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I've been a student, an admin, a teacher, an editor, an unemployed homebody. I've volunteered in a prison, a domestic violence shelter, and in the foothills of California. I started studying Buddhism in 7th grade, which is also when I first came to know my husband. I am lacking in self discipline and am prone to anxiety attacks. I am a bit obsessive-compulsive. I was born old and self absorbed; I hope I'm regressing. Apparently I intimidate some people; I wish I could intimidate some others. I see the world through the lens of a mental movie, complete with soundtrack. Someday I'd like to write a novel and create an actual movie. Whatever I may seem to you, inside I am always ME and that's a good thing.

The calm existence that is mine when I
Am worthy of myself.
--Wordsworth