Gender	Female
Industry	Non-Profit
Occupation	Human Relations
Location	Austin, Texas, United States
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Introduction	"It is usually assumed that children who aren't made to obey their parents will grow to be unruly, disrespectful, and 'out of control'. Nothing could be further from the truth. Children who are treated with respect are respectful of others. Children who are listened to as equals listen to others as equals. Children whose opinions are valued value others' opinions. A family where parents and children are allies is a peaceful family." Rue Kream, Parenting A Free Child: An Unschooled Life
Interests	laughing, my family, upside down mouths, the sky, the color of the light at sunset, unschooling, taking photographs, looking at photographs, arranging photographs, traveling, tea, yoga, reading, the moon, driving with the windows down, black & white movies, rearranging furniture, painting my walls BRIGHT colors, jewelry, fair trade, organic food, green living, voting, live music, homeschooling, cats, knitting, game night with friends, dark chocolate, yarn, thrift stores, lamps, wildflowers, shoes, comfy chairs, old postcards and pictures found in boxes in people's attics or basements, marching bands, soccer, museums, found object art, cutting my hair, body piercings, cool t-shirts, coffee shops, roof-top dining, the ocean, poetry slams, improv theater, dance, film scores, soundtracks, libraries, film preservation, costumes, masks, parades, hula hooping, root beer, ginger ale, coconut gelato, LIFE!!!!
Favorite movies	V For Vendetta, Finding Neverland, Princess Bride, In America, Science of Sleep, Bottlerocket, Traffic, Blue Velvet, Shawshank Redemption (is this NOT on anyone's list?!), The Usual Suspects, Carlito's Way, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Wayne's World, Three Amigos, Home Alone
Favorite music	Decemberists, Moby, Decoder Ring, The Arm, Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, The Kinks, Talking Heads, Los Lobos, Jane's Addiction, Belle and Sebastian, White Stripes, Beck, Leo Kottke, Tomas Ramirez, Franz Ferdinand, Unicorns, Smiths, Blondie, Patti Smith, T-Rex, Duran Duran, 60s Garage Rock, Psychedelia,
Favorite books	The Kite Runner, What Girls Learn, Wicked, Accordian Crimes, Robber Bride (Margaret Atwood), Atlas Shrugged, Poisonwood Bible, Geek Love, Chronicles of Narnia, Wonder Boys, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Heidi, Trixie Belden Mysteries, ALL Kurt Vonnegut

Which is more important to you and why: flexibility or expandability?

I'm all about flexpandability.