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raime

ilikepretzels

About Me

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain! I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it, or fix it. I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human. It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy. I want to know if you can see beauty even when it's not pretty, every day, and if you can source your own life from its presence. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, “Yes!” It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up, after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children. It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back. It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else falls away. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments. My pirate name is: Mad Sam Rackham Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr! Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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My Interests

I love to do anything outside! Snorkeling, surfing, biking, kayaking, etc... I love traveling and would like to go to thailand for my next big trip. I like live music and will usually dance if I have a few drinks! I can make a fun time out of almost anything!

I'd like to meet:

Yo Mama!

Music:

Gnarls Barkley, Panic!at the disco, David Ford, Blue October, Interpol, The Cure, Imogen Heap, Matt Pond, Keane, James Blunt, Damien Rice, Andrew Bird, Ben Lee, Tori Amos, Ben Folds, Pedro the Lion, The Killers, Sia, Depeche Mode, Ben Folds, Bright Eyes, Elliott Smith, Iron & Wine, London Suede, Ok Go, Okkervill River, Oasis, Scissor Sisters, INDIE, 80's punk and of course my boyyyy CHUCK NASH, Kenny Nasta who can play a beat with ANYTHING, Brian who plays some mad steel guitar and Josh who rocks the bass!!!

Movies:

The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, All Wes Anderson Films

Television:

It's always sunny in philadelphia

Books:

The Invitation, Angels and Demons, DaVinci Code, Origin of Species, Anything by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Childs; I usually read non-fiction though.

Heroes:

the Dalai Lama, Einstein, Darwin and all of the other great scientists and humanists! and the croc hunter, crichy!