she is a lesbian, radical feminist, cat lover, bibliophile, non-smoker, unitarian universalist (though she doesn't go to fellowship on a regular basis) and in the process of becoming athletic again. she dreams of being jeanne d' arc and swooping in and saving those that need saved (though she'd rather not be burned at the stake). she is a loyal friend who will do anything she can for those she loves, but she can flakey sometimes when her depression flares up. she is a loner. a southerner self-transplanted to the pacific northwest in 1998 and now believes that it doesn't rain enough here. she's known for her honesty, she can't help it, its the only way to be. she is 4'8" tall, and round. she has natural blonde hair and she also has blue eyes. she is very intense. she hates small and large crowds, she prefers the one on one or the one on a few. she has no idea what she wants to do with her life, though she would like to see more of the world than what she has seen so far (a good part of the continental united states) and she very much wants to be a mother. finally, she has huge crushes on alix olson and carolyn gage (these are from a far).

but i have been going to the y everyday.. which is excellent. i've been going at night to swim. night time = no lane sharing. but night time swimming also means that i don't get to sleep till late, re: 2am.

my illness has been raring its head but i'm managing to keep it at bay with this crazy busy week of organizing baring witness, helping with the students for peace action on saturday, starting up my involvement with peace in eugene, and the vigil tommorrow night. oh yeah, and i'm doing serious countdown for my trip. "in 2 weeks at this time i should be over the atlantic..... in 2 weeks at this time i should be walking around london..... in 2 weeks at this time i should be in athens just about to board my flight to mytilini....." and in 2 weeks at the time of the writing of this i should be just arriving in mytilini. the wonderful women at sappho travel sent me a great long postcard picture of the main harbor area of mytilini, i'm starting to carry it around with me, looking and seeing new things each time i look.

yeah, so you could say i'm getting excited. i can't believe that this trip that i made flight reservations for 5 months ago is actually about to happen! its going to be happening 2 weeks from now, NOT 2 months! needless to say i'm going to be talking to the doc about stocking up on the xanax and maybe even some dramamine cause i've never spent 12 hours on a boat before and i might very well get sea sick. although i doubt it.

a lot of the actual "what i'm going to do there" is going to be fly by the moment.. depending on bus schedules around the island. i'm a planning freak and i want to have every detail hammered down NOW, but i can't. so i'm just dealing. i don't even have a reservation at hotel sappho for day 1, but the women at sappho travel tell me it won't be a problem at all.. i'm sure they would have let me know differently if i had to make a reservation.. which i actually did in skala eressos. and i don't have to make ferry reservations back to athens until i get there. oh and have i mentioned that i'm going to go swimming in the agean no matter how cold it is? and i'm sure the locals will think i'm a freak, but once i explain i hope they'll just think i'm a little odd but not totally disrespectful of them.. i'm told it will be cold, but i don't care. i'm not travelling half way around the world and *not* going swimming. anyhow, i'm used to the cold water, i live in oregon.

so, i'll shut up. i can't wait to leave, get away for a couple of weeks.

did i mention i'm reading "the conquest of violence: the gandhian philosophy of conflict"? i just picked it up. intense, but its gonna be really good. satyagraha.. thats where it is... yeah, dig-it, thats where it all is.