she is a lesbian, radical feminist, cat lover, bibliophile, non-smoker, unitarian universalist (though she doesn't go to fellowship on a regular basis) and in the process of becoming athletic again. she dreams of being jeanne d' arc and swooping in and saving those that need saved (though she'd rather not be burned at the stake). she is a loyal friend who will do anything she can for those she loves, but she can flakey sometimes when her depression flares up. she is a loner. a southerner self-transplanted to the pacific northwest in 1998 and now believes that it doesn't rain enough here. she's known for her honesty, she can't help it, its the only way to be. she is 4'8" tall, and round. she has natural blonde hair and she also has blue eyes. she is very intense. she hates small and large crowds, she prefers the one on one or the one on a few. she has no idea what she wants to do with her life, though she would like to see more of the world than what she has seen so far (a good part of the continental united states) and she very much wants to be a mother. finally, she has huge crushes on alix olson and carolyn gage (these are from a far).

and girl oh girl did i have a box. nothing big, but a bunch of things right on the mark. 3 gifts from ethiopia. well, one of those imported to ethiopia from kenya. a really cool fleece jesters hat. slippers, a wall calendar, a desk calendar of pics of greece, candles and an incence burner, socks and a pair of whale slippers! some wonderful soap from our friends who live in england. a friend of mine even got something (that needs to be sent along to her)! and the cats, yes the cats got something..

see how much smudge loves his present?

my mom knows me well. i would have loved something electronic, the love that was put into these gifts, well, dammit electronic is greedy, the love is more important. and i must admit having all this stuff from ethiopia is just plain cool. 2 braclets and a hat from there. plus i already have some necklaces, a small rug, and a kitchen set. yeah, thats way cool.

and so now i leave you with my normal christmas blog greeting.. which, unfortunately, has been terribly appropriate last christmas and this christmas, hopefully next christmas all this war stuff will be done with. i can hope.

happy xmas (war is over)
by john lennon

So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear ones
The old and the young

{Refrain}
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas       War is over
For weak and for strong       If you want it
For rich and the poor ones       War is over
The world is so wrong       Now
And so happy Christmas       War is over
For black and for white       If you want it
For yellow and red ones       Now
Let's stop all the fight       War is over

{Refrain}

And so this is Christmas       War is over
And what have we done       If you want it
Another year over     War is over
And a new one just begun     Now
And so happy Christmas     War is over
I hope you have fun     If you want it
The near and the dear one     War is over
The old and the young     Now

{Refrain}

War is over if you want it
War is over now