I'm currently finishing my last year at UT studying geography and urban planning. I guess I'm what most people would call a "tree-hugger" but I like to think that I'm a socially conscious person who has chosen environmentalism and social justice as my causes. I have a new-found love of gardening and growing my own food (I even have three chickens!).

I really enjoy yoga, riding my bike, good music, and being barefoot . I love to bake (especially for other people) and drink too much wine. I'm working on letting it all go and just enjoying life in the present. I'm addicted to traveling and discovering the extraordinary in the everyday. I love nature and am constantly in wonder over her beauty- so complex yet absolutely harmonious. I love meeting new people and learning about different ways of viewing the world, and being so completely changed by another's unique perspective that the lens through which I view the world is stretched just a bit wider. That we are so separate, but capable of bonding over shared experiences, proves the inherent sameness and goodness of all people. I believe that we all have a commitment to the earth and to ourselves to work for peace.

Right now I'm mostly wandering around trying to figure out what to do next. I'd love to find someone with an open-mind to explore and have a good time with!

Trying to navigate the interconnected web we call life. I'm trying to find out where I fit in and where I can make the biggest difference. I'm almost finished with school then I'm probably going to go work on an organic farm in Northern California or Australia... we'll see, I guess.

laughing

Books: Ishmael, The Stranger, Thinking Like a Mountain, Biophilia, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Songlines, The Future of Life, Reading Lolita in Tehran, anything by Rumi, The Sun Magazine

Music: Most anything, but current favorites are Andrew Bird, Avett Brothers, Beruit, Bon Iver, Bob Dylan, Deer Tick, Iron & Wine, The John Butler Trio, Katzenjammer, Mason Jennings, Michael Franti, Okkervil River, Regina Spektor, Sufjan Stevens, Vetiver, Xavier Rudd....

Food: peaches, cheese, hummus, persimmons, tea, eggs, banana peppers, macadamia nuts, tarragon

trees, friends, yoga, mountain men, journal, dirt

life. And how things are right now isn't necessarily how they HAVE to be.

I snort when I laugh

you're passionate about life and want to make a difference!