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| User: | calvarez (1392628)
a garden of earthly delights
life happens.
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| Name: | Christina |
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LJ Talk:
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| calvarez | @ | livejournal.com (Jabber) |
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| Bio: | To Be of Use
The people I love best
jump into work head first
without dallying in the shadows
and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.
They seem to become natives of that element
the black sleek heads of seals bouncing like half-submerged balls.
I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart,
who pull like water buffalo with massive patience
who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward
who do what has to be done, again and again.
- Marge Piercy
[thanks to ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) belladonnalin for this gorgeous poem]
living in the east bay, with my partner and two puppies.
very much a work in progress.
but for now, i am:
feminist
lesbian
latina
happily in love
human rights activist
animal lover and kitten foster mama
fundraising madly
outspoken and stubborn
coffee-dependent
sexual assault victim services advocate
compassionate to a fault
witness
"When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." ~Audre Lorde
Because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars...
~Jack Kerouac
And now, some high quality spam:
independent bookstores
books without borders
I volunteer for these kind people: Wheaten Terrier Rescue and Hopalong Animal Rescue |
| Memories:: | 42 entries |
| Interests: | 144: a messy house, adoptions, amnesty international, anagrams, animal activists, animal rescues, aquariums, art, arts and crafts, august, barcelona, bb king, beach weather, beautiful beautiful oakland, belize, belle and sebastian, bob dylan, book clubs, bubble baths, busy work, california, camp trans, caprese salad, carmel, cathedrals, catholic boarding school girls, catholic worker movement, central america, cesar chavez, chile, clean sheets, co-ops, community farming, compassion, daydreams, doria roberts, dorothy day, dry humor, feminists, feral cats, franny and zooey, free time, fundraising, gandhi, gardening, gender, gender studies, gender variance, grant-writing, homemade soap, hopalong!, independent book stores, indigo girls, isabel allende, johnny cash, kale, lavender, lesbians, lgbt studies, llamas, loved ones, mangos, margaret atwood, margaret cho, martin luther king jr., massage chairs, maya angelou, meditation, michfest, michigan womyn's music festival, migrancy, migrant farm workers, monterey peninsula, mutts, my emily, nellie mckay, non-profits, nonviolence, october, old friends, organic, outfront program, pacifism, pat califia, patty griffin, peace, peace studies, people who follow through!, phds, pineapple, political debates, popovers, postcards, puppies, quilting, quotablecards, radical feminism, radical women, rants, raves, reading, refugee resettlement, refugees, ruth ozeki, salinger, san francisco, santiago de compastela, satyagraha, shooting the shit, social movement theory, social movements, social work, spain, spay and neuter programs, stained glass windows, stationary, strong women, such an old lady, sunny days, supporting one another!, sustainable agriculture, suzanne vega, sweet and the savory, swimming, tai chi, terriers, the mail, the pm, the velveteen rabbit, thunder and lightning, tolerance, tommy boy, toni morrison, tracy chapman, trans issues, travel, vegetarians, warm towels, women's studies, womyn, womyn's studies, writing, writing letters, yoga |
| Schools: | Santa Catalina School - Monterey, CA (1994 - 1998)
Princeton University - Princeton, NJ (1998 - 2003)
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Santiago, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile (2000 - 2001)
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| Friends: | | 66: | abnormalsanon, adnarim_abroad, alongcamea, angryasiangrrl, armchairshrink, atelierbeechan, babygrey, belladonnalin, birthwarrior, brienf, brighteyedcat, calvarez, cattack, chestertodd, chitinous, chreebomb, citykitties, crafting_change, damianandlauren, dirtyjerzzz, dyke_anarchist, engagedinaction, epilady, epinoiaclitoria, fancymcsnazsnaz, feministtravel, femme_liqueur, frequentlylate, funnydyke, furplepig, genderwarrior, goodlookinout, hey8, honeydu, hope_persists, hothead, jane_ire, jillbertini, jreilly4261, jzo, laughingirl, lauren_riot, lawlesslawyer, leanar, lizsybarite, lokadesatada, lxbean, midwinter, otter_pops, pretzelsalt, queen_alpaca, redindigo, rubycat, rutibegga, soft_pieces, suteki, sze, tharine, touchyphiliac, truckers_child, tulip_mania, unbashdsentimnt, violet_trefusis, vishuddha_spin, womenswork, zorah |  | 54: | a_better_world, a_book_a_month, adayinmylife, affair_with_me, anti_choice, berkeleyca, bodychallenge07, book_it_2006, christianleft, daily_granola, eastbay, ecofeminism, faith_feminists, fem_pen_pals, femalearchetype, feminist, feminist_action, feminist_lit, feminist_rage, feminist_sex, festforallwomyn, gay_marriage, girly_action, hip_domestics, hipsterbookclub, honky_navel, i_am_thankful, indiefilms, knit4choice, liberal_media, norcalgardening, oaklandca, panic_disorders, phenomenalwomen, political_queer, poor_planning, postqueer, queer_marriage, queer_rage, queerpoc, rainbowmommas, repro_rights, sex_and_race, sf_eats, sfbayarea, socialwork, transnews, ucc_seminarians, vagina_art, veggie_recipes, wbw_is_bullshit, wildgardens, yellowarmbands, zinnfest |  | 5: | __margaretcho, commutedsntncs, feminist_otd, peculiarqueer, postsecret |
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| Account type: | Basic Account |
