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Renee

I did it real. Good luck your way.

About Me

Sun in Taurus , Moon in Scorpio , Capricorn Rising , a dreamer (essential in a world of mindless doers), bookworm, firm supporter of the underdogs of the world, an elusive headbanger, "witchy woman," most likely not what you're currently assuming, coffee & herbal tea connoisseur, drumming ballerina, synth-playing poet, constant explorer & traveler of the mind, body, & spirit, paradoxical enigma & proud. (aim = speaks in jazz)
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"In all people I see myself, none more and not one a barley-corn less,
And the good or bad I say of myself I say of them.
I know I am solid and sound,
To me the converging objects of the universe perpetually flow,
All are written to me, and I must get what the writing means.
I know I am deathless,
I know this orbit of mine cannot be swept by a carpenter's compass,
I know I shall not pass like a child's carlacue cut with a burnt
stick at night.
I know I am august,
I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or be understood,
I see that the elementary laws never apologize,
(I reckon I behave no prouder than the level I plant my house by,
after all.)
I exist as I am, that is enough,
If no other in the world be aware I sit content,
And if each and all be aware I sit content.
One world is aware and by far the largest to me, and that is myself,
And whether I come to my own to-day or in ten thousand or ten
million years,
I can cheerfully take it now, or with equal cheerfulness I can wait.
My foothold is tenon'd and mortis'd in granite,
I laugh at what you call dissolution,
And I know the amplitude of time." -- Walt Whitman

My Interests

music, poetry, self-exploration/evolution, my family and friends, imagination, streaming sunlight, trees, the sky, the moon, the unconscious mind, origins, perception, connections, the senses, dream/sleep analysis, coffee, autumn, simple luxuries, playing the drums, dancing, animals (especially dogs and birds of prey), adventures, mind-blowing conversations, antique flea markets, touring/traveling, the medicinal properties of tea, yoga, rhythm, xylophones, vibrant colors, warm weather, silence, not rushing

Music:

Joni Mitchell, Iron and Wine, Why?, Saul Williams, M.I.A.

Movies:

Rushmore, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Me and You and Everyone We Know, The United States of Leland, The Shining, Donnie Darko, Anchorman, Wet Hot American Summer, Death Proof, Alice in Wonderland, SNL's Best of Cheri Oteri

Television:

Six Feet Under, The Office, Nip/Tuck

Books:

Works by -- Virginia Woolf, Oscar Wilde, Toni Morrison, Lewis Carroll, J.D. Salinger, Margaret Atwood, Louise Gluck, Marge Piercy, Sandra Cisneros, Sharon Olds, Andrea Gibson, SARK, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, D.H. Lawrence, Augusten Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Martin Espada, Sage Francis, Saul Williams