People who get me know this... I am contrary. Mostly. Some of the time. !

My career path... I'm a teacher, and short of a couple twisty-turns, it's been pretty straight forward. !

My spirituality... I'm a pagan...ish. Humanist-y spiritualist with a lot of Goddess love and mythology. I love mythology. !

Letters after my name... MA, I guess? !

My relationship status... Married !

My relationship saga... it is long and sordid... !

My political leanings... far left !

My political views... I'm not really far left, but I'm lefter than quite a few. !

A link to my other profile... http://theal8r.livejournal.com/profile !

A link to great art... http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/post/27041852 !

A great song... Neverending Math Equation by Modest Mouse or Sun Kil Moon !

An awful song... That Umbrella song by Rhiannon !

A great movie... The Hunger !

An awful movie... Basket Case -- I thought it was real horror, not Troma! !

A great book... Handmaiden's Tale !

An awful book... Moby Dick !

A great company... Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab !

An awful company... McDonald's !

Delicious food... Shrimp !

Terrible food... Collard Greens !

A great website... http://Daily Kos !

An awful website... http://Free Republic !

A great person... The Dalai Lama !

An awful person... George W. Bush !

Proudest thing I ever did... Helping to raise my 2 munchkins. !

Best time I ever had... sitting on the porch of the coffee shop in Key West. !

Worst time I ever had... Divorce. !

What Ive been up to lately... teaching. !

What drives me crazy... willful ignorance. !

What makes me glad to be alive... music, BPAL, sex, good food, theater, movies, great books, poetry, my friends, my family... usually... !

I believe this... Everything always comes out okay, but it will suck getting there. !

My ethnicity as others define it... Caucasian, European, European-American !

My ethnicity as I define it... English, Irish, Scottish, German all-American Mutt! !

Gender... Female !