Rachel Terry

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"Even Amidst Fierce Flames, the Golden Lotus Can Be Planted"

Broadlands, VA, USA
female, age 27
single
Speaks: English, French
Joined Feb 24, 2006

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Joined	Feb 24, 2006	Activist Aspirations	undeclared
Here for	Meeting Friends, Job Search, Professional Connections, Support a Cause
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Hometown	Ashburn, VA
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Birthday	Jan 02, 1982
Languages	English, French
About Me
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Lifestyle
Pets	one day
Activist Aspirations
Political Leaning
Religions	Christian - Mormon/Latter Day Saints
Eating Habits	Almost Vegetarian
Wild Fact About Me	I was born in Woluwe St. Lambert, Brabant, Belgium. I also used to make "whale noises" in the bathtub as a baby and earned the nickname "Baby Whale" from my family, which is rather unfortunate, but also cute
My Philosophy	I hate political parties
What Gives Me Hope	That so many have done this thing called life before me and survived, hearing the cicadas in the trees during a Virginia summer and seeing the fireflies beneath them, fresh flowers
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by	I would make certain that every homeless person has sufficient psychological/psychiatric care
What/who changed my life and why	A biography about Jane Goodall - since then I have been obsessed with Africa and will do anything to get there. Also Sylvia Plath's book the Bell Jar - so raw and beautiful, and it gave me insight into my own mind
What Bugs Me
Passions
Inspirations
What Scares Me
Favorites
Role Models	Clara Barton, Jane Goodall, Florence Nightingale, father
Quotation	I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. And I am horribly limited. (Sylvia Plath) And still I rise. (Maya Angelou)
Interests	big cities and the rural country, photography, writing, studying the Holocaust and helping to pr, gorillas, whales, dogs, my faith, nature, learning to feel confident in my own ski, foreign films
Books
Music	1940s, alternative, indie
Movies	The Pianist, Empire of the Sun, Out of Africa, Baran
TV Shows	The old Charlie's Angels, Alias, Judging Amy
Favorite Foods	Thai, Indian, French
Favorite Places	The Lincoln Memorial at night, The duck pond in Palo Alto
Can't Live Without	Q-tips, my Waterman pen
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