene hard, and it hit me back. Met Dane, my amazing boyfriend, and moved to San Fran for a year. Camped in Sequoia Forest, smoked some dee-lisch herb from local clubs, delivered pizza to rich, cheap, suburbanites. Moved to Milwaukee (Dane is from Chi-Town), did the work/school thing, helped found a fire performance troupe, Arson Etiquette (I miss them *sniff*), was there for almost 5 years (damn, time flew by!). Moved to Chicago 3 months ago, absolutely love it here! Currently doing learning Aikido at the Midwest Aikido Center here in Chicago, pursuing spiritual/meditative work, learning Japanese with the Pimsleur Conversational Japanese CD, and working for an awesome non-profit called The Cara Program. I am a Virgo on the Libra cusp, with an Aquarian Moon, and a Leo Rising.
Okay, on to the important stuff. There are three parts to a wo(man): who others think s(he) is, who s(he) thinks s(he) is, and who s(he) actually is. Obviously, I can only fill you in on one part of that. So, with that disclaimer out of the way, I am an open and open-minded person. You can talk to me about anything, and I will meet you at whatever level you wish to go. I'm the kind of person you go to when you want to figure something out, or if you just need someone to listen (sometimes people just need to speak something out loud, and that's okay :). I am very much a moody person, not that I am unstable emotionally, just that my interests change quite often. They do tend to make a full circle, however, or maybe spiral would be more accurate, since I know more than I did the last time I focused on that particular topic/scene/activity. New experiences are very important to me, as I feel that they are necessary for growth, and to prevent stagnation of the soul. I can be idealistic and cynical in the same breath, and I love meeting people who get my type of humor, as I believe there are few of us out there. I am also a very spiritual person, always questioning, seeking, striving to connect to the conscious universe on ever deeper levels. From studying many religions, absorbing ideas from most of them, and from my direct experience, I've developed a sort of semi-unique, eclectic spiritual perspective. I'm part Pagan, Buddhist, Synchronist, Taoist, Jedi...
From a socio-political stand-point, I, like many people of my generation, feel very uneasy about the current instability of the world. The "Matrix" that we have created seems to be falling apart, and more and more people are waking up from it every day. Should I be working for financial stability when American money may be worthless in 10 years, or should I be learning how to distill water and find edible and medicinal plants in the forest? So I'm doing a little bit of both, waiting for the time when I will be called to act. I used to be afraid I'd miss my chance to do something to help change the world. Now I've realized that I am changing the world, every day that I live, and that if/when anything major occurs, I will recognize the opportunity and will know how to act.
On a lighter note, I love to play when I can, such as Fire Dancing/Performing, making jewelry, playing with my camera, and escaping into the woods, or just exploring the city (see "Interests" for more examples). Balance is key, I suppose, to keeping your sanity. Or maybe that's drugs... I forget, lol... Oh, well, anyhow. It's amazingly difficult to put something as abstract as "self" into something as limited and structured as language. I have made an attempt, but I suppose direct experience is the only way to really know something/someone, right?
