"'do unto others' along with 'a penny saved is a penny earned' and 'fresh air will do you good' was a concept that had slid off me like water off an oil-slicked baby seal's back. perhaps if i had grown up among the bears in rural alaska, living off the fat of the land, or perhaps if my parents had been activists and professors at berkeley, i would be a better person now."
i'm shy, irrational, having fun, making mistakes, being optimistic, telling lots of stories, trying to learn, being from new jersey and being val.
