Edit, 8/1/06 - Updated version here.
- I live in the general vicinity of Huntsville, in Northern Alabama
- I was born in Seymour, Indiana, John Cougar Mellencamp's "Small Town"
- I'm 6 feet 1 inch tall, and weigh, well, a little more than I should, but not much
- I have greenish-hazel eyes
- My hair is shoulder length, wavy, and light brown/red/blonde, depending on the light and how much it's bleached out by the sun
- I have a wonderful husband, who is more understanding of me than anyone in this world, including myself
- We were separated for 18 months when we stopped being friends, and I didn't think he was so wonderful
- I didn't think I was so wonderful during that time, either
- I have a little sister, 2 1/2 years younger than I, who lives in Indiana, with her husband and their two boys
- My parents live on the family farm, in Indiana
- My closest relatives, aside from my husband, are 300 miles away, in Indiana
- I have only a few close friends, who mean more to me than they know
- I have 3 cats living in my house
- My parents have my other cat
- There is also a squirrel and a fish living here
- And my brother-in-law (husband's brother), and his 2 cats
- I have a degree in studio art
- Graphic design is the best way to have an art degree and still be able to eat
- I taught myself everything I know about HTML and JavaScript
- I tend to hand-code websites, rather than let a WYSIWYG editor screw up the code
- I'm not happy unless the code looks good, too
- I've had my degree for 4 years now
- I've been an EMT for 10 years
- I'm specially trained in vehicle extrication - using the "Jaws of Life"TM
- I've been doing that for 9 years
- I can't remember how many people I've seen die
- The one that haunts me to this day is the 14 year old boy who looked into my eyes and then died on the stretcher in front of me, and there was nothing I could do. That was 7 years ago
- There really wasn't anything anyone could have done for him. His injuries from the vehicle wreck were too severe
- Insomnia sucks
- I love the rain
- Storms are one of nature's most beautiful and powerful events, which I respect for their destructive, but not fear
- I am a National Weather Service trained storm spotter, which gives me an excuse to admire the beauty of a storm, while serving the greater good, should it turn severe
- I believe in helping people for the sake of helping
- I don't do it because The Church tells me I have to
- I believe that everyone perceives the Divine differently, and cultures give him/her/it different names - God, Jehovah, Allah, Shiva, Budda, The Great Spirit. All beliefs are valid, and everyone should be allowed to worship in his or her own way, with certain restrictions, without fear of repercussion
- Those restrictions include no cruelty to animals or humans; nothing that endangers a minor (handling of dangerous animals, consumption of drugs); displays of public lewdness; other things that are currently covered by U.S. law
- I believe civil unions between homosexuals should be allowed
- I think there are abilities that some people have that cannot be explained by science. Call it psychic powers, magick, or whatever you want, it does exist.
- My favorite colors are green and purple
- I love to bum around the house in my pajamas
- I've worn my pajamas to the store
- Memory foam matress toppers are wonderful
- I have Crohn's Disease and Ankylosing Spondylitis, both of which are autoimmune disorders
- I've learned to adapt to both, since I've had the CD for 19 years and the AS probably for about 14 years - AS is harder to diagnose, so it was misdiagnosed for several years as simple arthritis
- I take a metric assload of drugs to keep both under control. In EMS we refer to folks like me as taking the WFP
- I have a twisted sense of humor
- It's taken me about 17 years to accept that I can't do everything I want, that I have limits, and to allow myself to be taken care of when I need to be
- I'm a better patient for the doctors and nurses at the office or hospital than I am to my family or friends who are healthcare workers
- My regular physician is also a part-time ER doc, so he tells me to stop being a patient, and to stop bringing him patients
- I am an INTP
- I am a genius, and could join MENSA, if I really wanted to
- I do know some rocket science
- I often get so involved in what I'm doing that I forget about my own physical needs - eating, drinking, sleeping
- I'm glad breathing is automatic because of that
- I do loose track of time, not just hours but days at a time
- I grew up on a 80+ acre farm
- I can knit, crochet, cross-stitch, embroider, sew, spin, and weave
- I also can grow a sucessful vegetable garden, and I am able to can, dehydrate, and pickle foods I grow
- I can milk a cow, sheep, or goat, make butter, butcher meat, make sausages, bake bread, make pasta, and do about anything else in the kitchen, completely from scratch
- I choose not to usually, because it's so much faster to use partially prepared foods
- Unless I'm bored, then baking is a great way to pass a few hours, and exercise my arms
- I'm mostly of German descent, with some Swiss and Scotch-Irish thrown in for good measure
- One of my ultimate comfort foods is chicken and spatzle
- Latkes and sour cream is another, which I don't make often enough, from scratch
- My other ultimate comfort food is mac and cheese
- I'm addicted to sushi
- I will try almost anything once
- I thoroughly enjoy a cup of fresh brewed coffee made from just-ground beans, with just a touch of cream
- Coffee gives me migraines
- I can't speak or write German, and can read only a little bit of it
- Ditto with Latin, Italian, and Greek
- I do read, write, and speak French
- If I try to speak Spanish, it comes out this weird concoction of French-Italian-Latin-Spanglish
- I learned to read Latin, Italian, and Greek from studying Art History
- I speak feline fluently, and cats know this
- Dogs aren't my favorite animal, but I won't turn away one in need of help either
- I really don't like heights
- I can grit my teeth and work at heights, if necessary, and have had to do so as an EMT
- Painting is something that helps me stay focused on what is important in life
- I don't paint nearly often enough
- You're still reading this? You must be more bored than I am
- My favorite place in the entire world is the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- That is the one place where I can always feel at peace, regardless of what is going on in my life
- I came very close to saying "fuck it all" one weekend, quitting my job, and staying in Tennessee, just so I could be in the mountains every day. It didn't matter that it meant I would have been living out of my tent in the campground for a few weeks until I got another job, apartment, etc.
- I had actually looked for places that would hire me in the area that weekend, including the National Park Service
- I get destructive when I get depressed, which is why I love vehicle rescue - I can tear a car to pieces and still help a patient
- I really need to get back to the mountains, 6 months is too long to be away
- I enjoy camping, being close to nature
- I will camp during any season, in a tent
- I have camped anytime from late February through late October, and ridden out severe and tornadic thunderstorms in my tent
- The one time I left the campground, my tent was blown over during the storm. Everything inside remained dry. I really like that tent.
- I love reading sci-fi and fantasy stories, including J. R. R. Tolkien, Frank Herbert's Dune series, Anne McCaffery's Pern series and The Ship Who... series, Sharon Shinn, Stephen Lawhead, and Orson Scott Card's Tales of Alvin Maker (it's set in magical frontier Indiana, describing places I grew up near) to name a few
- Some of my favorite movies include the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Hannibal Lecter trilogy, Moulin Rouge, Harry Potter, The Princess Bride, Labrynth, The Dark Crystal
- CSI, CSI Miami, CSI NY, MI-5, Rescue Me, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Farscape are the only TV shows I watch. Well, and the Weather Channel.
- Have I mentioned insomnia sucks?
- Some of my favorite singers/songwriters are Peter Gabriel, Billy Joel, Elton John, Evanescence, U2, Queen, and Sisters of Mercy
- I like to write poetry, and sometimes I even think it's pretty good, so it gets posted here, where I inflict it upon the world at large
- I am my worst critic
- I need to not over-analyize my artwork as much, and just create it, accept not everything will be a masterpiece
- My email signature, which has been one of my favorite quotes for quite a long time.
All that is gold does not glitter
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither
Deep roots are not reached by the frost
- Gandalf the Grey
Fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien - I really should be asleep right now, but of course, the insomnia has kicked in again.
2 comments:
Tom here:
Actually, she flatters me greatly above. I haven't always been so wonderful; our seperation was motivated by very real issues that we've had to work through, many of which were very much my fault. As with so many things, it has demanded patience and love...
Thanks for sharing. Yes, I'm bored, it is 0232. Have you read Frank Herberts', son's Dune novels? He cheated, hired a writer, but they are very good and wrap up the whole series rather nicely. Recommend you start at the beginning, with the second prequels.
Scraping up people sucks, even though the jaws are a blast, they never made up for it, for me.
Scott
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