biking, anarchy, Queer rights, Macs, kayaking, driving stickshifts (but no longer have a functioning car whatsoever, so...,) activism, challenging myself constantly, dancing (esp. hiphop), crew, dudes, fixing cars, reading, writing, not arithmetic, teaching, music, volunteering, espanol, fashion, veggie/veganism
Music
HIPHOP, Meshell Nedegeocello, Nina Simone, Elliott Smith, The Faint, Bowie, Aphex Twin, Smiths, The Strokes, soundtracks, Asskickatron, Hieroglyphics, FischerSpooner (saw live,) Depeche Mode, Reality Bites, Cyndi Lauper, The Roots, Common, Us3, Digable Planets, Bright Eyes, Decemberists, Greg Brown, Joni, Dixie Chicks, Ella, Bjork, Missy, Amerie, Telepopmusik.... I have over 70gb of music on my computer. I like just about everything!
Movies
gus van sant, matt damon, get real, reality bites, mala educacion, johnny depp, edwards scissorhands, CQ (because it was bizarre and had music by Mellow), dont be a menace..., pay it forward, the luzhin defence, soul food, divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood, gattaca, endless list and not at all representative...
Television
not a TV fan... won't buy one, don't really want one. but i do like to look outside if I just want to stare. i find it more interesting! here's what is looks like from the east side right now (oddly, from a TV station's webcam...)
Books
The Noonday Demon, Nicke6l and Dimed, Black Feminist Autoethnography, Gloria Naylor, Object of my Affection, Mrs. Dalloway, Lady Chatterly's Lover, The Island (Thomas Perry), Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse, Bridget Jones' Diary, Fast Food Nation, Pomosexuals, A Boy's Life, Society of the Mind, Companion Species' Manifesto, Salvation: On Black People and Love by bell hooks, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, The Real Life of Bees, The Grapes of Wrath, The Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories, No Logo, anything with cyborg anthropology in the title...
Heroes
Eleanore Roosevelt. My parents. Queer people. Maria Virgen Garcia. Zapatistas. Bill. Fucking. Clinton. Or maybe not.
Lewis & Clark College
Portland, OREGON
Graduated: 2006
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: SOAN (Sociology/Anthropology)
Minor: Latin American Studies & English
Clubs: unisex, bsu, glu, crew, klc, abc, 123
2002 to 2006
San Luis Obispo High
San Luis Obispo, CALIFORNIA
Graduated: 2002
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: art club, gsa, latin, newspaper, umm... those altrock kids you saw by the flagpole? but they never thought i was cool
Consultant for up-and-coming menswear/denim line based in workwear with heavy story emphasis on early- to mid-twentieth-century worker visual themes. Dickies meet Diesel. Like whoa.
About me: THIS PROFILE IS SO OUT OF DATE, IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY... I will fix it up soon. Short version: I'm engaged, have my own business, and am lovin' life.
Back from studying in the Dominican Republic. Student--in and out of the classroom. Devote life to helping others via volunteer work, teaching, and advocacy work a la HRC, SLDN, and other Queer rights organizations, bike advocacy.... Anthropology major with minors in English and Lat.Am. studies. Yo hablo espanol. Writing my thesis on cyborgian human-bike relationships (cybike!) My license plate frame (on the car I no longer drive) reads "who'd you make smile today" and my home is always full of color. Vegetarian.
My skateboard has really big wheels. My favorite jacket is purple, and I don't mind mixing my work boots (from a dump truck job) with a miniskirt. And I look good in it, because I love making people smile--even if it's at me. I don't like being dependent on others. I like animals, a lot.. "That's Mr. Faggot to you." Constantly exploring! Taking the Max out to the end of the line with a camera and a good friend. Calvin and Hobbes, city planning, anarchy, gender studies, deconstruction of the gender binary. More single-speed/fixie mountain bike than roadie. Psycho in traffic. Stickshifts. Mud. Rain. Smiles, again. Sign all my correspondance with love & kindness, graffitti "Problematize." The ocean, beaches, swimming in sandy waves, having my hair played with. "I dwell in possibility" e dickinson. Joy, love, community--if I live for anything, it's that.
Who I'd like to meet: All of you. I mostly date guys. Friends and all others welcome in all genders, sexualities (or pansexuality--yay.) I seek honest, unique, creative, passionate, joyful, spontaneous people interested in //challenging themselves// and making a difference. Watch the ocean more than the television, laugh while making out, and have fought/be fighting for things you believe in (like Queer rights, fair trade, equality, multlingualism, education, or that last peanut butter cookie.) Let's skip through downtown, leave enormous tips, and blow kisses to sad-faced Starbucks patrons.
[excerpt from personals ad... i guess i just ask for what i want.] You: age not super important. I'm 20, usually date older... you could be 20s, 30s, maybe 40s, if you woke up a little late in the game. Basically, you're balanced, secure in who you are, and concerned with what you contribute to the world instead how you'll get yours. You're not a victim, and you take your fears as a dare to step up to the plate instead of a push to stay home and watch life happen on TV. You love yourself enough to know you'd be a great parent. Maybe you've considered teaching, or you do teach. You think multilingualism is essential—and sexy. You're interested in what works instead of who's right: you solve problems instead of win arguments. You dance whether or not you think people are watching. You don't censor yourself. You bring others to tears of joy by simply being yourself. You don't need drugs or alcohol to get past your inhibitions. More people remember you than you can keep track of. You're a leader. And you're humble enough to wonder if you'll measure up to such lofty standards—just like I am!
You're whole and complete just as you are. So am I. We want to be together not to fill a gaping whole in our personalities, but to step up to the next level. Our relationship, in whatever form it takes, from dating to something long-term, will bring us more time, energy and freedom, not drama, stress, or burdens. Ready? Dive in!
I know! I was thinking about you too...just saw the snow twitters you posted and was reminded of our harrowing journey through the blizzard on the way to boise from portland that time. terrifying!
hey sweetheart, still need your address for holiday postcard mailage. i hope you're well, and know that i'm thinking of you! take care, beautiful! *mwah*
mj, how i miss thee, let me count the ways......sorry i missed the big move. i went to the fire campout past estacada...oh baby. well, now that we're almost kinda neighbors let's hang out. we going grand crew are in the midst of planning a party - i'll send you all the details once they're set!!!!
thanks for the comment. im flattered, though i think it'd be just as easy to say the same for you. maybe a bit more praise considering you seemed the braver one in HS. its hard to forget. may you continue to change minds and all that stuff in your endeavors
hey luvaduv! hope you had a loovely new year and holiday. my mom and i might do a long weekend in early March for my b-day, so I will keep you posted!
xo
Happy new year, lovely. Wish we still shared the same town. Want to discuss 1. career issues and 2. girls (in an ever so new sense) with you. Miss you.
Dear former Mini J - I am retiring as your triple snapper, so please let tall glass o'Havice know the position is available. I have just signed on as your double Shakira chest popper! That's right bitches!
