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Reckless Optimist

Am I allowed to have this many blessings bestowed upon me?

About Me

Getting to know someone new and wonderful, really deeply, is just about the best experience there is. Seriously. Doing it in a way that leaves some room to get to know myself in the process, with enough awareness to keep my feet on the ground, well, that's just plain revolutionary. Oh, and all that stuff about "who I"d like to meet"--I met one.

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My Interests

balance and equality in the world, my daughter, my dog, my cat, listening, compassion, learning, rainbows, a spider-free world, my couch, riding my bike, walks, road trips, my dreamy job, humans, everything about food, from growing it through to nutrition, my computer, understanding my psyche, becoming more and more intact, overcoming fear, hiking, live music, nights home with great movies, rain, spring, sun and moon shine, great restaurants, learning to climb,

I'd like to meet:

really hilarious people who can tell a good story, great cooks, at least one person who has a nice vacation house you can drive to from here that i can come hang out at with my dog...smart people...folks who can appreciate a good cry..people who know why its so exciting to me that the streets in my neighborhood are still bustling with life at 1:00am. people who are amazed by that amazing artichoke blossom, the way it almost glows. people who will drop everything to watch a hummingbird outside the window with held breath... people who love to listen to me talk... people who think im hilarious... people who can keep me up all night talking about anything from the nature of existence to the best pizza ever to the problems with capitalism to what we are most afraid of and most hopeful for...people who can keep me up all night hardly talking at all...people who hug like their lives depend on it...people who can bust open my whole frame of reality and help build a new one...conscious people... one great kisser...

Music:

kinnie starr, ani difranco, jamie cullum, luscious jackson, india arie, sinead o'connor, prince, stevie wonder, sly and the family stone, michael franti and spearhead, emiliana torrini, cyndi lauper, PJ Harvey, paul simon, disposable heroes of hiphopcracy, joni mitchell, michele shocked, neil young, regina spektor, traffic, zakir hussein

Movies:

crash, brokeback mountain, the muppet movie, harold and maude, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, spanglish, the princess bride, riding in cars with boys, fern gully, chocolat, don juan demarco, waking life, Antonia's Line, American Beauty, K-Pax, 10 things I hate about you, Benny and Joon, Citizen Ruth, Donnie Darko, Finding Nemo, Finding Forrester, Finding Neverland, Fire, High FIdelity, Levity, The Matrix (just the first one), Moonstruck, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Royal Tennenbaums, Run Lola Run, School of Rock, Secretary, The station Agent, Wonder Boys, the Woodsman, 13 Conversations about one Thing, zoolander, annie hall, accepted, Stranger that Fiction, most everything by Hal Hartley, Nancy Savoca, John Sayles, and Marlene Gorris, anything with Jack Black.

Television:

weeds, the L word, grey's anatomy, Freaks and Geeks, Studio 60, The Office

Books:

The Alchemist, and everything else by paolo coehlo, barbara kingsolver, elizabeth berg, Illusions by RIchard Bach, If On a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino, Nonfiction: Feminist theory, social commentary, The Peace Pilgrim, Lots of great books I have on herbs and plants and such, visionary writings about the wonderful world thats possible and how we might get there,

Heroes:

melanie, christian, heather, eden, kate, kate, matt, mark, iva, mike, aimee, wendy, arjen, frank oz, maude, jeff&nara, johnnyv, jackson katz, amanda byron, jessica, amybeth, the peace pilgrim, india arie, ani d, brave powerful women, humble tender men, me.

My Blog

I'm a Plumber!

Its true me and eden took apart and put back together her bathroom sink, including breaking it and repairing it, and three trips to the hardwares store, and finding her honey's wedding ring that had b...
Posted by Reckless Optimist on Tue, 30 May 2006 11:32:00 PST