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Love is about sharing something special!
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29 years old
Portland, Oregon
United States
Last Login: 11/29/2009
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| | Music | Favorite Music: Dance, Drums, Percussion, Turntables, DJ, Singing, Electronic, IDM, House, Progressive House, Breakbeats, Drum 'n Bass, Trance, Indie Rock, 90s, 80s, Alternative Rock, Death Metal, Ska, Thai, Indonesian, Punk, Classical Rock, etc.
Favorite Artists: The Smashing Pumpkins, Jody Wisternoff, John Digweed, Luke Fair, Sasha, James Holden, Nathan Fake, Sufjan Stevens, Proton Radio, Radiohead, Eels, Beck, Hybrid, Infusion, Of Montreal, etc. | | Movies | Favorite Movies: Back 2 the Future trilogy, The Matrix trilogy, Contact, Anchorman, Forrest Gump, Super Size Me, Trainspotting, Human Traffic, You Got Served, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. | | Television | Favorite TV Shows: The Daily Show, Colbert Report, The Simpsons, The Weather Channel, Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, Documentaries, News, Weather, Family Guy, South Park, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, PBS, Weeds, Prison Break | | Books | Favorite Type of Books: Non-Fiction, Poetry, Photography, Travel, Geography, Maps, Sociology, Satire, The Internet ;-) | | Heroes | Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul, Mike Gravel, Barack Obama |
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Latinoamericanos, latino/latina pride, New Zealand Myspacers, New Zealand-Drum and Bass, ., I'm moving to New Zealand.., Learning Spanish: the Language and Hispanic Culture, Uruguay
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| Status: | Divorced | | Here for: | Networking, Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Ocala, Florida, USA | | Body type: | 6' 1" / More to love! | | Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian | | Religion: | Agnostic | | Zodiac Sign: | Scorpio | | Children: | Someday | | Education: | College graduate | | Occupation: | Education, I.T, Freelance Poet, Dogs |
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About me:
I'm planning a trip "home" if I can ever get there!
Currently: I've been volunteering in Indonesia and working in China for the last two years. Right now I'm employed as a web developer for a university here, but this contract is up in January, 2008. My ultimate goal is still the same. I wanna live somewhere beautiful and settle down with someone special.
Travel / Cultural Experience: The Bahamas (1 week), The Fiji Islands (6 months), Australia (4 months), New Zealand (4 months), Canada (6 months), Mexico (visit), Thailand (3 years), Malaysia (visits), Laos (1 month), Cambodia (visit), Singapore (visits), Myanmar (visits), India (5 months), Pakistan (visit), Indonesia (7 months), China (1 year and a half), Taiwan (1 month), Mongolia (visit), etc.
About Me:"Who I am" has been defined by places both inside and outside of the United States of America. I was born in Ocala, Florida. When I was a kid, I had a golden retriever named Lady. She was my best friend. My parents had split when I was around age 12. I was sent to a children's home near Deltona, Florida and later on a foster home in Ocala due to problems at home. In a nutshell, I would say I was a suburban kid in central Florida.
My foster parents were black. The foster home where I lived was on the outskirts of Ocala. A lot of roads were dirt, dust, and sand that blew away. Already I had my first car which was named "The Lemon". In Ocala, on the weekends there were bands playing death metal, ska, hip-hop, and alternative rock music at a local concert hall. Most of the time, I crashed at an open house hanging out with best friends: Whores, artists, and psychonauts. I did not know who paid for our house. I brought food for the house cats. I drove overnight regularly between Ocala and Deltona to visit friends from my teen years.
I moved to Daytona Beach, Florida on a whim with friends from that house. My roommate physically abused his girlfriend. I counseled my roommate's girlfriend. I dropped ecstasy for the first time with my co-workers. They were people who thought they were vampires. My best friend at the time was a hot lesbian. I decided to move to my own rental beach cottage. I can recall the joyous feeling of using paid vacation days to go body surfing in the Atlantic Ocean. I lost my spectacles in the sea. I can still feel the waves in my sleep. I decided to lose my $600 deposit on the cottage in order to move to an apartment block four blocks away. During major hurricanes I would go out on the beach to feel the strong winds in my face. I started going to wild rave parties with Internet friends.
My poetry is everywhere that I have ever wrote. Each poem I wrote helped to highlight an adventure of mine, display an idea, and made me to think outloud. In 1999, I did not have every minute to devote to poetry any longer. By 1999, I was already addicted to the Internet.
On a whim in 1999, I moved to California at the request of friends on the Internet. I continued the tradition of going to parties, in California, which included throwing some infamous house-parties. I got involved with teaching people how to safely use recreational drugs, E.G: "Harm reduction / Harm minimization". I became a moderator and an administrator for several years on the informational and social Bluelight web site.
I worked for a year in Los Angeles before my journey began overseas to The Fiji Islands and Australia. I wrote a dozen poems in a V.W bus on a week long trek across Australia from Melbourne to Perth. Four months later, I went for a second time to The Fiji Islands. I was in love with the country, people, and one person in particular. I lived with families in villages all across the remote islands of Fiji. There on a daily basis I saw the absolutely most beautiful rainbows, sunsets, sun-risings, and deserted white / black / red sand beaches and traditional ways of life that revolved around family. During the day I chopped coconuts, harvested taro, taught groups of young girls the game of basketball, and volunteered with an Australian based medical outreach program.
In 2002, I waved goodbye to Fiji to return to the United States. I got invited to work as a caregiver in Seattle, Washington for a summer after I posted on the Internet. My next move after the summer was to Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada for six months. Vancouver Island is a majestic place covered with stormy beaches, hippies, sprawling rain forest, quaint / interesting towns, and an astute capital city. I spent the winter of 2002 in the Canadian Rockies watching the "northern lights" in the sky.
I did a "driveaway" road trip from Portland, Oregon through the states Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and California stopping everywhere nice along the way in early 2003. I was then based in northern California leading groups of European tourists around on "treks" with an outdoor trekking outfit for the summer of 2003. One trip involved driving from San Francisco to Anchorage, Alaska (3,307.59 miles) in only a few days! By fate, I "discovered" San Francisco, which is the place that I still like to refer to as my "first home". Proudly I protested against the "War In Iraq" and got down to block parties in the streets. In towns north of San Francisco I started to take a keen interest in growing organic foods.
I decided to "find" myself again overseas in Asia after a close friend suggested that I was "meant to be in Thailand" and that Thais are "sweet and sincere". I flew to south-east Asia in the later part of 2003. I taught English for an EU Micro-Project Development Through Local Communities (MPDLC) project at a rural village in Laos. The classroom was basic and the village located between Thailand and Vietnam. I ended up here because fatefully a bus broke down. The next year in central Thailand I volunteered with Hmong refugees at a Thai temple. I resided in Thailand for three years, excluding stints to India, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Singapore.
In India, I was able to immerse myself for six months in the birthplaces for the Buddhist, Sikh, and Hindu religions. I stayed at ashrams along the path. Being able to visit ancient towns, ruins, and cities in India is incredible! The highlight of India for me was that I traveled across the Himalayas by bus from Manali. On the other side of the Himalayas is the district of Ladakh in Kashmir state where many Tibetan people live. Many connections were made there.
I returned to Thailand in September of 2004. I worked as a teacher in Bangkok, Thailand for two years. I taught various subjects like English, Math, Science, P.E, and Computer classes for many different age groups. I relocated to Portland, Oregon from Thailand in late 2005. Portland feels like a "second home" in America.
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Who I'd like to meet:
Perhaps an old friend, my "soul mate", and you! Contact me anytime! :)
Who I'm looking for in my life:
I'm afraid, insecure, and stupid sometimes. That's just human nature. That's just me. I'm also brave, totally confident, and smart other times. I'm honest. I try my best to follow my heart.
It would be an amazing experience to share working, living, or traveling overseas with my soul mate. I also want to settle down. Actually, we can do both. Taking the best of ideas from all around the world and making something new and great of our lives. My greatest religion is Science, though really I could fall into any of the following areas:
Spiritual, Non-Religious, Agnostic, Nature, Freethought.
I tend to look at life sometimes from a macroscopic view. I realize that we are all individuals seeking what is best for us. Sometimes men and women are different. Sometimes we're the same. It just depends. It's really nice when we can understand each other. It's really nice if we can. Sometimes life is too short, we can die anytime. Sometimes life is long as it seems to last forever with two people who live to be 100+ years old. I really don't think I'll make it that long. I really don't care. Honestly, it just depends :P.
I like a cosmopolitan life with lots of different kinds of people, different kinds of food, and a really laid back bohemian easy way of living. Sometimes life is hard and sometimes it's great. That's just the way it is :). I want someone to love me for who I am, even through our challenges, and even through the most amazing experiences. I know that's a lot to ask. I just feel there is one girl out there who's up to the task. ;)
Sometimes like every other human, I'm lonely and want to be loved. And other times I just like to have my own time to think about life. I think this is like my own style of meditation. Just like real monks do. My life is like an open book and I want to share everything. I think it would be cool to find true love someday :). Someday we should love each other more than words. Someone who is open-minded (not just in words, but in actions). You want to forever want to keep learning about the world and each other. You love poetry. You love astronomy and you think that sometimes You should have good business sense. You should love poetry. If you don't, I will write poetry for you. Hopefully you will already love me and the inspiration for my sweet words for us will come directly from my heart or soul. The soul is more important than money.
We should have our own life to live as we see fit. Whether this means having our own house or moving to a different country - I don't know. We should be open-minded to having fun and doing fun things together and sharing such good memories. We should love cities, but love nature also. I love going camping. There's no greater thrill than waking up in a tent, breathing clean air, having fresh water, and space to move. I want to have children! I grew up without a mom and dad. I want to have children and be the best daddy for my son and/or daughter. You should be really laid back and cool :). We should find love in each other. We should not rush, but we also should not be afraid to wait. Just like the song, "I don't care who you are", "where you are", "where you're from" "as long as you love me". Follow your heart. Follow your dreams. Be yourself. Be creative. Be strong. Be weak. Be everything. :) I want you to know the real me. Just like I want to know the real YOU. Don't be afraid at all to share. :) If you're reading this then you know that this is you. I'm looking for a soul mate because there's someone who I want to spend everyday waking up with and long to never be apart. I hope that I will find my soul mate before I die someday.
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