Mayumi

Oxford Elementary (Berkeley), John Muir Elementary (Berkeley), Albany High (CA), Palmerston North Girls' High School, UC Davis, Massey University, Universita per Stranieri di Siena

University of California - Davis, Attended 1999 - 2002, Class of 2002, Bachelor's Degree, Communication

Occupied with the dogs !

Bateria Lucha (BateriaLucha.org), Marin Humane Society, American Field Service (AFS), Americorps, JET Program, East Bay SPCA, BFUU (bfuu.org)

FUTBOL, Samba Drums, Animal Welfare, Volunteerism, Dog Sports, Dog anything, Belly Dancing, Bumper Cars, Living Abroad, New Zealand, France, Italia, Siena, Mysticism, Sufi, Blogging on Blogspot, Smile-healing, Hug therapy, Spontaneous Sidewalk Dancing, Kissing, kissing, kissing, Hugging, and Kissing, and eating ice cream and chocolate mushrooms.

works by Paulo Coelho, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Tom Robbins, Haruki Murakami, Sufi stuff (especially Hazrat Inayat Khan etc.), Don Miguel Ruiz, Saul Williams (thanx Diego-sama)

Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain, La Vita e' Bella, Children of Heaven (Iran), Y Tu Mama Tambien, Central do Brasil, Baraka

Manouche Jazz (esp. Django Reinhardt), Radio Tarifa, Manu Chao, Orchestra Baobab, all the good stuff.

TeleWHA??!

Aries

I never remember that friendster exists. You are more prone to find me at myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/mootopia

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I like to eat nutella out of a jar. Sometimes plain, sometimes with bananas. Cranberry juice is a blessing, if only the stain it left on my lips were more permanent! I have dimples on both cheeks, and I've counted, oh.. eight freckles on my nose. That's a lie. But they're there. I wear my hair in braids about twice a week, pig tails twice a month, but usually it's down, flowing, like Boticelli's Venus. Only I'm a brunette. I see a little bit of divinity in every person, and sometimes mistakenly overlook the devilish side. That's my naivete and I embrace that even if gets me into trouble more often than not. I play soccer. Or, did. Hard to find the time these days, and I break too many things playing indoors. Animals are big in my life. If you're afraid of them, then you'd probably be afraid of me too. I like big dogs, like those Great Dane/Dogue de Bordeaux crosses you see at the dog park. Yes, OK, I like the little ones too (if I didn't put that in my own little puppy-woo would retaliate!). Fur gets all over my car, my clothes, EVERYTHING. So does mud, sand, and candy wrappers. But I clean up, I know what a shower is, and I have a few outrageously gorgeous dresses that get to show themselves to the public eye every so often. I prefer the dusty roads, I love youth hostels, and have been somewhat nomadic but that is slowly changing. I usually end up keeping more postcards then I send just because. Cumbia is my latest craze, but I still love Egyptian Percussion, wild Finnish folk songs, and French beach-bum happy-go-lucky music. I don't smoke, thankfully, as I am characteristically prone to addiction, especially in the romance department. I like white zinfandel. But still that fades in comparison to the almighty cranberry juice.

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