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Gender Female
Industry Education
Occupation Graduate Student
Location Livin La Vida Aloha State of Mind
Introduction Made in the 96701, programmed in the 02138 and unleashed unto an unsuspecting 02115.
Interests Language and cultural preservation/revitalization of indigenous peoples (focusing on the Tsalagi/Cherokee, Euchee/Yuchi, Hawaiians, and Maori) traveling, writing, cobblestones, Rami Kashou, architecture, oral storytelling, folklore, mythology, visual and performance arts, game theory, gender equality, meritocracy, human rights, logotherapy, cooking, life exploration, photography, womanism, Tsalagi, Cherokee, Yuchi, Euchee, Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller, American Indian, Native American, Amerindian, shamanism, opera, classical music, Manon, Puccini, Massenet, Turandot, Turandokt, In Questa Reggia, Calaf, Miss Saigon, Madame Butterfly, feminism, Tristan and Isolde, Breizhoneg, Breton, Ys, Is, Dahud, Dahut, Dahud-Ahez, Ker-Ys, spiritualism, haka, hula, hoop dance, jingle dance, sundance, Maxine Greene, Paulo Freire, vision quest, powwow, meditation, feng shui, capoeira, Sufism, Rumi, Mevlana, Byzantine, Ottoman, linguistics, sailing, debate, Hawai'i, Olympics, regatta, Head of the Charles, New England Patriots, Red Sox, New England Revolution, Bruins, Crimson, Beanpot, The Game, Harvard-Yale, time-lapse photography, mixed media art, Augusto Boal, food, wine, hammock, ocean, sea, caves, mountains, hiking, museums, writing, poetry, screenplay, books, spoken word, performance art, Gustav Klimt, rain, ceramics, pottery, beadwork, GLBT rights, UNHCR, hope, Russell Means, civil disobedience, Mahatma Ghandi, Lincoln-Douglass debate, foreign extemp, forensics, speech, debate, impromptu speaking, seafood, eggplant, Leica, Nikon, Apple, Mac, MacBook, electronics, technology, nature, Celtic, Amman, Turkey, Lago di Como, Firenze, backpacking, jet-setting, Malan Breton, sharks, art activism, balance, Pedro Almodovar, Filofax, Philofaxy
Favorite Movies Cinema Paradiso, Mga Munting Tinig (The Small Voices), Hable con Ella (Talk to Her), The Kite Runner, Beyond Paradise, Once Were Warriors, Issiz Adam (Alone), Mutluk (Bliss), Into the West, Black Cloud, Letters from Iwo Jima
Favorite Music Braddah Kamakawiwo'ole, Amy Hanaiali'i-Gilliom, Hapa, Makaha Sons, Makana, Tiesto, Skalpel, Jonny Lang, Josh Groban, Gloc-9, Francis M, Freddie Aguilar, Ute Lempner, Maria Callas, Dashboard Confessional, Lifehouse, Jamiroquai, Christy Moore, Bluestack, Walela, Shadoweyez, Robbie Robertson, Rita Coolidge, Cherokee Children's Choir, Michael Buble, Sarah Brightman, Il Divo, Lara Fabian, Lea Salonga, David Bowie, Arcade Fire, Sigur Ros, Caetano Veloso, Mor ve Otesi, Portecho, Ferhat Gocer, Pinhani, Teoman, Entwine, Asli Gungor, Sezen Aksu, Dropkick Murphys, Shakira, Marc Anthony, Asin, Black Eyed Peas, Raul Midon, Kyle Eastwood scores, Missy Higgins, Na Leo, Kimbra, Gotye, Il Volo, Pure Heart...anything on an Almodovar soundtrack is tops.
Favorite Books Knulp: Three Tales from the Life of Knulp, Tuesdays with Morrie, Bukavu, Veronika Decides to Die, My Sergei: A Love Story, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, 'Til We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, Museum of Innocence, Genocide of the Mind, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Pedagogy of Hope, Theatre of the Oppressed, Releasing the Imagination, Obake Files, To Become a Human Being, Man's Search for Meaning, The Razor's Edge, The Tattoo, The Queen of Tears, The Village of a Million Spirits, Snow

If you were a cannibal, what would you wear to dinner?

Stella McCartney's PETA-approved Fall-Winter 2009 collaboration with Hannibal Lecter, of course. The Chianti-soaked sheath would look lovely paired with recycled fava bean earrings, mu?