Posted by moon_lemming on 2005-02-18 09:01:57
Post Subject: Re: Let's talk about us!
ooh, I love these things; I love to see how everyone matches up (or doesn't) to the general idea I have in my head from reading their posts!
Name: Karen
Location: Virginia, the land of the potential (now-dead) baggy pants law
Age: 25 (as of last week!) (Aquarius)
married, one daughter (nicknamed Rabbit), one stepdaughter
we're getting a caramel-colored German Shepherd puppy next month. (I haven't actually seen this dog yet, but mr. lemming is in love with her. I'm wary about face-biting.)
I collect everything. I'm a packrat. off the top of my head: postcards, photo albums, reindeer, kitschy owl stuff, makeup, BOOKS, 50s-style jewelry, craft supplies, vintage-y cookbooks and kid's books, etc, etc.
craftwise, I like to dabble in everything, not that I'm actually all that good at any of it. I really enjoy painting and cooking. oh, and decoupaging with half-dead old books -- I feel like it gives them a little extra life.
I will learn the basics of almost anything, and then get bored halfway through my first project and move on. the last example of this was my crocheting endeavor, which ended in two rows of single crochets. I had to take a year-long break from crafting when we moved because everything was packed away, and am just now trying to get back in the groove.
I do coupons, too! but always forget to turn them in.
reading is my favorite non-person thing on earth, excepting spring and autumn days spent outside. also love taking pictures, writing, collecting recipes, and making lists of things to learn about.
I've lived in Virginia all my life, and I feel most at home in the mountains, even though my town is actually miles and miles away from them. the Shenandoah Parkway is my favorite warm-day driving/picnic spot, and we usually spend our vacations in the Smokies. since I can't live in the mountains, I settled for a three-acre wooded lot, so there are trees all around us and I can pretend.
five years after we got married, mr. lemming and I actually have a place that is all our very own, and I have no idea how to furnish it. I'm so stressed out about this right now: I have no decorating sense, and I can never decide on paint colors, and we don't really have any furniture except a kitchen table, and we have no money to buy new stuff yet.
music . . . I go through phases. right now I'm in an old old country/honkytonk and/or singer/songwriter phase. past phases have included: Hipster Rock, Too Cool Indie Stuff, Metal, "Alternative," Cheesy Country, and Grrrlie Rock. (actually, the grrrl rock stays throughout my other stuff). I love Ben Folds and Neko Case! and Laura Dawn. it's all mixed up.
I took one semester of college before I got too bored to stand it anymore. (I was working full-time and attending college full-time, so I was also too tired to sit through Linguistics class.) I ended up skipping classes, sitting out on the grass in the quad, and writing. someday I'll go back, but it will be to explore subjects that I'm interested in instead of just to get a degree.
I do graphic design, but at this moment, I'm more of a glorified typesetter. I'm very touchy about design, though, to the point that ugly design (or what I see as ugly design, I understand that I'm not the god of design here) actually offends me to a degree. I'm also VERY VERY picky about spelling. typos make me want to weep. if I'm reading a book, and I see a typo, it throws me out of the book and I will end up bitching about it later.
I was raised Baptist, but I'm not sure what I am now. I was sent to public school, homeschooled, and sent to a Baptist school. my favorite was public school, if only because I had more adventures there (like getting "high" on sugarcubes and then talking to a stuffed bear throughout English class), but I met my best friend in private school, so they're kind of even.
uh, and I apparently like to talk about myself. :)
