I am aspiring to be a medical professional but have a long journey ahead. I decided to hang out my shingle here at okcupid because it seems like the only new people I'll be meeting for awhile will be fellow classmates. A while back I took a workshop on sea kayaking and found myself looking around going, 'gee isn't it nice nobody's talking about some terrible immunodeficiency disease?' So... I love meeting new people and learning about their lives, especially if they are really different than mine. I love to practice listening (is that wierd?), even though I'm not an expert.

I try to get out about at two weekends a month to visit the outdoors: kayaking, hiking, snowshoeing, backpacking, camping, etc. I'm finding my love of trees to be very difficult to balance with my love of medicine.

In case that's not enough here are a few of my favorites!
Instruments: Guitar, Piano, Cello, Violin, Shamisen, Harmonica, Taiko (not: organ)... I cannot play any of them.. but if you can.. props!
Colours: Blue, Orange and Green
Landscape: Trees, Stars, Ocean/Lake/River, Northern Lights
Season: Autumn
Animals: Panda (a classic leftover from childhood), leopards/mountain lions, mouse lemur, tasmanian tiger (extinct), alpacas
Cities: Kobe, Japan and Vancouver, BC
Climate: Temperate
And random: dirt, tingly shampoo, grapefruit body wash, meeting people who change my mind, listening to music, fireflies, old barns, pulleys, fading lines of perspective (e..g wheat row, grooves between tile floors, roads running into the distance), jackets, earrings (but don't you dare buy me any, cause I lose them... both), muscle soreness after a good workout, claw-foot bathtubs, standing in the rain naked, falling asleep in the sun, white curtains blowing in the wind, running on golf courses and in the forest, hammocks, interactive history, hugs, beer, pedicures, listening to heartbeats, seeing people open doors for each other, city lights from above, looking at water creatures in the weedy/swampy areas of lakes from a kayak, free entertainment (recitals, plays, potlucks, sunset, etc)...

Even though I am reluctant to admit it... I might be a bit of a romantic...

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• ShamrockRich

in school...

trying.

Ummm... I dunno know. My eyes? My laugh? How I appear organized (note: appear)? Probably men see the boobs... ha ha... tis okay... we are animals too ya know...

Books: Better; Blink; Blue Like Jazz; Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee; Complications; Devil in the White City; Embrace; Expecting Adam; Flowers for Algernon; Glass Castle; How Green Was My Valley; I am a Pencil; Indian Creek Chronicles; Mountains Beyond Mountains; Night; Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa; Secrets of the Savanna; A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler; Smell of Apples; The Book Seller of Kabul; The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

Movies: American Beauty; Braveheart; El Laberinto del Fauno; Diarios de motocicleta; Ferris Bueller's Day Off; Fight Club; Gladiator; Hero; Lord of the Rings; Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles; Memento; Patch Adams; Princess Bride; The Red Violin; Rent; Sin City; Young Frankenstein

Music: Beatles; Green Day; Eagles; Fleetwood Mac; Grewshin; Imogen Heap; Police; RED; Simon and Garfunkel; Sting; Three Days Grace; U2; Yoshida Kyodai; Occasional 80’s Hits; Rock

Food: Sushi, Fresh Sashimi, Thai Sticky Rice (the real kind peoples), Palak Paneer, Fry bread, Peto-peto rice, ginger ale, fried chicken, M&M's, chocolate milk, kale slaw, kalamata olives, tomatoes, red onions, grapes, pistachio pudding, pistachios, bbq eel, Pho, fresh bread, ginger, feta on my salad, fat tire beer, yogurt with crackers for breakfast, strawberry rhubarb pie, hojicha, tequila, fajitas make with tequila, nachos w/fresh salsa, lamb, decked out salads... of course I'll try just about anything once... :D And recently I've been wanting French...

food
water
air
shelter
clothing
love
(that's the basics right?)

outdoors - it seems I constantly ruminate on where, what, how! (It's my happy place... ha ha)
school - out of necessity
what it means to be human - out of curiosity
my family - they mean a lot to me

a) hanging out with friends
b) sleeping so that i can get up early and go kayaking, hiking, camping, backpacking...

I get a little nervous around men I like or who I think like me...

you're interested in having a new friend. (Right now I feel like friend is a good first step...)

and... you want to meet in person. This e-mail/chat is not cutting it. I'll even make it easy for you to set up the first meeting: Central or North Seattle meet at a coffee shop.