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lisak926
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Country: United States
State: Virginia
Birthday: 9/26/1981
Gender: Female
Interests: whatever I fancy at the moment but it does include college hoops, literature, Cantonese oldies and the Chinese movies I grew up with. wheee!
Expertise: i have many unrecognized talents -- both to others and myself. suggestions appreciated =)
Occupation: Student
Industry: Nonprofit
Message: message meEmail: email me
Member Since:
7/13/2002
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| from the annual Dreamers' Conference ("DC04"). Props if you can tell who wrote what - hint: it's either me, Tom, or Jules. If anyone gets all of them right, I will seriously take you to dinner.
so in no particular order...
1. A functional relationship with your parents.
2. A book on personal finance
3. A subscription to a good newspaper
4. A place where you transcribe your personal thoughts.
5. A working professional outfit.
6. A mentor.
7. A friend you can call at any time.
8. A movie you know every quote to.
9. Cleaning supplies and the know-how to use them.
10. The ability to have a meaningful conversation with a complete stranger, even if it's a couple of funny stories or some jokes.
11. At least one good restaurant, bar, or park in your area where you can always return.
12. The ability to spend a weekend evening alone and not feel self-conscious about it.
13. One outfit that never fails to make you feel sexy.
14. A candid friend of the opposite gender (preferably a platonic one).
15. A favorite alcoholic drink you can order at any food establishment.
16. A form of physical exercise you enjoy.
17. A dish you can cook well.
18. A rudimentary knowledge of car maintenance.
19. A knowledge of the players in the Middle East and their history.
20. A firm stance on any topic in the political landscape and a coherent reasoning to support it.
21. A working knowledge and appreciation of at least one other culture.
22. The ability to give a proper toast or dance at a special occasion.
23. A working knowledge of your local geography.
24. One meaningful skill you can teach someone else.
25. A personal answer to life's biggest questions.
BONUS: A dream.
Coming soon: '25 types of people you should have conversed with by age 25' and '25 qualities of a good friend' | | |
| I generally don't like
the stage of being in limbo because I feel off-kilter somehow, like I
have to grab something and bring some normalcy into my life. Maybe
because I'm afraid this IS normalcy, and things won't ever be exciting
and dashing (as if they ever were). And yet, I crave that 'be my own
woman' thing yet really miss the excitement there is in normalcy, the
freedom within boundaries. The best way of describing this is playing a
piece of music. If you were to sit down at the piano and bang around on
random keys at random times at random combinations, it would sound
pretty awful. yet when you play the composer's score, you are abiding
within his boundaries. His vision becomes your goal. When you're
playing it the way he meant for you to play it, it sounds wonderful and
all of a sudden, you feel free and just flying, but you're still within
the composer's bounds. but you can interpret it - maybe play a little
slower or bring out certain passages. but disregarding everything the
composer has written is detrimental.
God is like that, in so many ways. In Him we find that we are free from
sin, from our human clingings and the deprecation of weak flesh. It
angers me when people say religion (they mean God) is this
strike-fear-in-our-hearts-if-we-put-a-toe-out-of-line deity that coolly
zaps unsuspecting followers while putting the stops on any fun they may
try to have. And prostelyzing? whine, whine. my response - if someone
thinks something is important to them, they're bound to talk about it.
If you had great news, would you keep it to yourself? (Heck, people
can't stop complaints from flying out, much less good stuff) Second,
what good is God if it doesn't change a single thing about yourself?
what's going to be different? shoot, i think I would get shot if i were
to say I was Jewish but I don't do anything to reflect the fact I'm
Jewish. What's to say I'm any different from the Jew that doesn't do
anything then? Can you honestly say I'm different if we live our lives
the same way, observe the same holidays, eat the same food, etc?
Being real isn't talking the talk. it's about picking yourself up,
committing yourself to whatever it is you've committed to, and
following through. Not yakking about it to anyone who will listen and
then waiting, waiting, waiting until all eyes are you before making a
move to maximize the impact of your actions. Making a change in your
life is like this. Just do it. Don't announce it to everyone in sight.
Changes are, anyway, that they're going to judge you (maybe
negatively), so why bother having an audience? On the off-chance
someone will be like "wow, that person is really admirable, they're
changing"? Do it in secret, and people will begin to notice. Words don't have to be said in order for your heart to be seen.
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| (quick break from the bar)
These are pictures from the trip I took to Africa this past April (just a sampling). I was blessed and privileged to visit my one of my bffs working out there, and we visited Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwae. Whatever deep thoughts I may or may not possess about the trip are at the bottom, but meanwhile, enjoy!
Greetings from our exotic-looking hostel in Livingstone, Zambia!
Even out here, the males are still showboating 
a great shot (after many failed ones) of the African fish-eagle, the national bird of Zambia
This impala has no fear of people - she came really close.
This elephant stood still for me to take a photo. Pretty considerate, eh?
A not-so-friendly glare from a female lion (nope, no use of zoom here - a tad close for my comfort)
A herd of elephants at the water's edge
A gorgeous sunset from the banks of the Zambezi
I'm abseiling (so begins my foray into extreme sports, much to the disapproval of my mother)
Me and Alice about to go gorge-swinging (it's exactly what it sounds like)
About to jump...
We jumped. Uhm, this was definitely not a moment I'd like to repeat (spending quality time with Alice, yes, but jumping off a 400-foot cliff backwards? Not something I'd like to do time and time again). While it looks like I'm screaming, it's more like mute horror. Enough about that.
the crowning moment of our trip - Victoria Falls. Wow.
Riding an elephant in Zimbabwae
a great photo of the field of water lilies around where we stayed in Botswana
they smell just as lovely as they look
Visiting my girl Ruds in Oxford on my way back to America
Cheers! Hope you enjoyed the photos =) Look forward to actually talking to some of ya'll after the bar is over!
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| And at center...........Nazr Mohammed!!
!?!?!?!?!?!?!
WHY BEN WHY???
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