The Weird Things About Me

Since I'm new yea?

1. I'm Ojibwe. Grew up on a reservation and evuraythang. I was raised in poverty, but had a great childhood. I didn't realize how little money my family had until I moved off the reserve and started attending university. I'm politically active and have had anti-oppression training. I'm a feminist. Which scares people. I consider myself a woman of color and a visible minority.

2. I smoke. Been an off/on smoker for just about half my life. It's gross, I know. I understand I should quit but am not ready to.

3. I once lived in Kenya, doing volunteer work. I also worked and lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba just prior to going overseas. I worked primarily with refugeee/immigrant youth and children. Some was drug prevention work, and assisting with their English as a second language.

4. Just finished a 35 chapter novel today. Tomorrow I begin revisions. I probably won't be ready to let others read it for a few weeks. Hopefully by November I'll be ready to send it to publishers. I'm very insecure when it comes to my writing. Rping has helped some, but not a lot in this way.

5. I played dead in an upcoming film that's starring Adam Beech and Dominic Purcell. I was "Dead Trapper #3 (female)." When I got called in to go on set, I thought it was my cousin's film, turns out it was a much bigger deal than that. She was just working as a go-between for the film company and the Reservation they filmed on. I got paid 79 dollars to hang out on set with some really cool people, and pretend to be dead for half an hour.

6. I hate alien movies and stories. Not sure why I just do. Which is funny, because the movie I was in was about aliens.

7. I've read every Stephen King novel ever published. Same with Anne Rice (even her dirty ones yep). I've also read all the works by Clive Barker, Brett Easton Ellis and Chuck Palahniuk. I'm a huge book nerd. I don't just read novels, I devour them. It took me three hours to read 13 Reasons Why, and when it came out, 4 hours to read Goblet of Fire.

8. I've rped a lot longer than anyone on this site guaranteed. I started before I was 13, and well, I'm a lot older than that now.

9. Terrified of needles. I cry everytime I need bloodwork or immunizations. No idea where this phobia started.

10. I've broken both my ankles, one after the other in two consequative years. Because of this I'm terrified of escalators. Stairs moving down? Just can't do it. Yikes. Just the down escalators. Going up's no problem, it's just coming down that really gets me sweatin'.

11. Lightning frightens the hell out of me. Even when I'm indoors.

12. Sometimes my mind goes quicker than my mouth and ill randomly stutter.

13. When I graduated from high school I was one of only 13, and one of the only three who were under the age of 20.

14. I have an obsession with old horror flicks, even though I can no longer stomach hardcore gore.

15. My new obsession is loose leaf tea.

16. I've spoken at three national forums/conferences.

17. I also have been certified to take care of wards of the state (I was a nanny for a short time after finishing high school).

18. I rolled my dads atv/4-wheeler when I was 15 and did a number on my hip. Because of this I can't drive cars. Speed scares the living hell out of me. Yet I never wear seatbelts. Lol

19. Currently, I'm living with untreated anxiety and depression. It's a personal choice, as I have a high susceptibility to substance abuse. I'm a bit of a glutton, so when I like something, I truly love it and have to have more. It's the reason why I hoard music and read so much.

And uhm yeah, that's me :) open to chatting so hey, if you're bored just hit me up on aim~