• Long Story Longer   
  • Portland, United States

Top of My List

I love PostSecret. I think it's brilliant for so many reasons, and I love that it's taken off like it has. I want to send a post card in because I want to be a part of something so massive and positive, and I think it will be a good exercise in self-awareness to chose a personal experience or opinion to share. I'm excited. http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

I've noticed that when I do small photography projects, I start to look at the world differently - with more attention to detail. I also go a little slower through my day, hoping to catch sight of whatever I'm looking to photograph. Anything that opens my eyes and slows me down is good for me. I think this will be a fun one to do.

Forest Park is the largest urban forest area in the United States, and it's right here in my beloved Portland. There are over 70 miles of walking and running trails in the park, and I've never taken advantage of having this amazing resource so close. I think spending time there will feel like I'm a million miles away - an easy retreat when I need one.


My Experience Stories

Travel & Leisure

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    Stay at an Ace Hotel 10/27/2009

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    Attend a Presidential Inauguration 1/20/2009

Personal Development & Community

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    Do 50 sit ups for 50 days 5/23/2010

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    List 50 things I love about myself 1/10/2010

Lifestyle & Culture

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    See U2 in concert 10/28/2009

Sports & Adventure

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    Learn to surf 1/8/2010

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    Ride the OHSU tram 12/1/2009

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    Run a 5k 9/13/2009

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    Learn how to kayak 1/1/1

21 Day Challenge 2010

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My Life List

  • See a show at Madison Square Garden
  • Learn web design
  • Visit Glacier National Park
  • Visit the Taj Mahal
  • Learn another language
  • Fall in love
  • Visit all 50 states
  • Go skydiving again
  • Have something I write get published
  • Be consistent with my breast self-exams
  • Go whitewater rafting
  • Ride the Orient Express
  • Celebrate New Year's Eve in Times Square
  • Go to a Japanese onsen
  • Visit Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia
  • Run away 4 a few days w/o telling anyone
  • Bring my own bags to the grocery store
  • Stay at the ice hotel in Sweden
  • Sleep under the stars
  • Take a windsurfing lesson
  • See the Pipeline Masters at Oahu
  • Take a picture in Tierra del Fuego
  • Road trip to Bryce Canyon w/ a friend
  • Stop buying & using plastic H20 bottles
  • Learn CPR
  • Give away $1,000 at once
  • Go to a spa in Breckenridge, CO
  • Volunteer overseas
  • Go on an African safari
  • Sleep on the beach
  • Visit Maine's coast
  • See a movie in Bryant Park, NYC
  • Go into the Arctic Circle
  • Learn to tango
  • Go to all seven continents
  • Ride a camel
  • See a woman become the US President
  • Be in China for the Chinese New Year
  • Attend Burning Man
  • Wear 4" heels
  • Be in the audience for the Daily Show
  • Host a party
  • Ride a horse carriage in Central Park
  • Take public tranport in Kazakhstan
  • Play volleyball on the beach
  • Help someone through college
  • Ride a boat in the Amazon & the Nile
  • Surf in the Canary Islands
  • Stay up all night reading a great book
  • Make food and take it to the homeless
  • See gay marriage fully legal in the US
  • Go on a kayak tour in Mexico
  • Own a Vespa
  • Stay at hotel Patagonia Camp in Chile
  • Take the Star ferry in Hong Kong
  • Be a great Auntie to my nephews!
  • Take a belly dancing class
  • Learn how to bartend/mix drinks
  • Hang my clothes to dry on a line in yard
  • Visit the pyramids of Giza
  • Take a stripper aerobics class
  • Always have enough money to feel secure
  • Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity
  • Earn a PhD
  • Read books by Emily & Charlotte Bronte
  • Write a book
  • Take part in a flash mob!
  • Visit Lake Louise
  • Take flowers to the OKC bombing memorial
  • Ride a moped around a Greek Isle
  • Attend a Cringe reading
  • Do public karaoke (yikes)
  • Travel the Trail of Tears
  • Bathe in the Ganges
  • Pass all 5 state-required teaching tests