Not Your Average Girl

One of the Guys
I am the girl who is consistently labelled as 'one of the guys'. I laugh at the things they laugh at, I enjoy the same things they enjoy, and despite having long, polished nails, I can crack a beer/energy drink, chug it back, and belch -if not the alphabet- at least all of the vowels. \o/

XXX, Crank, The Fast and the Furious, Formula 51, The Boondock Saints, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Transporter, and A Man Apart are all must-see cinema, as far as I'm concerned.

Hell! Some of my favourite jokes are female bashers. Why are wedding dresses white? So all of the appliances match! *snickers*

Not That Kind of Girl
I prefer Lost Girl to Jersey Shore (though I love Bones' take on this one!), Jaqueline Carey's writing to your average Harlequin Romance, and Riddick to The Twilight Saga. I hang out with Furries and Kinksters, Gamers and LARPers, I troll Facebook and FetLife.

Jennifer Garner, Anna Silk, Vin Diesel and Johnny Galecki are all my 'type'. The only pink I have in my wardrobe are two hot pink sarongs, a pink and purple striped, leopard print tee, and some socks. Most of the rest of my clothes are black, blue, or grey. Angie; the walking bruise.

I had my ears pierced once upon a time, but playing rugby-rules basketball with the guys meant that they were constantly getting ripped out, so I let them grow over. I have a nifty little collection of earrings that I never wear, mostly given to me my family, or that came as a set with some of my numerous necklaces. Oh ya, did I mention that I have a weakness for necklaces? *smirks*


I have <10 pairs of shoes, several of which are in dire need of replacing.
My favourite colours are blue and red, because black is not a colour. I have scarf/hat/mitts in both colours. My 'purses' (yes I have two) are more of a backpack. I prefer a hoodie and an over sized jock jacket as my winter coat.




Geek Cred
Don't worry, just because I have a jock streak, doesn't mean I'm not also a Geek.

I spent the better part of two years playing WoW as 'quality time' with my BF at the time. When we parted ways, I drowned my sorrows by throwing myself into DnD paper and pencil games and Vampire Masquerade LARP.

While I do a fair amount of my shopping in places like Ardène, Urban Planet and the George section of Walmart, if ThinkGeek had a local Canadian location, I'd not only be fuelling my entire wardrobe from there, I'd likely be District Manager ;) In fact, I was recently gifted with three shirts off of my Wishlist!


I've been a Trekkie as long as I can remember, and am also quickly becoming a Whovian. But please, don't try to make me decide who my favourite Doctor or Captain is. x.X

Pretty much it comes to a split of my inner City Girl and my inner Country Girl, and when the two combine, you've got the perfect candidate for party leader during the Zombie Apocalypse. I'm still learning which of your Southern plants are edible, but I can snare, kill, clean and cook rodents and birds.

Not Pretentious At All

Okay, I admit it, I'm an addict!

My Roommate thought I was bored,
 so he gave me some quests!

I play Games on my Android, I play Games on my computer, I even play Games when I'm visiting friends. Gaming is generally the first thing I do when I get up in the morning, and the last thing I do before bed. I Tweet about Games, I Facebook about Games, I eat sleep and breathe Games!

Here's the difference between me and most addicts: I don't let my addiction come between me and real life! I am more likely to ditch whatever dungeon I'm running to go and wash the dishes or start the laundry, than I am to hit lvl 30 before I remember that I had a To-Do List to get through. Nor do I ignore my friends in favour of Games, I am generally invited to play because it is something we genuinely enjoy doing together. In fact, I have one friend who rolled a new character on Borderlands 2 because he couldn't bring himself to play his main without me :P I also recently had a female friend pout because, whenever I come over, we seem to barely have enough time to play one hand of Magic.

I have been told recently that mentioning my To-Do Lists so much on Twitter is apt to make my target audience think I'm a bit of a pretentious, over-achiever. That I am somehow alienating my fan/client base before I've even got myself a steady stream of customers. Okay guys, really? How is it pretentious if I really am getting all of these things done AND finding time to Game to my heart's content? How is it not self advertising to tell people that if I can manage to do all of this, with a chronic health issue, then I can obviously help light a fire under your procrastinating ass if that's what you need?

I will admit that I am, in fact, an over-achiever. I hold myself to a ridiculously high standard. But I strive to hold my friends and clients to only what standard they wish to be held to. You set the bar and tell me how gentle or relentless to be. I'll be the evil taskmaster that drives you towards it.*innocent smile*

Fellow Multitasker 

Admittedly, the A.D.H.D. lends itself towards me being a multi-multi-MULTI-tasker, which generally means that I putter away at several tasks at once, and am suddenly done several of them in the space of a half hour. Hey, what good am I going to be as a Game Hostess if I can't multitask like a dual core processor?

Hallowe'en

Hallowe'en has never been a holiday that I've really gotten all that excited about, even as a kid. But I have to admit, now that I'm in a position to put some effort into some really geeked out costumes...

Doesn't this look very Klingon?

 This is certainly the first costume I've put much effort into. Though I'll admit, Tailsteak did most of the work. I just had to try really hard not to laugh at the antics of the other loud mouthed, smart asses in the room. We managed to combine partial nudity, snuggling, and art into one project. I think that counts as a job well done, don't you? For those of you who recognize the costume, what do you think? 

Mmm, Snuggles :)