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I have taken over 15 personality tests and vocational inventories, read 20 self-help books, consulted 4 career counselors and 2 therapists, and attempted a range of careers in an effort to find a vocation perfectly matched to my interests and abilities.   So far, I have learned that I strongly resemble a Navy general, I may have an aptitude for window dressing, I am an "idealist" and a "healer", and I am ill-suited for careers in academia, investment banking, medicine, social work, non-profit management, psychology, documentary photography, the military, tutoring, administration, research, retail, and telemarketing.  

My favorite hobby at age thirteen was regularly rearranging my bedroom furniture in the middle of the night.   I also enjoyed sleeping on the roof and jogging at midnight.

At fourteen, I moved my bedroom furniture to the basement, gave away most of my clothing and other belongings, and slept on the floor for eight months.  

In September 2003, I spent two weeks in silence, semi-isolation, and painful stillness while learning Vipassana meditation.   Eight months later I built a "weightless" bed made of 10 separate pieces of wood molded to the negative spaces of my supine body.

I also tried to sleep upright in a vertical bed made of wooden ribs contoured to the front of my body while wearing a customized foam mattress. When that didn't work, I tried sleeping while suspeded from the underside of my desk like a bat, supported by 15 separate adjustable nylon straps with quick-release buckles.

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In April 2006 I sent my urine to a floriculture lab and learned that it contained all the nutrients required for plant growth, just not in the optimal concentrations.   Using diet planning software, I developed and followed a vegan diet that transformed my urine into a more ideal nutrient solution for plants.  

I built a mobile urine recycling system with a urinal, urine processing system, foam bed, serving table, and a hydroponic napa cabbage garden.  

I ate lots of spinach, tofu, and nuts; collected and processed my urine; grew napa cabbages hydroponically with the urine, made kimchi from the napa cabbages, and served the kimchi to the public.  

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Today I'm confronting my own mortality and developing a post-apocalyptic, urban eco-burial system that is no/low-cost, carries a zero carbon and ecological footprint, and uses urban industrial waste and psychoactive and medicinal mushrooms for soil remediation and human consumption.