Julie Chin

Hunter College High School, P.S. 124, Washington Market Montessori

Stanford University, Attended 1995 - 2000, Class of 2000, Bachelor's Degree

Princess

Zingaris, SF Taiko Dojo, Coro (Community Fellow Fall 2003)

dancing (I mean *really* getting down and grooving), nature, coffee shops, drawing (portraits and figures), knitting, adventuring, an impassioned life, learning languages, laughing (lots), cuddling the puppies in my life, stargazing, hanging out with friends, more dancing, tasting delicious foods and drinking a sweet glass of wine (ok - maybe 1/4 glass), reading a great book, beaches and roadtrips, being immersed, playing the piano or guitar, guilty pleasures, traveling and seeing the world (any part of it), new experiences, having a good time, meeting people, learning taiko and snowboarding, driving in my car down a California highway with the sunroof open and the radio full blast

Too many. The ones I keep around: The Tipping Point, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Guns Germs and Steel, The Reader, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman, The Black Riders and Other Lines, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the Guitar, National Geographic Portraits, A Heart-Breaking Work of Staggering Genius, The Beast in the Bed, Lonely Planet travel guides, Gone with the Wind, Shogun, Sappho, Poems by Maya Angelou

Cinema Paradiso, Lost in Translation, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, La Vita e Bella (Life is Beautiful), City of Joy, The Princess Bride, The Wizard of Oz, The Shawshank Redemption, Bring It On (Spirit Fingers!), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Bollywood flicks starring Shah Rukh Khan

Anything danceable, Hip Hop, Top 40, Jazz, R&B, Dancehall, J.S. Bach Double Violin Concerto, Missy Elliot, Alannis, Nina Simone, Beyonce, Simon & Garfunkel, the Beatles, Elvis, Jess Klein

So You Think You Can Dance, Grey's Anatomy... (Why own a TV when you have friends with TiVo?)

Leo

I am an optimistic city girl trapped in suburbia (but not for long ;) ) and wanting some whirled peas (don't we all?).

There is always *something* going on. What gives?
(It must be all those aspirations that keep me busy.)

Words:
"Enjoy life - this is not a dress rehearsal." - anon
"Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn." - robert kiyosaki
"Never frown because you never know who might be falling in love with your smile." - justine milton
"Do the thing you think you cannot do." - eleanor roosevelt
"CARPE DIEM." - something latin
"Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one's watching." - anon
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - winston churchill
"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds." - albert einstein

The Dalai Lama or Angela Bassett actually, but...

everyone has something to offer. I guess I'm looking to meet some other fearless wanderers on this unpredictable (and scenic) journey called life.