• volunteering to teach at-risk youth to read.
• teaching yoga to girls in juvenile detention.
• organizing an art show that sold out in a few hours to help pay for my fathers chemo bills.
• going to Cuba to bring aid and learn about the revolution.
• getting to know the children in Camobodia
• helping people get through rough times without judging them.
• helping to organize a fundraiser for API women/victims of domestic violence.
• teaching yoga to buddhist nuns.
• producing flyers, newsletters and brochures for activists.
• directing a social justice tv show.

• COMFORABLE STARE: when you get fixed on staring at something random and your body relaxes and the world stops and you just can't move or look away or else you lose that feeling of perfect relaxation.
• VOODOO PAIN: When you get a mysterious pain somewhere on your body that feels like a needle poking your skin even though nothing is touching you.
• uh oh! gotta go now but I'll be back with more later.....

• Met Paul Baker (PB) through one of my best friends Jeff who worked with him at the Dilletante a.k.a. setting for "Sweet Success."
• Met Becca at an audition, then again the next week at the new employee orientation for Greetings. Turns out she was best friends with PB.
• Met Brett & Teri becuz they were living with PB and would come in to "sweet success" for chocolate (they also knew Becca from Oregon) and Brett ended up being with Jeff (see #1) for many, many years.
• Met Sharonne when Brett brought her to my 1st annual White Elephant.
• Met Richard through PB.
• Met JoJo through Richard who she knew through Dominic.

• stray cats walking around with tight black tshirts on.
• people who trip.
• animals who trip.
• people who mistake heat lamps for a dope koala bear with red fur.
• richard and paul.
• old ladies with bumper stickers that say "follow me to the library" and then they pull into a QFC.
• doing a foward roll head first into a wall.
• farting.

• To Jay Dahl who told me in the 7th grade that "I was nothing and I'd never be anything." Thanks to you I've done amazing things and have become more that than I'd ever thought I'd be.
• To Zack de la Rocha for inspiring me to get off my butt and become an "active" activist.
• To my Mom for sacrificing her life for ours and for being the prettiest mom in the K-12 Seattle school system.
• To Dewayne who opened my eyes to my own beauty and helped me to become the woman I'd always dreamed of being.
• To Dad for your sense of humor and drawing those pictures of me while I was sleeping and taping them to my door.
• To "El Diablo" who gave me the worst memories of my life - but I am stronger today because of it.
• To John for giving me the loving relation...

• T-Bone Chunks 'N' Hominy
• Tripe Called Quest or BooYaa Tripe (the polynesian version)
• PM Prawns
• Queen Latifalafel
• Salt-n-Pepa Shrimp
• Wu Tang Clams
• Vanilla Ice Cream with LL Cool Whip
• Too Short Ribs
• Ludacrispy Chicken Wings
• Too Live Croutons
• Lil Kimchee
• Pete Rock and CL Smoothie
• Terror Squash
• Pumpin Enemy.... Pie??Soup??? aahahhaahaa! Paul
• Busta Thyme.... Chicken?? haha Richard!
• Eggs Over Easy-E
• Master P-nut butter and R Jelly Sandwich

• pull out from a parking space without looking first.
• forget that their car came with turn signals.
• drive down a one way street.... going the wrong way.
• go really fast to switch lanes in the middle of an intersection, cutting into a lane and cause others to block traffic.
• are so anxious to turn left across 3 lanes of traffic that they drive right into the back of a car that's going through a GREEN light and keep on driving.
• talk on their phone while merging onto the freeway.
• back up without looking in their rearview mirror or turning around to see if there's anything, anyone behind them.
• go through RED lights.
• make free left hand turns on two way streets at red lights.

• THEN

Rock and Roll High School Thank God It's Friday They Call Me Bruce Freaks Freaky Friday The Incredible Shrinking Woman Apocalypse Now Monty Python and the Holy Grail Santa Sangre Enter the Dragon The Big Brawl Seven Samurai Barbarella

• NOW

Monsoon Wedding Amelie Hostel The Crow Trainspotting City of God City of Lost Children Brother The Professional Donny Darko

• say "aha!"
• pick my nose
• buy things just cuz they're on sale and not cuz I need/like them
• drop things on the floor and just leave it for someone else to pick up or step on
• ask for extra chocolate in my mochas
• space out and not listen to people when they are talking to me about things I'm not interested in
• think people are stupid
• gossip (but I LOVE it)
• laugh at peoples funny outfits
• point and laugh at people with little dogs in outfits
• avoiding extreme cardiovascular activities

• Flamenco sketches - Miles Davis
• So Here We Are - Bloc Party
• All Blues - Miles Davis
• Alabama - John Coltrane
• You're the Best Thing - The Style Council
• Midnight in a Perfect World - Dj Shadow
• Walk Away - Ben Harper
• Breathe Me - Sia
• Use Me - Bill Withers
• Help Me - Joni Mitchell
• Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
• Amelie soundtrack - Yann Tiersenn
• Rock With You - Michael Jackson
• Unforgettable Fire - U2
• I Confess - English Beat
• Wake Up - Rage Against the Machine
• Sun Shower - Dr. Buzzard
• Closer To The Sun - Slightly Stoopid
• Dig This Vibe - Dj Krush
• Cherish the Day - Sade

• when strangers touch me as they walk by. Is that really necessary??
• Dogs in outfits
• drivers not using their turn signal
• acting stupid for attention
• when people talk with food still in their THROAT. EW!
• wearing socks AND sandals
• obnoxiously loud vehicles (motorcycles, monster trucks, etc.)
• interrupting me in the middle of a sentence
• people who constantly kick my chair in a movie theater
• unattractive people standing too close to me in line
• that new breed of people who love Dalai Lama, Bob Marley and all things ethnic, yet drive BMW's, live in million dollar homes and have no clue what white priveledge is.