JD

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About me

Industry Consulting
Occupation Writer/Realtor/Entrepreneur
Location San Diego, California, United States
Introduction My life has been rich with variety; at times I think I am as a cat with more than 9 different lives. I fear little, except maybe the current political energy. I am a deep thinker of deeper subjects, and have had a variety of careers including mother, bar tender, Teamster truck driver & heavy equipment operator, social worker, massage therapist, retail sales, sole proprietor, Realtor, writer of children's books and non-fiction, mother, sister, proud grandmother, mother of suicide child, counselor of women in desperate settings, public speaker, graduate school drop out, AIDS advocate, fund raiser, eBayer, MLM hound, seeker of truth, teacher of assertion, make-up artist, designer, writer, Sketcher, thinker, creator, questioner of authority, questioner of everything, great cook, victim advocate, soap box queen.
Interests Getting Published, Travel, Photography, Reading, Listening to motivational series, Writing, thinking, Various forms of creativity & Design, Things that remind me of the miracles of our universe, thought as energy, creating our own existence with our thoughts beliefs and actions. I'm a Constant Student of Life & Death, Always looking for the next intrigue, coincidence, synchronisity, angelic visitation. I'm interested in Activism, Humanitarianism, with Soul Cultivation. I love Paris, & Holland and I dream of spending 2 years in each country, writing my days away, taking photographs & painting.
Favorite Movies POWDER, One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest, Boxing Helena, Dead Poet's Society, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Angels: Mysterious Messengers, Defending Your Life, The Piano, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling For Columbine, INDY Films
Favorite Music Imagine, Stairway to Heaven, Closer, I Hope You Dance, Tears In Heaven, Daniel, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, anything in piano. I love rock, alternative, jazz, blues, classical, Native American especially heavy flute, New Age especially Steven Halpern, world music mix. I love whatever makes me feel. I love anything live.
Favorite Books Blessings In The Mire, Mutant Message Downunder, The Handmaids Tale, The Valkyries, The Eagle and The Rose, We Do Not Die, The Superbeings, The Alchemist, The Minds of Billy Milligan, Siddhartha, Callings, The Seat of The Soul, Meeting The Madwoman, and MANY MORE! I love books, everything about them: their scent, their feel, their content. "A room without books is a room without a soul." Who said this? He was right! I enjoy anything that causes me to ponder ever-deeper.

Which do you prefer and why: whittling with soap or whistling with wood?

I prefer whistling with soap because of the great bubbles I can create while simultaneously washing the bad taste from childhood.