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USA
female, age 53
single
Speaks: Sindarin Elvish (yes, really), A smattering of German and French, English
Joined Nov 17, 2011
What I Want to Do:
Causes: Protecting family &amp, friends, Defending US Constitution/Bill of Rights, Equal Rights, Saving a patch of local rain forest, Protecting our Environment in general, Protecting Wildlife, Protecting Wilderness
Activities: Did I mention reading?, Reading, Hiding under my rock w/migraines, Crocheting, Jewelry making (beading/wire wrapping), walking in the woods, Nature Photography, Beachcombing, Politically active, Dealing with health issues, Researching for fun, Reading


 
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Birthday June 01, 1959  
Languages Sindarin Elvish (yes, really), A smattering of German and French, English  
About Me Decrepit, retired, old Army warhorse.
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Activist Aspirations Enthusiastic
Political Leaning Depends
Religions Agnostic with Animistic/Pagan leanings  
Eating Habits I eat what I can fix/clean up easily  
Wild Fact About Me My favorite job was being a military police soldier in the US Army. I got to help people & the job was never the same two days running.
My Philosophy Live and let live, but never be afraid to defend yourself or someone else who can't.
What Gives Me Hope Honestly? Very little. The one thing that keeps me from despair, however, is that there are still good, honest, upright people in this world who believe in protecting it and our environment and doing right by their fellow human beings, regardless of differences.
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by If I could, I would impose a limit of two children per family. Period. Exponential population growth is at the root of the vast majority of the problems the world is facing today.
What/who changed my life and why Book: "The Lord of the Rings" by JRR Tolkien. It affirmed my own very closely held beliefs and reinforced them.
What Bugs Me Careless abuse/destruction of the Earth, Hypocrisy, Organized Religion, Arrogance, Willful ignorance, Cruelty  
Passions Family &amp, friends, Defending US Constitution/Bill of Rights, Equal Rights/Civil Rights, Protecting wilderness, Protecting wildlife, Protecting our environment  
Inspirations John Muir, Gene Roddenberry, JRR Tolkien, My Parents  
What Scares Me How cruel people are, Greedy people in power, Abuse of power, Willful ignorance of people in power  
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Role Models The Dalai Lama, Samantha Carter (Stargate), Spock, Faramir, Aragorn, My parents (yes, honestly)  
Quotation "In all my life I've only seen a dozen real killers, but I've seen ten thousand people that would stand by and let it happen. Which is the greater evil?” ~ Paladin in Have Gun Will Travel (written by Gene Roddenberry)
Interests Lots of things! Too many to list  
Books Amazons (they have a historical basis), early Eurasian nomadic peoples, articles on archaeology &amp, anthropology, reports of archaeological digs, poetry, The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, The Chanur series by CJ Cherryh, "The Silmarillion" by JRR Tolkien, "The  
Music almost everything but rap/twangy country, The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Howard Shore, JS Bach, Kitaro  
Movies The Long Kiss Goodnight, Firefly &amp, Serenity (Browncoats forever!), Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars (original trilogy), Shichinin no Samurai (7 Samurai), Kagemusha, Ran, The Lord of the Rings, Dr. Zhivago  
TV Shows Leverage, Law &amp, Order: SVU, Law &amp, Order, Hillstreet Blues, NCIS, In Plain Sight, Star Trek (all but Enterprise), Have Gun, Will Travel, Babylon 5  
Favorite Foods I'll try almost anything once, Ethnic food in general, Hummus, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Lamb, A good steak, when I'm craving it, Fresh, ripe fruit direct from the source, Fresh berries of all kinds!  
Favorite Places Any place out away from 'civilization'., The Black Forest in Germany, Stonehenge, The Olympic Peninsula, California redwood country  
Can't Live Without something to read, the internet, music, my family &amp, friends, Good, clean, fresh water  
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