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What I'm Doing Now: Writing writing writing and more writing. I'm getting ready to apply for MFA programs so it's basically all about the writing, unless I happen to be reading. Also, studying for the GRE.

Special Interest: Researching how to start up a creative writing class for the girls at The Gardner Betts Juvenile Detention facility here in Austin.

In my Ipod Right Now: Feist, Airborne Toxic, Coldplay, Muse, Weezer, Difranco (always), Jay Z, Pink, Eddie Vetter, Massive Attack, Portishead (what's old is still good), Ladytron, The Killers, The Fray, Death Cab, Elvis Costello, Alicia Keys, Keyshia Cole, Natalie Merchant.

Favorite TV Shows: I'm way behind on TV (see activities) but right now, Lost, The Office, Gray's Anatomy. I catch up with all of them on DVR.
Favorite Books: Kite Runner, The Dead and THe Living, Post Office. I guess I could on ad infinitum.
Favorite Quotations:

Walt Whitman: "Of course I contradict myself, I am large."
Kahil Gibran: "Your daily life is your temple and your religion."
Sharon Olds: "It's better to have bloomed late, than not at all."
Anais Nin: "Good things come to those who hustle."
Ghandhi: "My imperfections are as much as blessing from God as my successes and my talents, and I lay them both at his feet."
About Me:
Love-wracked and willing. Hostile and suspicious. Translucent and ephemeral. At war and at peace. Impatient. Exacting. Stubborn. Passionate. Driven. Who I was before, I cannot recall.

Politics, News & Issues > Conservation Why it's important to teach our children about water conservation

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It has been said that in the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught. As a society we have a social, ethical and intellectual obligation to educate our children about the finite resources on our planet. After all, our future depends on it! Here are some startling facts about water from BluePlanet. Right now: 1.1 billion people do not have access to clean safe drinking water. THis accounts for approximately 1/6th of the planet's total population. Half of the world's hospital beds are filled with people sufferi...

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