collecting retro dishes I don't cook, but I have place settings for an army! I love retro china patterns. A couple of years ago, I won some Franciscan Starburst salt and pepper shakers on eBay. Soon after that, I acquired a Franciscan Starburst creamer. Then I got a LOAD of Royal China Blue Heaven, and the collecting officially began! Since then, I have several patterns I've been working on accruing: Franciscan Starburst, Royal China Blue Heaven, Royal China Aria, Taylor Smith and Taylor Cathay, and Creative 1014.
container ships When I lived in Long Beach, there were always a load of container ships (the big freighters) going in and out of the port. I like to watch them, because it makes me feel more connected with the world. This is probably the nerdiest thing ever.
OTMA OTMA are the four daughters of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. They used to sign memos using the initials of their names: Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia. I love the Romanovs, and these girls are fascinating, because their lives were so backward in many ways, and they were killed because they had the wrong parents. Two of my cats are named after Maria and Anastasia.
St. Therese of Lisieux I'm going to be really lazy and cut and paste what I wrote in eciklb's journal. St. Therese (pictured in the icon) is a saint in the Catholic Church, and I was drawn to her in 2002 when some things happened that made me think she was trying to get my attention (long story). Before that, I hadn't paid a whole lot of attention to her, because everything I saw of her seemed so sentimental and syrupy. I've read her works and read a lot of Theresian studies, and really, she is amazing and very deep. I definitely feel like she keeps tabs on me, and every so often, I feel compelled to read a different book on her or to reread her own work, and every time I read it, I come out with something new. It's an interesting dialogue. :)
unusual places i'm drawn to places that most other people are not. Friends talk about wanting to go to Hawaii or some other beach resort; I want to go to Dubai and the Torres del Paine Parque Nacional in Chile. I'd kill (almost) to go to Cuba. I'd love to go to this little village in Nepal that is a waystation to the Everest base camp.
Voice of the Beehive I LOVE THIS BAND!!! They're from my area too. Axel likes them too. :)
works in progress I like the process of writing and making costumes, although I write far more than I sew. I have three novels that I've worked on on-and-off for several years. I like NaNoWriMo, because it gets me started on a new work-in-progress each year (except the damn website isn't working tonight, and I'm mad, because I want to log my count!).
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I don't cook, but I have place settings for an army! I love retro china patterns. A couple of years ago, I won some Franciscan Starburst salt and pepper shakers on eBay. Soon after that, I acquired a Franciscan Starburst creamer. Then I got a LOAD of Royal China Blue Heaven, and the collecting officially began! Since then, I have several patterns I've been working on accruing: Franciscan Starburst, Royal China Blue Heaven, Royal China Aria, Taylor Smith and Taylor Cathay, and Creative 1014.
container ships
When I lived in Long Beach, there were always a load of container ships (the big freighters) going in and out of the port. I like to watch them, because it makes me feel more connected with the world. This is probably the nerdiest thing ever.
OTMA
OTMA are the four daughters of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. They used to sign memos using the initials of their names: Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia. I love the Romanovs, and these girls are fascinating, because their lives were so backward in many ways, and they were killed because they had the wrong parents. Two of my cats are named after Maria and Anastasia.
St. Therese of Lisieux
I'm going to be really lazy and cut and paste what I wrote in
unusual places
i'm drawn to places that most other people are not. Friends talk about wanting to go to Hawaii or some other beach resort; I want to go to Dubai and the Torres del Paine Parque Nacional in Chile. I'd kill (almost) to go to Cuba. I'd love to go to this little village in Nepal that is a waystation to the Everest base camp.
Voice of the Beehive
I LOVE THIS BAND!!! They're from my area too. Axel likes them too. :)
works in progress
I like the process of writing and making costumes, although I write far more than I sew. I have three novels that I've worked on on-and-off for several years. I like NaNoWriMo, because it gets me started on a new work-in-progress each year (except the damn website isn't working tonight, and I'm mad, because I want to log my count!).