In response to Nathan, I don’t believe I’ve ever really thought about why I like extreme sports or fast moving activities…but if I try and relate that I’d have to say I enjoy those things because they make me feel alive, and like I’m fulfilling my potential to be human. This could definitely take a philosophical position. By fulfilling my potential to be human I mean that I’m testing the waters and not wasting my time. I always felt that if I took the most pleasure in things like going to the mall and getting my nails done, then someday when I am old I won’t be able to say that I was an interesting person. I would feel more like a droid, a typical girl. I would have been more expected and predictable. I feel more connected with life if I push myself and develop numerous skills. I enjoy everything with wheels pretty much, so I want to be skilled at the things I enjoy. I feel accomplished when I do so. I feel that it is something else which I can add to my resume of life. I will be more apt to teach my kids or grandkids, I will have more to offer them if I cultivated my abilities. It’s always been my philosophy that it’s important to be an interesting person and to have something to offer the world. Also, I have always been in some ways a tomboy in that I absolutely despise stereotypes of what a girl or woman should be like. Perhaps I have rebelled against that. I don’t know that I’m a feminist exactly, but I have always sought to challenge boys, because I still feel that many see us as the weaker sex, and unfortunately in some ways women allow that belief. This angers me a lot. I don’t feel that I need to be more like a man or more like a woman, I just think it’s possible to cultivate characteristics of both. Why not be the best of both worlds? I feel that I can provide and protect as well as nurture and love. This may very well be my undoing someday, but I always have tended to be a jack-of-all-trades. It’s difficult of course, but I want to make the most out of my life and experience so many different things, and so I’m willing to spread myself a little thin at times if it means I can be literally everything I can. It is likely more healthy to follow the philosophy of cultivating certain skills and developing them until you are an expert, but maybe I’m crazy because I want to be an expert at a lot of things. I think maybe human beings seek thrills to feel more alive, instead of droning on every day, and trying new things and becoming skilled at thrilling activities makes me feel alive.