secondhandemotion

I do it for the joy it brings,
because I'm a joyful girl,
because the world owes me nothing,
and we owe eachother the world"
That would be my personal motto. I've thought about having Joyful Girl tattooed on my forearm, but for the sake of my future grandkids I might just make it my next license plate. I like to believe that everything happens for a reason and if you attempt to approach life with openness and positivity it will make a lot more sense. Not that I am always successful in this. "I don't always feel lucky, but I'm smart enough to try..." Another gem from Ani DiFranco. She is probably my favorite singer/songwriter, but since music is one of the things I live for I like many, many artists. My music taste mainly consists of alternative/folk/rock artists which most people have never heard of. The kind that would never be played on mainstream radio. That said, I listen to the X a lot at work and have begun to appreciate many new rock artists. My two main requirements for music I listen to are that it be intelligent and beautiful. So basically I can handle anything except pop crap that was written to make money rather than touch hearts and minds.
I hold movies to the same standard. I like films that make me think. One of my favorites is Magnolia for its tour-de-force look at the failings of human relationships. A good soundtrack is an added bonus. That's one of the main reasons Boys on the Side is my favorite movie of all time. That and Whoopi Goldberg and Mary-Louise Parker.
Drama is my favorite form of lit, second is poetry. I appreciate that both genres require the careful choice of words for symbolic meaning. The plot of a play and the verses of a poem seek to express something deeply human, utterly personal and at the same time universal. Otherwise I like lesbian and/or true-to-life fiction. I have always wanted to be a writer. You could say it's in my blood, passed down from generations, but I'm still working on the courage to get my ideas down on paper.
I was a techinal theatre major for two years at Sinclair in Dayton. I have always been fascinated with all that it takes to make a production happen. I used to say I'd do anything but acting, but I took an acting class my last quarter at Sinclair and enjoyed the creativity involved and how it took me out of myself.
I thought I was heading down the career path of becoming a theatrical writer/director and later transitioning to independent filmmaker, but my life took a few turns and I rediscovered my earlier passion of working for animal welfare. I have decided to save money to go back to school (I took a mental and physical health break back in February) to pursue animal science with a view to either becoming a vet or owning/operating a no-kill animal shelter.
I love animals, and sometimes even prefer their company to humans. When I was 13, I was given a puppy who became the most faithful friend and companion I have ever had. His name was Moses, and I was so upset, when he passed away in January, that I had his name tattooed on the back of my neck. For me, tattoos have to mean something. My first tattoo was a celtic cross on my upper right arm commemorating my celtic heritage and the 8 years I spent growing up in Ireland.
It's been almost a year since Moses died, and although I have two new puppies to play with, I still miss him very much. So I have pics of all three of them, plus my kitties in a slideshow above.
And thus ends my stream of consciousness rant for the moment...