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I am a neuroscience research assistant/lab manager by day and a hooper by night! I have grown much more comfortable in my skin as an adult, so although I still get nervous or shy in certain situations, it takes a lot to embarrass me anymore, mostly because I've already embarrassed myself (often voluntarily) in so many ways that silly things like tripping, falling, or generally making mistakes is no big deal.
I love to read and I have way too many books. I'm a pretty big dork. We're talking show choir in high school level dork here, too, so get ready to hear some show tunes. I love to touch, although I try to keep myself from rubbing people's clothes or playing with their silky hair at inappropriate times. I love to eat. Summer has always been my favorite season, partly because as a kid that meant no school, but also because most of my favorite fruits are summery - strawberries, grapes, blackberries, peaches, mmmmm!
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This is a song that I sang back in my choir nerd days, but it means even more to be now as an adult!
Mon, April 28, 2008 - 6:18 PM
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It's amazing to realize that I am capable of feeling so many different emotions simultaneously, and all centered around the same thing: the Hoop Path! Right now, I am exhausted from hooping at three intense Hoop Path workshops in three days (suffice it to say that hooping ten hours in three days is not the norm for me), blissed out from the wonderful feeling of community and love I felt in these workshops, motivated to hoop even more, happy that I had some breakthroughs, frustrated that I wa...
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Tue, April 22, 2008 - 4:09 AM
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As I was going to teach a hoop class tonight, I heard someone on the street yelling. Now this is Berkeley. I've learned to ignore random yelling. Once when my sister and I were in a sketchy part of downtown San Diego, some guys started yelling at us and I (stupidly) turned around. My younger sister said, "Don't do that - it just encourages them!" Although I'm the oldest, I've always been a little naive about things like that. She was the one who told me (1) you can give out fake phone n...
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Thu, April 3, 2008 - 3:18 AM
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(photo taken in La Jolla, CA - July 2007)
Sun, March 30, 2008 - 4:10 PM
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Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will ... read more 
I've been sick for about a week. My voice is so raspy that I'm about to get my own 976 number. This morning I felt so sick that I decided not to go to work today. I turned on the computer to email my boss and then saw I'd been nominated for a Hoopie as outstanding hoop instructor! Yes, I know - too sick to go to work, but not too sick to go online! Hee, it didn't miraculously cure me enough to go to work, but I felt very humbled by this gesture.
Mon, January 14, 2008 - 5:22 PM
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Hooping has brought so much joy into my... read more
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