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About Me

I'm a freak, a nerd, and an all-round dork. I love history, music, vampire smut, and shunning normality. I like dressing up for no reason whatsoever. Patent leather stiletto heels are just as good as sneakers for long walks. Fishnets go with anything.....Depression is not a phase or a disease, it's a calling which requires perseverance against optimism and an unswerving faith in the brutal melancholy of humanity. And lots of chocolate. Don't ask why. It just does......
And gee, who'da thought... I am 74% Goth.
.. Oh My Goth! You Goth, Girl. There is a good chance I am bi. Freakiness pumps through my veins, but I can still laugh at myself. Take the
Goth Test
@ FualiDotCom I can't be Gothic. My arches are not vaulted, and I have no flying buttresses!
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Firefly and Serenity are the best ever...if you don't know these quotes by heart, you simply need to watch again until you do. Trust me on this one. The wisdom of the ages, and the men are all cute. Yum! The women are good looking, too, but I just don't float that way.

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NOOOO! This can't be right. Wait a minute. There must be some mistake. Arrgh! I've been typecast as the geeky genius with no social skills!
Wait...that IS me. Ah, crap. I must succumb to the inevitable with dignity. Oh, and style; at least Doc Simon was a snappy dresser. And when Nathan Fillion took this test, his answer was Kaylee, so there's hope for me yet. I'm gonna live! Wait, that's Kaylee's line...
Your results: You are Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 95% Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 75% River (Stowaway) 75% Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) 70% Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) 65% Derrial Book (Shepherd) 45% Wash (Ship Pilot) 40% Inara Serra (Companion) 35% Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) 10% Alliance 10% A Reaver (Cannibal) 0% Medicine and physical healing are your game,
but wooing women isn't a strong suit.
Click here to take the Serenity Firefly Personality Test

My Interests

HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY: And only the stuff pre-CE; monotheism is just boring. Yay Greeks! I'm studying to be a professor...someday. I have to get through thesis first! Oh, and five more years in a doctoral program... I LOVE THIS STUFF! I could stay in school forever.

I'd like to meet:

Freelance and industry costume designers, independent fashion designers, and anyone who enjoys a little history and fantasy in their clothing....Old friends, maybe even some new ones....Intelligent people who understand words like trepidation, postulate, and obsequious (or at least don't laugh at me too much when I use them in normal conversation). Go nerds! And you're right, Shawn, nerds don't get laid. *sigh* But at least we have fabulous imaginations! That's gotta count for something.

Music:

Switchblade Symphony, Depeche Mode, George Michael, Poe, U2, Billy Idol, Garbage, David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, Crystal Method, Evanescence (my fave song is Good Enough), Duran Duran...and everything 80s! I'm old school.

Movies:

Serenity, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Chronicles of Riddick, Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride, Sky Captain and the WOT, Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned, Edward Scissorhands, Kingdom of Heaven, LotR, Hellboy, Reign of Fire, Pirates of the Caribbean, Phantom of the Opera, Pride and Prejudice, Queen Margot, Moulin Rouge...

Television:

I don't watch TV, that zombie box. Not since the good stuff (anything by Joss Whedon) went off the air *sob*...that, and I don't have TV. I'm not bitter or anything. I'd rather read or sew. Or watch movies, or Buffy, Angel, and Firefly on DVD. *sigh*. When I have time, on those rare occasions when I don't have homework, which is never 'cause I'm a grad student now. Short version: no TV.

Books:

Where do I begin? Mercedes Lackey, Robert Heinlein, Anne McCaffrey, Jacqueline Carey, C.J. Cherryh, Kim Harrison, Laurell Hamilton, Herodotus, Ovid, Plato, Euripides, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Chaucer, etcetera....

Heroes:

Costume designers like Sandy Powell and Penny Rose who get to play with fabulous historical costumes (and gorgeous actors).
My history professors (who'd better not be reading this) who put up with me despite the fact that I'm a pest, and answer my questions intelligently like they actually give a crap! Kudos! I hope to be like them when I grow up (or get my PhD, whichever comes first).

My Blog

The Night Before Deadline

'Twas the night before deadline, and all through my placeNot a creature was stirring, for there wasn't a spaceThat I didn't have homework, or papers, or books.This last-minute task had me clutched in ...
Posted by Aerynn on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:25:00 PST

In Greek literature, women are like toasters.

They serve one purpose: to make toast (sons). Some toasters have more bells and whistles than other toasters, but in the end, all they really have to do is make toast. If your toaster doesn't make to...
Posted by Aerynn on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:03:00 PST

Distracted and depraved

Gerry Butler is hot. Just thought I'd let everyone know. Anyone who can play Dracula, the Phantom, and King Leonidas with confidence, style, and panache is every history nerd/gothic g...
Posted by Aerynn on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 02:08:00 PST

Fortune cookies are mean

I just got the worst fortune cookie ever. It says "You will make many changes before happily settling." Great. So unless I become something I'm not or otherwise change myse...
Posted by Aerynn on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:22:00 PST