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Well a little about myself.My goal for being on Gaia is to meet interesting and unique people. I believe everyone has unique and interesting qualities about themselves and I want to experience and understand as many of these qualities as I can. I try to be open minded about everything in life, good or bad and always enjoy meeting new people and making new friends. Also, I am a viking and I love to fight. My looks and such I do not really think are to important but I have been told I am not ugly. So there's that as well. Other then that thanks for reading all this and have a nice day
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Thanks for your understanding. It will be tough, but worth it. Vegan is not fully necessary, but if I'm going raw, it will be important. While vegan diets are better for the environment, they are also easier for your body to digest compared to traditional diets. Unless you're eating organic meat and dairy, the pesticides are concentrated and incredibly hard on your body. It's really hard to get into exactly why it's better for you, but when you're working on detoxifying, it's an important thing to keep in mind. Organic animal products are incredibly expensive as well. I'm thinking I'm going to allow her one cheat day per week, where she can eat whatever she likes. Eventually, she will get to the point that she realizes how good the healthy food makes her feel, and stick to that. I like to bake, and so I could even make her some tasty treats.
I can understand what you mean about college. I don't agree with the education system whatsoever. I also don't agree with paying hoards of money to an institution when I can find a lot of the information elsewhere. I love to learn, but I try to stay away from being institutionalized. I don't necessarily want to be a hairdresser, but it's a cheap and short course to take to ensure a back-up career. I am artistic and like to do hair, so I think it could fit. Plus my boyfriend will have a lifetime of free haircuts! Good luck to your sister! What do you do for work?
Worst case, it'll happen tomorrow.
Also, your comment got cut off.
That's super cool! I actually really want to get into MMA and boxing - maybe kickboxing, I'm not sure yet. Because of what I do, I think it would be a good idea to be able to defend myself without weapons. As much as I like to go to the shooting range, I think that guns are a dishonourable way to fight, which leads me to hating modern warfare (not that war is amiable in any way). It's not that I don't think that guns require skill, it's just that I don't think they show a talented fighter. It doesn't take much to defeat someone with a gun. I think that hand to hand combat, or using other weapons, are much more respectable. When I was a kid, I always wanted to get into fencing and karate. I have a distant cousin in New Zealand that is internationally recognized as an archer - she teaches Olympic-level archery. I think that would be a fun one to get into as well. I think everyone should learn sport-fighting because it doesn't just serve as self-defense; it's also good for respect and other virtues. Keep in mind that I'm open to your views on gun-fighting, so if your opinion differs, don't be afraid to speak up.
I'd say I'm more of a grassroots campaigner. I don't lobby with money, but with physical representation of votes. In other words, I help hold and participate in protests/demonstrations, film screenings, canvassing events (door-to-door petitioning), I distribute reading material both on and offline, I collect signatures of individuals and business owners. Surprisingly, I have yet to be arrested. I almost chained myself to a tree in December, which would have been protesting against logging ancient trees. Fortunately, the company backed off and sat down to negotiate some more. The battle there isn't over yet though, so I could be called back anytime. Right now I'm working with a few NGOs to stop the Enbridge and Kinder-Morgan pipelines and tanker expansions, as well as campaigning to ban GE (or GMO) crops - all in BC.
Other than activism, I'm living with my Mum, helping her to heal and treat her body properly while she undergoes chemotherapy for her Hep-C. She has cirrhosis, so I have to help her detoxify as much as possible and keep organic, raw and vegan. I have two months until the treatment starts, so I'm hoping I can get her on the right track quickly enough. I know a decent amount about nutrition, and so I shouldn't have any problems getting her all of the nutrients and amino acids her body needs to aid the recovery. I'll need to get my driver's license to be able to drive her to and from her treatments, as well.
Luckily, because I moved back with her, rent is free. This gives me a good opportunity to graduate, of which I'm two years late, and go through any post-secondary school I want. I'm thinking I'm going to get into hairdressing. I've done my own hair since I was 14, so I think it would be a fun thing to get into. I also am taking a course that will certify me in teaching ESL (English as a Second Language), which I can take with me when I travel the world. I'm going to learn a few languages to go with it, mainly French (my country's official second language), and maybe some others... Japanese interests me, though it doesn't go with French.
You said you like to play video games. Which ones are you into right now?
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I'm an an environment and food activist, but I try to encompass as many ideas as possible.
I'm a few years late graduating, but I'll be done this school year.
After I'm done, I will also be certified to teach English as a second language and will be fluent in French.
Things I like to do when I'm not working/activism-ing would include longboarding, drawing, playing video games, listening to music, hiking, beach fires...
My favourite video games include the Final Fantasy series and other J-RPGs.. Music-wise, I like pretty well everything. I mostly like dark and beautiful or happy and chilled out. A few examples: Rick White, The Shins, Dead Can Dance, Joy Division..
I also love to watch anime and just subscribed to Crunchyroll. My boyfriend of three years and I just finished watching Sword Art Online and thought it was fabulous. We also really liked Blood+, Trigun, Witch Hunter Robin...
I think I'll leave it at that for now. smile
*Passes you the antidote* Don't worry so, i try not to kill anyone on the first meeting.