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my name means woman strong as an elephant. i'm 21 years old. i'm taller than most of my friends. i'm bigger than most of my friends. i laugh more than i don't laugh. i'm from OAKLAND, and peacefully militant about it. i'm a singer. i watch just enough tv to be healthy. i used to only eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. i live with two boys and girl. and a frog. most of my friends are from other places. i graduated from macalester college in 2002. i was a political science major and a geography minor. i'm starting graduate school in public policy in august 2003 at the goldman school of public policy at uc berkeley. i work at kids first counting pens. i work at freedom archives listening to old audio tape and planning how to teach youth how to listen to old audio tape. i take the bus. i'm jewish. i'll bet you can't guess where my ancestors came from. i have a lot of love to give. i spend most of my extra money on blank t-shirts. i'm every woman. i can't get enough candles. i just learned how to use make-up. i have about six dance moves. i'm online about 17 hours a day. i have the coolest and cutest mom in the world. i have a stetson that makes everyone else look hot. i love bed. there's a soundtrack to my life. i make up words on the daily. my dad died when i was twelve and a half from pancreatic cancer. i went to horse, music, environmental, farm, adventure, and day camps when i was little. i went to a private high school that almost ruined my life. i'll burn you a CD if you ask nicely. i wish i knew how it felt to be in love. i started reading before kindergarten and skipped first grade because of it which explains why i graduated from college at 20. i could walk 1,000 miles. i'm fluent in spanish, especially when i've been drinking. i've been called a warm-weather-whore. i hate to shop. i've spent three hours in a grocery store, just browsing. i have four amazing cousins, three hilarious uncles, the sweetest of all aunts, a brilliant grandma, and many otherwise entertaining extended family members scattered from here to tel aviv. i'm kinda shy. i'm a small-business owner. i'll tell you what i think. i love hanson, the band. i can't fall asleep in silence. my teddy bear is male, is named schnuckles, and is kind of a slut. i think germs are gross. i'm a curly girl. i have many marketable skills. i wear shoes unless i'm in bed. i'm only allergic to some cats. i give good advice. i'm a 9. i am gonna change the way people think about youth. i don't think the US should have a military. I eat a lot of avocados. i'm accepting applications to be part of my revolution. i don't think my learning is measured by my grades. i get really bad cramps. ask me about camp sele. i have a little obsession with maps. i'll go to the taco truck at a moment's notice. someday i'll live in jamaica. i found peace in new mexico. my biggest secret is my appreciation for country music. i got the power. i met jesse jackson when i was eight. i believe chuck green is the god of most things. fuck war. i can sense and measure energy but i'm not a nutcase. i want more mehndi. i find drunken bowling highly frustrating. i will someday encounter a Black Jewish cowboy who sings or plays guitar and make him my husband. i've got a little faith. i am incomplete. |
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