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26 years old, with a passion for reading books. i want to work for an anti-human trafficking organization; i start graduate school on August 30th; i like in southern NY; i'm an introvert, who has a hard time talking to people, but i love watching people; i live with my boyfriend of 4 years; my best friend is a marine who just finished his first tour in Afghanistan; i work for a student exchange or...

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  • Organize my SCT Now Walk (Stop Child Trafficking) and raise money...
  • Read at least 2 new books a month, preferably three
  • Finish my mom's scrap book
  • Hang up my leaf wall decals
  • Do one creative project a month (i'm starting out)
  • Make a conscious effort to overcome my social anxiety and reach out, take a risk and talk to new people. This is a huge goal for me because i'm very shy and nervous with new people...
  • Keep up with working out 4-5 times a week
  • Take pictures, esp with Jorge - we have maybe 5 photos together
  • Plan a long weekend for October
aug 14 2010 ∞
aug 14 2010 +
  • Send paperwork in to get new passport
  • Purchase round trip tickets to Madrid & figure out the best way to travel to Portugal
  • Find hotels to stay in
  • Buy notebook to organize Europe trip, fill with parks & museums to see; currency information; etc
  • Plan out an October long weekend: ideas, Washington D.C., Newport/Providence, Rhode Island, Boston, Cape Cop
  • Make reservations to go cave diving at Howe's Cavern
aug 12 2010 ∞
aug 12 2010 +
  • Books
  • Introvert
  • Thinker & observer
  • More interesting than I appear
  • Penguins
  • Clouds
  • Dark side of humanity
  • Bright side of humanity
  • Finding the bright side of humanity in the darkness
  • Hard worker
  • I am confident in myself, while at the same time socially anxious
  • I have been with my boyfriend for 4 years and I believe we will spend the rest of our lives together
  • I'm short
  • I look young, enjoy cartoons and cute stuffed animals, but am actually quite serious
aug 13 2010 ∞
aug 13 2010 +
  • Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam - Akbar Ahmed (ordered already)
  • Not For Sale - David Batstone
  • Level 26: Dark Origins - Duane Swierczynski
  • Torture & the Twilight of Empire - Marnia Lazreg
  • Girl Soldier: A Story of Hope from Northern Uganda's Children - Faith McDonnell & Grace Akallo
  • Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - Ishmael Beah
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoos - Larson & Keeland
  • How to Win a Cosmic War - Reza Aslan
  • Modern Slavery - Kevin Bales
  • The Slave Next Door - Kevin Bales
  • Ending Slavery - Kevin Bales
  • Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking is Undermining America - Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Voices from Slavery - N. Yetman
aug 14 2010 ∞
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