Self-Description: I was born a chubby baby with blood red hair and according to my
Mom a sweet disposition (poor thing didn't know what she'd gotten
into--I guess I put on the charm for her so that later on she wouldn't
get rid of me when I started being a "know it all".). As an adult I'm
a tall, auburn-haired woman who is a combination of outspoken
seriousness and utter silliness mixed with a decent helping of the
mythical red head temper on my bad days (luckily for my husband that
isn't often).
When I was younger I used to travel out of the country all the time
(I've been to Egypt, Greece, Finland and Russia) but for 17 years I
haven't been out of the country except for Canada and I've been going
stir crazy! But this October (2001)I'm going to Japan for two weeks
with my dearest gal-pal and I can't wait!!! I feel like a part of me
has been in hibernation--only arm-chair world travelling-- and now,
finally, I will get to crawl out of my library/TV documentary cave and
experience other cultures like I loved to do when I was younger! Watch out Japan! This
kitsune-haired, anime otaku, crazy wood dragon gaijin woman is headed
your way! Oh...okay...that's all smoke and mirrors--actually I'm
studying very hard to learn enough of the Japanese language and about
thier modern culture and polite behavior so that I can get around
without embarrassing myself too badly...or get lost in Tokyo...or
start a war...
Hmmm...the redhead who launched a thousand diplomatic
briefs...hmmm...that sort of has a dramatic ring to it doesn't it
(insert evil smile here)?
Looking at this description you would think I talk alot, but really,
it is something about e-mail or snail mail that makes me go on ad
nauseum until my reader starts foaming at the mouth and falls over
backwards into a stupor. My apologies!
Children: I have an Amazon Blue Front Parrot that is 7 years old. Her
name is Modi. My husband and I don't want children but sometimes we
spoil Modi as if she were our only child!
Interests: As I mentioned before I love to travel! I'll travel
anywhere but I really like traveling out of the US because I like
experiencing other cultures and meeting new people and learning how
they view the universe from thier perspective.
I'm a huge biblioholic. I read all the time! Some of my friends have
nicknamed me "Bookwoman". I like fantasy and some sci-fi for fiction
books and ancient history (especially Celtic and Egyptian), cultural
history, women's history, archealogy, metaphysics, neo-paganism,
ancient and comparative modern religions, Arthurian legends,and travel
essays/books for non-fiction reading.
I used to do lots of embroidery and even did a model piece for a
designer that was a huge piece based on the Arthurian legend of
"Gareth and Lynette". I still do it sometimes to relax but my
creative outlet right now seems to be writing anime fan fiction and
working on my own personal website design for anime fan and cel
gallery collection purposes.
I'm a huge fan of movies. If I have my choice I'll watch foreign and
the older US movies (Cary Grant and Greta Garbo are my two fav classic
actor/actresses) , but I also like some of the independent films that
have come out of the US in the last 10 years. I'm also a huge Jackie
Chan fan. My favorite movie last year was "Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon". Ang Lee is one of my fav directors--he also directed Emma
Thompson's version of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" which is
another one of my fav movies. Sally Potter who directed "Orlando" and "The Tango
Lesson" is my other favorite modern director. David Lean and George
Cukor are my favorite "classic" movie directors.
When I was a kid I loved anime (Speed Racer and Kimba) and then it
seemed to drop out of the American TV scene. Well three years ago I
had a friend who was teaching English in Japan and she got hooked on
an anime series called "Fushigi Yuugi" and she brought home all these
art books. That is what got me started in my current obsession with
Japanese manga and anime art and plots. I'm really picky as to what I
like and mostly like the stuff that has just started coming over here
in the last year or so (I saw a good deal of them in fansub). If
there are any other anime fans out there for the series "Fushigi
Yuugi" and Yuu Watase's newest series "Ayashi no Ceres", let me know!
I also like tons of other anime although I'm not too fond of most of
what they show on american TV and get most of my stuff on DVD or on
fansubbed videos. I spend way too much money on my collection of
anime cels. I'd rather have a good Hotohori or Nuriko or Tasuki cel
over jewelery or clothes ANY DAY!
For non-anime related TV I like "Iron Chef", "Whose Line is it
Anyway?", stuff on TLC and The History channel, "Six Feet Under", "Sex
in the City", Showtime's "Stargate" and until it was recently
cancelled the series "The Lone Gunman".
I guess that's it! I probably told all of you more than any of you
want to know!
More: Haven't I written too much already? HEE HEE!
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