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i_am_upward

22 / F / straight / Single

Portland, Oregon

The Skinny

Last Online
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Ethnicity
White
Height
6' 1" (1.85m).
Body Type
Average
Looking For
New friends, Short-term dating
Smokes
Sometimes
Drinks
Sometimes
Drugs
Sometimes
Religion
Agnosticism and laughing about it
Sign
Pisces and it’s fun to think about
Education
Graduated from college/university
Job
Education / Academia
Income
Less than $20,000
Kids
Likes children
Pets
Likes dogs and Likes cats
Languages
English

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My Self-Summary

I consider myself to be woman of many traits and talents, whether it be fighting injustice, finding things to do or cutting diamonds with my teeth. I like being lazy as much as I like doing everything I can think of. I am independent and free-thinking. I love Portland, being outside, especially in the fall time, and equally enjoy a good quality conversation where we can break it all down, and then build it up all over again. I'm a hodgepodge of cultures, but aren't we all!

What I’m doing with my life

right now, i am exploring a new life in general (read: college life to working adult life) - am also thinking a lot about the future, but trying to live in the present. basic goals include living on small monthly stipend, being happy through action and staying sane through it all. Deciding which battles are really mine and navigating through the waters of a new job.

complicated goals: hiking the entire state of Oregon next fall (Pacific Crest Trail) - inner peace - finding time and money to travel India for 2-4 months -

I’m really good at

making people feel comfortable, wearing cowboy boots, multi-tasking, dancing (we should pretty good for this one), cooking and filling a weekend day with simple pleasures

The first things people usually notice about me

my height, and then my red hair. sometimes the fish on my right hip...

My favorite books, movies, music, and food

books: many by gabriel garcia-marquez and italo calvino, everything is illuminated, currently reading a fine balance by Rohinton Mistry and Everybody into the Pool by Beth Lisick.

movies: recent favorite includes where the wild things are and delicatessen.

music: how about genres: bluesy sing-songwriters, conscious hip-hop, funky oldies and soul, globalized techno.

food: spicy, spicy and then more spicy. spicy food is actually addicting, it sends endorphins to your brain (google that shit)!

The six things I could never do without

friends and family
movement
sleep
laughter
coffee
trees

I spend a lot of time thinking about

if there is more gray area than i think there is, the state of all affairs, how we become who we are, the future, my family, if trees can talk, and lunar power

On a typical Friday night I am

bumping around town between gatherings, shows, bars, dance music. could also be staying in if there is fresh snow on the mt. the next morning, or a hike waiting to be done.

The most private thing I’m willing to admit here

I'm bad about doing my dishes . . . ask my housemates, they will tell you.

You should message me if

you have a good head on your shoulders and can carry on a conversation, are funny (at least to most), like to go out and do random stuff, enjoy thinking outside the boxes, can fly, are tall, and/or you like to shred the gnar-gnar-pow-pow

OR: if you have any knowledge about PCT hiking in Oregon!

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