Profile

Me
I've completely re-written my bio as of 6/17/2009—not because the old version was wrong, but because I've changed a lot in the many years since I started this LJ and it was time for a more updated approach.
Random facts about me, in no particular order:

• I am married to another woman, the wonderful lizbetann. We have started a site, The Modern Boston Marriage, about our experiences.
  ^{*Technically we are in a California State Registered Domestic Partnership. However, since the two are essentially the same in this state, I see no grounds for not calling a spade a spade, or a marriage a marriage. (Plus, it's shorter to type.)}


• I have three furry children of the feline variety: Matisse (14)(RIP 10/09), Ginkgo (4), and Au-Set (1).


• I live in Glendale (just outside of Los Angeles), California. While I spent several years in Washington, D.C., and miss living in Dupont Circle and being able to Metro everywhere, I am a true California Girl—born and bred—and learned to drive before I could walk.


• I am an ordained minister in both the Universal Life Church (1995)and the Church of Spiritual Humanism (2006), although my personal view tend towards the lapsed Ecclectic Pagan.


• I have a triple major Bachelor's degree from USC, and an interdisciplinary Master's degree from (what was, at the time) Claremont Graduate School.


• I write—fanfic, unpublished novels, and long discussions with my friends. I am a member of the Organization for Transformative Works and an 8-years-running winner of NaNoWriMo.


• I vid—whatever media sources catch my fancy at any given time. I am a member of the Apocalypse West Vidding collective and a regular (every single years since they started!) VividCon attendee and participant.


• I work—as a Wordsmith: editing, proofreading, writing. Most of my income nowadays comes from proofreading Ph.D. theses for the Graduate School at Caltech.

In the past I have done many, many things—both fannish and otherwise. I have run fannish mailing lists and sites, held over 36 separate jobs over a notably shorter span of years, and managed so far to age without even coming close to growing up.

Depression and Me
I have had many people comment on my original "Depression and Me" section from this page, which I have moved to its own post. It's worth a read if you want to understand me (or anyone with an "invisible disability") better, and I have received many kind notes from people who have been helped by it.

Buttons and Other Doo-Dads

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NotesDoctor Who (2005) mood theme courtesy !

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