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shale

sometimes, you just gotta make it happen.

About Me

Pathological multitasker, never fears a challenge, goes for the gold, enjoys running, believes change is possible, high energy yet profoundly calm. Some people say I'm a really quiet person, others say I'm really loud. Guess it depends. I like to say what's on my mind, though I don't always do it. I have a strong sense of responsibility, and I expect the same from others. More than anything, I like to have fun and learn new things. My favorite food is sushi and my favorite drink is red wine. I tend to leave my iPod on shuffle. I hate being bored, and I can be very impulsive.********..
How to make a shale
Ingredients:
1 part mercy
5 parts brilliance
3 parts ego
Method:
Combine in a tall glass half filled with crushed ice. Serve with a slice of caring and a pinch of salt. Yum!
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Personality cocktail
From Go-Quiz.com
You Are Midnight
You are more than a little eccentric, and you're apt to keep very unusual habits.
Whether you're a nightowl, living in a commune, or taking a vow of silence - you like to experiment with your lifestyle.
Expressing your individuality is important to you, and you often lie awake in bed thinking about the world and your place in it.
You enjoy staying home, but that doesn't mean you're a hermit. You also appreciate quality time with family and close friends. What Time Of Day Are You?
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Shale (it's pronounced: SHAW lay)
Birthday: August 2, 1985
Birthplace: Seattle
Current Location: Seattle
Eye Color: brown
Hair Color: black/red
Height: 5'2"
Right Handed or Left Handed: lefty
Your Heritage: black, kenyan
The Shoes You Wore Today: boots
Your Weakness: chocolate, kissing girls
Your Fears: long lectures
Your Perfect Pizza: olives and mushrooms
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: work harder and have more fun
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: LMAO
Thoughts First Waking Up: make coffee, make coffee, make coffee
Your Best Physical Feature: my brain
Your Bedtime: sometime between 2am and never
Your Most Missed Memory: can't really remember it
Pepsi or Coke: neither
MacDonalds or Burger King: niether
Single or Group Dates: single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: how about a soy chai?
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: depends on the day. maybe both?
Do you Smoke: nope
Do you Swear: fuck yeah
Do you Sing: only when drunk or in the shower
Do you Shower Daily: usually
Have you Been in Love: hard to say
Do you want to go to College: i suppose
Do you want to get Married: still on the fence on that one
Do you belive in yourself: indeed
Do you get Motion Sickness: unfortunately, yes
Do you think you are Attractive: sure
Are you a Health Freak: most of the time
Do you get along with your Parents: more or less
Do you like Thunderstorms: no, but I was in a hurricane once, and it was really beautiful
Do you play an Instrument: violin, viola, cello
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yes
In the past month have you Smoked: yeah
In the past month have you been on Drugs: no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: yes
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: no
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: yuck, no
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: yes, my favorite
In the past month have you been on Stage: no. well, maybe
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no
Ever been Drunk: indeed
Ever been called a Tease: sure
Ever been Beaten up: nope
Ever Shoplifted: nope
How do you want to Die: suddenly, perhaps a piano could fall on me
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: surgeon
What country would you most like to Visit: india
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: don't really care
Favourite Hair Color: whatever
Short or Long Hair: short
Height: tall enough
Weight: average
Best Clothing Style: something original
Number of Drugs I have taken: not too many
Number of CDs I own: lots
Number of Piercings: i have about five or six
Number of Tattoos: none
Number of things in my Past I Regret: nothing! life is too short for regrets.
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You Should Be a Musician
You have a rare combinations of talents: an ear for music, nimble fingers, and the willpower to practice.
You could master almost any instrument you choose to play (if you haven't already!) What Sort of Artist Should You Be?I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Art, music, wine, meeting strangers, clothing design and creation, math, drinking coffee, having fun, reading, getting lost, travelling, public health... Places I've been: Vancouver, BC (Canada), Paris (France), Bologna (Italy), Mombasa and Nairobi (Kenya), Istanbul and Izmir (Turkey), various cities in the US to include (but not limited to): Miami, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Memphis, and Seattle (of course). Places I'm still dying to go: Thailand, India, Senegal, Tanzania, South Africa, Morocco, Spain, Greece, China, and the rest of the world.

I'd like to meet:

Someone who likes to have fun as much I do, someone who can think and be real, whatever that means...

Music:

Anything good, The Roots, Amy Winehouse, Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, Missy Elliot, Cuban music, Green Day, Nelly Fertado (some of her stuff), Talib Kweli, Saul Williams, Jill Scott, Lauryn Hill, No Doubt, Nirvana, Radiohead, Everlast, Jimi Hendrix, Alicia Keys, Outkast, Semisonic, Coldplay, Erykah Badu, Sean Paul, Blackfire, Lenny Kravitz, Third Eye Blind, Gorrillaz, Green Day, Portishead, Aesop Rock, Awadi, this crazy stuff I picked up in Kenya, Antipop Consortium, Awadi, Bill Whithers, Carla Bruni, Cibo Matto, Gnarls Barkley, LL Cool J, M.I.A., Shakira, Bob Marley, Outkast, Antipop Consortium, Bessie Smith, Common, the Coup, Dangerdoom, The Fugees, Jamie Foxx, Kanye West, Jill Scott, Kanye West,Lifesavas, The Pussycat Dolls,The Ramones, The Roots, much more...

Movies:

Frida, Pi, The Pillow Book, Fight Club, What the .$!% Do We Know?!, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Sin City, The Truman Show, Million Dollar Baby, Quills, Pilates and Yoga DVDs ...

Television:

Grey's Anatomy, ER.

Books:

The God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy), I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou), The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison), Catch-22 (Joseph Heller), The Life of Pi (Yann Martel), War Talk (Arundhati Roy), For Your Own Good (Alice Miller), Portrait in Sepia (Isabel Allende) ChiRunning (Danny Dreyer), The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho), Thier Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston), Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe), Sula (Toni Morrison)...

Heroes:

Angela Davis, Margaret Cho, Assata Shakur. Anyone who fights fearlessly for the right reasons.

My Blog

three goals

goal 1: to become a master of curry. i want to be able to make the best curry from all over the world. Thai curry, Kenyan curry, Indian curry...i want to have complete mastery over making any kind of ...
Posted by Shale on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:34:00 PST

random sh*t

Don't you hate it how the random shit you rarely need is always really expensive? I need a big poster cone to mail my biochemistry and frida kahlo posters to atlanta, and they are like $6. It's not ou...
Posted by Shale on Mon, 14 May 2007 01:16:00 PST

kenya propaganda

Someone said to me today, "You have a lot of Kenya stuff..." It's true. I have stickers on my water bottle, my laptop, I wear Kenya tees, I have a Kenya bag...I drink my coffee out of a Kenya mug. I t...
Posted by Shale on Fri, 11 May 2007 12:57:00 PST

shuffle

My iPod has been on shuffle forever, and I think it is a good reflection of my life right now. I can't seem to stay focused on anything. Anyone who knows me well has, I'm sure, suspected I have ADD, b...
Posted by Shale on Wed, 09 May 2007 10:03:00 PST

what's the deal?

There is this weird thing that keeps happening over and over again, and I just don't get it. I meet a guy, there is conversation, everything is good, he says, "I'll call you Saturday," and then I neve...
Posted by Shale on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:20:00 PST

free stuff

Redbull and bowl of smart start is totally the best way to start a day. Since I'm moving, I'm going to have to get rid of a lot of my stuff. If you are interested in any books, I have an extensive co...
Posted by Shale on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:13:00 PST

i'm for real this time

dear friends and associates, i'm moving to atlanta june 9th. i'm not kidding. i know this isn't my first escape plan, but this time, it's for real. i already have my ticket. it's time for me to get th...
Posted by Shale on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:21:00 PST

starting research tomorrow

I'll be up late tonight, doing research for the research I'm starting tomorrow. I got a sweet chance to work with a neurologist at Harborview doing research on stroke outcomes. You see, when you have ...
Posted by Shale on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:09:00 PST

back in seatown, holdin' it down

I need some better cough medicine. I had a pack of Halls Defense, but I think I need Halls Offense. It's time to take action. People keep saying, wow, your cough sounds awful. I'm like, actually, it s...
Posted by Shale on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 09:27:00 PST

i hate weather

i'm not kidding, i really do. i hate rain, wind, snow, hail, all of it. okay, i like the snow a little bit. right now though, i really hate ice storms. my flight to new york was cancelled due to an ic...
Posted by Shale on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:38:00 PST