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"Be the Fox in a field of Bitches." -mankycat

This journal is MOSTLY friends only.


Currently Reading: Splintered Bones by Carolyn Haines

Last five books read:
The Breaker by Minette Walters
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Unquiet by John Connolly
Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

For Reviews on these and previous books I've read, click on the "Literature" tag on my blog.

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I am a woman of many facets, a jack of all trades, and master of none (or few). Foremost, I am a mother. Close second, a wife and daughter. I take these roles seriously. I work full time to support my family, but also work here-and-there in my spare time to make some extra money, just because I can.

I'm a blend of old fashioned views, modern inclinations, with a keen eye on future possibilies. I have a background in arts in various forms, but have a strong interest in finance. I've never been able to be categorized or boxed into a specific label for many would be right and still insufficent. All who have tried have learned that I can't help but break their molds. There is no 'one world' for me.

I'm laidback, with strong views. I'm accepting, and strict. I'm the doubled-edged blade, the twenty-sided dice, the mask behind the mask. I'm not unlike many and I'm unique among them. There is no puzzle I fit into, no clique I follow, no pack I lead. I'm a lone fox, chewing on the raven while the grapes rot on the vine. If you can figure me out fully, you will not the next moment. Even I confuse myself, and yet, that's how things must be.



I am "The girl with the unapologetic smile."

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"It doesn't matter where you end up in life... It's who you have beside you." -Anon.

"Guilty... with abject apologies..." -JB

"He who angers you conquers you." -Elizabeth Kenny

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" -Eleanor Roosevelt


"As for her, she is a
story with no ending,
happy or sad. She can
never belong to anything
mortal enough to want her."

- Schmendrick
The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle

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Favorite Artists: Forest Rogers (http://www.forestrogers.com), Brian Froud (http://www.worldoffroud.com), Paulina Cassidy (http://www.paulina.ws/intro.html), Susan Seddon Boulet (http://www.turningpointgallery.com/prints.asp)

Recommended Reads: The Last Unicorn (Peter S. Beagle); Alice In Wonderland (Lewis Carroll); Neutron Star (Larry Niven); Kitchen God's Wife (Amy Tan); The Stolen Child (Keith Donohue); Gorky Park (Martin Cruz Smith); Innkeeper's Song (Peter S. Beagle); War For The Oaks (Emma Bull); Book of Lost Things (John Connolly); Body Language (Julius Fast)

Recommended Movies: Gorky Park; Band of Brothers (tv series); Supernatural (tv series)

Recommended Webcomics: No Rest for the Wicked; Order of the Stick



Fun Words of Interest:
Floccinaucinihilipilification = the act of assessing something as worthless
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia = fear of long words
Antitransubstantiationalist = one who doubts that consecrated bread and wine actually change into the body and blood of Christ.
Quixotic = extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable; impulsive and often rashly unpredictable.
Obstreperous = resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly; noisy, clamorous, or boisterous (such as obstreperous children).

For more unusual words, check out Free Online Dictionary of Unusual Words and List of Unusual Words.