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Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
@oopheliao
Member since 2008
CURRENT MISSION Create. ABOUT ME ...indigo child, hippie, artist, searcher, dreamer, lover, writer, kindred spirit, firecracker, a.d.d. nightmare, purple-haired freak, punk rocker, wannabe gypsy, slacker, smoker, smartass, hard worker, unique minded. any or all of the above. :) i wake up every day determined to create something. i draw & write nonstop but more than this i have always wanted to contribute to "the greater good" in any way, shape, or form...i have done a fair share of volunteer work but am always looking for something more. ...there is nothing i love more than getting to know PEOPLE...conversation is an intricate dance of intangibility between brains. i believe we learn the most by listening to others...i love to hear stories of culture, travel, good times & bad, beliefs, language, & any of the other things this world has to offer... "i travel the world looking for understanding of the times that we live in hunting & gathering first-hand information challenging definitions of sin." PHILOSOPHY "This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body." — Walt Whitman
Interested in Animals
Interested in Art
Fluent in English
Learning French
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE a fulfilling, thrilling, bad-ass adventure in Madrid... Hosted a wonderful tranquil spirit for some days in my home and will host more people when I return home from Europe!
Music, Movies, and Books
Some movies I love: Fantastic Mr. Fox, Batman, Everything is Illuminated, Run Lola Run, The Boondock Saints, Amelie, & Persepolis. music & books: any & all.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
driving through Saguaro National Park at sunset.
My Interests
helping others, animals, nature, books, art, intelligent conversations, poetry, photographing, documenting, history, tattoos, bridges, hiking, truth, elements, languages, trees, henna, dinosaurs, agriculture, & learning...if i don't know about something, i will try to find out!