Hey there!
My name is Lizzy, and originally I signed up because my husband made me. I was like, "Baby, this site is for teenagers" but then I remembered who my husband was. Now I have my myspace site to be able to re-connect with friends, family as well as a way to post pictures and keep in touch with friends from the past.
I am married to the most adorable, funny and compassionate man named Warren. We met on a blind date in the Spring of 1999, were married in 2001 years later, and another 1.5 years later, we had our beautiful son, Austin, who is now 3.5 years old. We are a very happy family. Warren is one of the writers/creators of Happy Tree Friends. If you don't of it, then you are too old. I highly recommend you watch the episode I have on my site that is called "Eye Candy" It is my favorite episode EVER. Otherwise, you can also check out many other websiodes at http://www.happytreefriends.com.
It used to be only on the internet, but it has moved to TV! If any of you know of the G4 channel, it is the channel for Video Gamers. And on October 2nd, the crew of HAPPY TREE FRIENDS was very proud to premiere it's first of 13 1/2 hour shows that will air also on G4 every Thursday evening at 9:00pm. The HTF fans, to say the least, are very excited.
Warren no longer actually works at Mondo Media...but he has something to do with every single episode out there. Pretty amazing. It's not for kids, so please don't show it to them. Writer at heart, accountant by day.
As for me, I am officially 35, married, in love with my family of three and try to make them a priority in every way possible. Not to say we just shack up in our home. We love to get out, go out on date nights, especially with other friends. Our friends, Anna and Sean Alexander turned us on to their babysitter, Casey, who Austin LOVED...so I guess now it's a war of the fittest/quickest to call her since we usually all go to the same events! That's what you happens when you and all your friends start to have kids. You love to share information about your babysitters...but then you have to be careful...because you can lose them to someone else that needs them more often.
When we are free during the day, we love to play with Austin...go to the park...especially with others that have kids for playdates. Although, Austin is making a lot of his own friends himself, so we are sort of going out on dates with parents so Austin can see his friends! Ah, the life of being married with children.
As for me as my own person, I actually have a passion for color and for paint, and was attending the Academy of Art in San Francisco before I got pregnant with Austin. The classes I took were "Color and Design" and Photoshop/Illustrator. I actually self-taught myself first at my job as a marketing manager for the California Cafe Restaurant Corporation (which since has been bought and changed their name)
In 2001 - I left the corporate world to follow my passion of art and attended The Academy of Art School in San Francisco. I LOVED IT! Everything about it was challenging and yet fun. I spent many late nights up painting things I thought I would never be able to do before. I loved learning how to work with colors and how to make them work together harmoniously.
I am a big fan of the color/stylist Jenny Hansen, who created the color palette for Happy Tree Friends. Fun, whimsical, cartoon-like...perfect for cuddly animals that are unfortunately about to die. I have told her over and over again that it is absoulutely perfect for what they are trying to achieve. Yes, I have met her. Once. And yes, I asked her a ton of questions in a small amount of time. She is VERY cool, obviously.
For example, check out this picture below. Having had and still do sometimes suffer from a chronic pain, I find this humorous in a "Happy Tree Friends" clever kind of way :) It's a favorite drawing given to me from another HTF writer, Ken Pontac, who I consider muc more a friend than just "Warren's HTF writing partner":
Speaking of my pain, I really got a chance to realize who my real friends are and who were just there for the Lizzy that wanted to party all the time. The "fun" Lizzy. But when I wasn't feeling well, they just found other people to be that person that they could sit with, laugh with, tell all their problems to, and not feel so bad about there lives with.
The most important thing I have learned is that life is very special, as well as family, and it's not about how many friends you have, but the quality and meaningfullness of your relationships. In high school and college - I always used to have a ton of friends...and I always just assummed that they made me who I was. It took me a long time, but wow, did I realize I was wrong.
No one can make you do anything, be anyone you aren't, or make you spend any of your precious time with people that don't deserve it. You get what you put out there. Live your life to the fullest. Do what makes YOU happy. In the words of Joesph Addison (1672 - 1719) "True happiness... arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self." And all of you with dirty minds, it's not talking about giving one self-enjoyment. Although there is absolutely nothing wrong with pleasuring yourself, that's not what he was talking about. Or was he? Hmmm...
I am so happy and content with the way my life is going now, and the people that are in it. I also am finding it really nice to be able to re-connect and talk with people now that I have this myspace page. To me, having a couple of really, REAL, down to earth, compassionate friendships that you know will last forever are SO much more important to me than have 5 million friends and feeling like I don't know them at all but on the surface. I am a Scorpio, and I consider myself a very real person.
