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*RIN*

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About Me

I am a work in progress... but I am progressing.I found my home in Hawaii... I am counting down the days (or years) till I return.I value honesty, trust, and loyalty above all else. Friendship is worth my time. I'm not about passive-aggressiveness. I tell it like it is.I lead with my heart, not my head; which gets me into copious amounts of trouble. I'm working on being more logical & aware of who's leading whom.I work, I play, I go to school. I love the musculo-skeletal system and can talk about science for hours.I'm addicted to Island music, girl action movies, and good reading, and can rock out some decent Guitar Hero on Hard.Camo turns me on, as does my marine."Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another." -Helen KellerNotice: It's rude to ask someone to be your friend without first establishing a friendship. I won't promote your band. I won't talk to you if I don't know you. I won't add you as a friend so that you can have more friends than any other person in myspace existence. I won't take online surveys, visit pron sites, or play virtual poker. And yes, I am taken. Please read my profile thoroughly before messaging me. Thank you.This layout was handmade with love by the folks at My space or yours? using original artwork by Marah Johnson. Go get one!
"We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves." -Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld, moralist (1613-1680)

My Interests

self-defense, pretty guns, working out, party games ("Apples to Apples" or "Would you Rather" anyone?), real conversation, things that matter, animals, freedom, the environment, real love, laughter, connection, geisha, culture, humor, other languages, compromise, understanding, vampires, Indian food, Japan, marines, medical ANYTHING, athletic training, biology, pirates, ninjas, raccoons (even if they are evil!) ;)

I'd like to meet:

friends who value friendship, God, myself from a different perspective, a tame tiger, real people who still know how to laugh

Music:


Scissor Sisters, Air, Gary Jules, Lamb, Tori Amos, The Dresden Dolls, Our Lady Peace, Nickleback, Alanis Morissette, Peter Gabriel, Ani Difranco, Anthony Stewart Head, The Beta Band, Fleming & John, The Killers, Gretchen Wilson, Jem, Remy Shand, Justin Timberlake, Sneaker Pimps, Fallout Boy, Theory of a Deadman, John Mayer, random songs from random artists...

Movies:

300, Knocked Up, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Elizabethtown, Garden State, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Harry Potter (all of them), Fight Club, American History X, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Shaun of the Dead, Bruce Almighty, Even Almighty, Big Fish, Muppet Treasure Island, It's All Gone Pete Tong, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Kill Bill, The Salton Sea, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Constantine, Party Monster, Serenity, Fido, The Indiana Jones Movies...

Television:

Firefly; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; House, M. D.; Veronica Mars; Gilmore Girls

Books:

"The Book of Lost Things" - John Connolly, "The Tattoo Artist" - Jill Ciment, "Blue Like Jazz" - Donald Miller, "Girlfriend in a Coma" - Douglas Coupland, "Till We Have Faces" - C. S. Lewis, "Autobiography of a Geisha" - Sayo Masuda, The Harry Potter Series - J. K. Rowling, Anything by James Rollins, The Banned & the Banished series - James Clemens, "The Taking" - Dean Koontz, The Vampire Argeneau series - Linsay Sands, Exhiles series - Melanie Rawn, "Memoirs of a Geisha" - Arthur Golden, The Family Dracul series - Jeanne Kalogridis, "The Burning Times" - Jeanne Kalogridis, "Lullaby" - Chuck Palahniuk, "Another Day In the Frontal Lobe: a brain surgeon exposes life on the inside" - Katrina Firlik, "Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper" - Diablo Cody, "The Book of Joby" - Mark J. Ferrari...

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, C. S. Lewis, Spartan women, and yes, the characters Veronica Mars, Buffy, and Lara Croft

My Blog

Birthday Festivities

Okay guys, yours truly is turning 25 on Thursday. I have plans that day (though I don't know what, cus it's a suprise... yay!), but I'm feeling the need for a little "Celebrate Rin" time. Who's up for...
Posted by *RIN* on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:07:00 PST

End of the semester party update

Hey guys! We've gotten some less-than-desirable numbers for the party this Saturday (tomorrow the 26th), so I'm changing things up a bit. I've updated the event description in a new blog, but for thos...
Posted by *RIN* on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:01:00 PST

It’s time for another one of Rin & Mike’s famous parties!!!!

Okay guys, it's party time. The parents are in Malaysia, the school year is ending, it's getting warmer... what more reason do we need? This time we've got a theme going. Only, it's no theme at all! (...
Posted by *RIN* on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:35:00 PST

Update on the ’Rin front

So, a lot of you have heard (from me) that I'm moving out in August. While this was originally the plan, a few things fell through, leaving me to whine and mope about staying with my parents for anoth...
Posted by *RIN* on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:59:00 PST

Hawaii - A week in the 808

We're back from Oahu, HI as of Sunday the 2nd. It was an absolute BLAST! I've found my home on that island. I never wanted to come home.We went horseback riding, hiking, shopping, driving, sight-seein...
Posted by *RIN* on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:53:00 PST

Call me the resident Healer.

"The Portait of the Healer (INFP)Healer Idealists are abstract in thought and speech, cooperative in striving for their ends, and investigative and attentive in their interpersonal relations. Healer p...
Posted by *RIN* on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:37:00 PST

The greatest gift anyone can give is time.

As an adult, I often lament the holiday season as a painful reminder of childhood lost. The wonder and majesty of Christmas and the New Year are marred by consumerism and obligation, family feuds and ...
Posted by *RIN* on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:57:00 PST

Dance, Dance Rin-alution!

I'm in a hip-hop class at Eastern, and we have a show of our own choreography on: Wednesday, December 12th at 3:30pm It's at the rec center at EMU, and it's TOTALLY FREE!!!!Come cheer me on and see my...
Posted by *RIN* on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:30:00 PST

No News is Good News!

It's been said that you can tell people had a great time if there are no pictures to document the event. The same can be said of blogs.Things have been going really well as of late. I'm almost afraid ...
Posted by *RIN* on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:30:00 PST

Ology quiz

FoodologyQ. What is your salad dressing of choice?A. some sort of vinagarette, but not raspberry (they usually make it too sugary and pink)Q. What ...
Posted by *RIN* on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:07:00 PST