I'm a mom, a marine biologist, a part-time professor, a master gardener, an old Tampa goth, and I'm a little obsessed with knitting. I'm "turtlekaren" on Ravelry - find me!
This video makes me cry.
music see below: I'm very into old school, darkwave, industrial, and the like
gardening
I'm a Master Gardener.
http://www.yougrowgirl.com
stained glass
socks:
http://www.sockdreams.com
books: Borders is my second home. I know where every Borders is within 100 mile radius.
environmental and social activism:
http://www.cccturtle.org
http://www.newdream.org
http://www.amnesty.org
Knitting and spinning
Now working on: a black sweater, my mom's "death shawl", and a full size banana tree. I'm currently spinning up some hand dyed wool and some camel down, and I'm making rugs on my loom. I'm actually beginning to consider that the holidays are coming up and that people other than me should be getting knitted things.
This alpaca. With shears in hand.
adopt your own virtual pet!
Mostly old school goth/industrial, but I actually have a pretty broad range in music.
My all-time favorite top ten desert island bands are: Dead Can Dance, Sisters of Mercy, Skinny Puppy, The Cure, Delerium, Bauhaus, This Mortal Coil, Enya, Abba, and Rosewater Elizabeth.
What I'm listening to these days is First Wave (channel 22), Punk (Channel 29) Chill (shoegazer, triphop, etc on channel 35 sirius) and Boombox (breakbeat on channel 39 sirius. I've not bought any cds in a while. But i have a whole stack my sister made me to listen to.
http://www.dcfreaks.com
http://www.dcmidnight.com
The Jersey Trilogy (clerks, mallrats, chasing amy); French Kiss, Tank Girl, 24-Hour Party People, High Fidelity, almost any movie based on comic book characters, and Planet Earth
Netflix - just got a Henry Rollins spoken word to watch.
I more listen to it while I knit. Lots of Discovery Channel. Waiting for Battlestar Galactica and the L Word to come back on. I loved Heroes it was great, but I can do without the commercials. Geez. I'm really liking True Blood as well.
Now Reading
Now I'm reading that Horror Comics collection, I'm also thinking abou treading LOTR again. I also just picked up some book on meditation and knitting (my two favorite things)
Just Finished Reading
Spending more time knitting than reading, but I just reread American Gods for the book group. Finished Enders Game (in one sitting!), for the sci fi discussion group on the fourth Wednesday of every month at the Borders in Timonium.
Fiction
Favorite Authors: Carl Hiassen, Anne Rice (pre-return to the fold), Neil Gaiman
Favorite Series: Harry Potter (of course), The Vampire Chronicles AND the Mayfair Witches (and both!), No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, LOTR
Favorite Single Titles: High Fidelity, Good Omens
Gardening
You Grow Girl, Gaia's Garden
Social Issues
Cunt (fabulous, empowering book Kristin turned me onto)
Travel
Baghdad Without a Map (funny)
Graphic novels
Fables, Sandman and Death, Bone, The Watchmen, V is for Vendetta
Humor
The Sweet Potato Queens, anything by Dave Barry
Carl Hiassen, Robbin (my old boss), Eugenie Clark, Neil Gaiman, the Dalai Lama, and Stephanie Pearl McPhee.