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Leran

It's 'winner take nothing' that is is the great truth of our country or any country. Life is to be l

About Me

I love music, philosophy and politics. I love to cook and just talk about nearly anything.I want to work in either human rights or humanitarian advocacy work. Then again I have a few years to figure it out... but that's my current direction.

My Interests

Social change, politics, philosophy, music, food, writing, natures, the oudoors, Israel, world peace (seriously), helping the less fortunate, fighting homelessness and if it isn't obvious I like want to don a cape and save the world

I'd like to meet:

Anyone somewhat intelligent.

Music:

U2, Ezra Furman (ask me about him), Bob Dylan, R.E.M., Jack Johnson, Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen, The Cure, Sting and the Police, Weezer, Rodney Branigan, Pete Yorn, Deep Blue Something, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Eat World, James Blunt, Josh Joplin, Shlomo Artzi (Israeli), Man Factory, and so much more

Movies:

Good Will Hunting, Hotel Rwanda, Thank You For Smoking, Real Genius, Crash, Apocolypse Now Redux, ... anything that makes you think or nearly anything with Robin Williams

Television:

West Wing, Simpsons, Heros, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, SNL, This Week with George Snuffelupagus, Meet the Press, Scrubs, Family Guy, Futurama, and so on

Books:

Dreams From My Father, Invisible Man, Under A Cruel Star: Prague from 1945 to 1968, The Truth, Had Enough, Political Philosophy: From Plato to Mao, Fighting Terrorism and any combination of funny, political and inspiring.

Heroes:

Bono, Barack Obama, Hal Samples and anyone who dreams of a better world, but also does something to make the world better.

My Blog

Hugs are Amazing

Many of you who might potentially be reading this are not aware that Friday was the ninth anniversary of the morning my father died. I don't think I keep things bottled up, but I choose not to go arou...
Posted by Leran on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:05:00 PST

Homeless

I have no home. I was born to a loving family. One mother, one father, one sister and one brother... the way most people idealize that it should be until the chilly November Monday when the lost child...
Posted by Leran on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:54:00 PST

New Blog... please help

Just as I was getting into the grove of actually blogging... I have embarked on a contest via blogging. But to do so I have to blog more often and on a different site. With doing it more often it seem...
Posted by Leran on Fri, 05 May 2006 07:13:00 PST

Rain

My inspirational for the following passage came over a month ago so I hope I do it justice, but I still feel highly motivated so please bare with me:It's a rainy March afternoon and I lift the blinds ...
Posted by Leran on Wed, 03 May 2006 07:11:00 PST

I just wrote some words and this came out

I can see the end in sightIt looks like things are going to be alright.But why do I still fearThat you won't be here.
Posted by Leran on Wed, 03 May 2006 07:11:00 PST

Shoes

I was tying my shoes and realized I never consciously think about something like tying my shoes anymore. Sure call it silly, but in my chronic multi-tasking lifestyle I sometimes think consciously fo...
Posted by Leran on Wed, 03 May 2006 07:06:00 PST

Transfer Essay 1

Excessive or even typical sleep patterns are a luxury that I cannot afford. It¡¯s not an easy job trying to save the world. I work long hours, sleep enough to keep a healthy balance in my life and can...
Posted by Leran on Wed, 03 May 2006 07:05:00 PST

OY... and I mean it

So it is normally aganist my policy to be xanga-esque and post frivilous commentary about my AIM conversations but....So I was really bored and I was in a chat room... yes make fun of me... I was real...
Posted by Leran on Wed, 03 May 2006 07:04:00 PST

The Cheese and the Cold Winter

My mind never stops working. I am chronically restless and I can never shake it. Sleep never comes easy. Getting up takes forever and peace of mind is the unattainable goal I just want for a brief f...
Posted by Leran on Wed, 03 May 2006 07:07:00 PST

SOMEONE PLEASE HIRE ME

So many of you must have seen my away message asking if anyone knew of any "good" jobs. Well... let's change that to does anyone know any job no matter how shitty as long as it is somewhat ethical and...
Posted by Leran on Wed, 03 May 2006 07:01:00 PST