So~ Hello there. I've decided to redo this as it's been quite a while. It was shoddy to start with and I've changed somewhat.

I was born and raised in Virginia, mostly in the DC Metro area. I moved to the Boston area (Brookline, to be precise) a few years ago to live with my dad. I'm now attending college in Putney, Vermont and trying not to royally screw it up again.

I'm not really sure what to say about myself because I always feel 10^nth (where n=∞-1) more awkward than usual when I do so, but here it goes! I'm pretty shy and awkward, an introvert for the most part. I'd say it's because of my social anxiety because as a kid I was the opposite and once I accept someone as a friend I have next to no shame around them. Now to say that I turn all loud and rowdy, but I can be chatty and exuberant and such. I also get really nervous around people I really want to be friends with because I don't want them to hate me but I don't know what to say or do to make a good impression. I've honestly forgotten how to initiate friendships so please forgive any bumbling around on my part!

I have a pretty wide selection of interests. I like literature, world history, geology, biology, astronomy, sociology, psychology, visual art, poetry, music, languages, culture... all sorts of things. I've changed my "I want to be a ____ when I grow up" thought a jillion times because of the realization that that profession wouldn't suit me either! Right now I'm settled on animation and graphic design so here's hoping!

Crowds make me nervous and I prefer having my back to a wall with a view of the door if I have to be somewhere crowded. Loud noises hurt my ears and my eyes are sensitive to bright light.

I love animals; at one point I had 5 cats and a dog. I don't really consider my life complete without animals in it. Most children, especially young ones and infants, make me uncomfortable though so I'm settling myself on the childfree side. I don't actively dislike most kids, it's just... Do not want, plzkthx?

Let's see... Oh. Yeah. For fun I like to read books, do online play-by-post RP, drink tea, play my gameboy... stuff. I like stuff...

I'm severely allergic to tobacco. Residue transferred from hair and clothes to bedsheets can make my lungs start to close so that's something to bear in mind.

Annnd~ I think that's it for now?

Right now I'm in college. I'm currently thinking I'd like to go into animation and/or graphic design but that may change. I've been having a hard time trying to figure out where I should aim myself academically due to widely varied interests but animation seems both realistic and enjoyable right now.

At the moment, A Song Of Ice And Fire by George R. R. Martin is my nomful series. But I like all sorts of books (although usually in the scifi/fantasy direction and usually with something off or dark involved). C.S. Friedman is delicious (The Coldfire Trilogy and such) and Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy (with all the other side stories) is fascinating. But just about everything I've read by Neil Gaiman has been fantabulous and yeah.... I quote Good Omens regularly...
I'm not a huge movie person really. I mostly watch whatever I have lying around the house (which is anything from Boondock Saints to .Hack/Legend of Twilight's Bracelet to Doctor Who). I really don't go out to the movies much...
My musical tastes span just about everything. I don't care for everything but I've found at least one song or so from nearly every genre that I like. My playlist jumps from Rammstein to Lady Gaga to The Cruxshadows to Panic at the Disco to BUCK-TICK to The Rugburns to who the hell knows what.
I like food. End of. There are few things that I will not touch and one of them is 99% of mushrooms. It's the texture, people. Same with avocados. But I like a rather broad spectrum of tastes and like to try new foods.

1 - MY COMPUTER - I live on this stupid piece of crappy technology
2 - books - I love to read and oft read whilst typing something and watching something and.... well I read while doing almost anything.
3 - music - decent music keeps my brain working and helps me channel my moods through the songs
4 - FOOD - I'm a bit of a glutton sometimes
5 - my cell phone - it's the only thing that lets me connect with my far away friends considering I have none nearby
6 - cats - I'm a crazy old cat lady in training...

...in my dorm, probably giving my homework the stink eye until I make some progress and then dick around online or read a book.

...you don't mind rambling and awkwardness.
...you think we might be friends.
...you have a book rec.
...you feel like it.