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20 things about me (50's too much)

1. I am an unrepentant book addict. I once went to BA (Books Anonymous) and managed to "dry out" a bit, but a librarian infiltrated the group and slipped me some short stories and I've been far gone ever since.
2. I don't watch TV--not because of snobbery or somesuch, but because most times I like books better and the only TV shows I've liked in the past three years (Firefly, Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls) usually get great ratings from critics and then are promptly cancelled.
3. Exception to #2: I adore The Daily show, but that's not enough to justify a cable bill. Luckily, Jacklyn and Pros help by taping episodes for me:).
4. My cats are meglomaniacal. It's funny and scary all at the same time.
5. I'm taking a year or so off of my Ph.D. program in Social Psychology so that I can go back in remission--recently I found out I've had (fortunately relatively mild) multiple sclerosis for years and years and didn't know about it!
6. I always figured that each year I mustn't have been a good girl despite my hard work and intentions--I never got visited by the Sanity Claus
7. Pros saved my life when I was seventeen.
8. His lady, Jacklyn, utterly rocks and I hope to be friends with her for the rest of her life.
9. My friends are incredible folks--their blogs are worth your time. Check the new "links" on the right side over there.
10. I get bored talking about myself too much--I like discussing ideas and figuring other folks out more.
11. Yeah, the most important employer I have already knows about the MS and doesn't have a problem with it, so I don't know why I don't just use my full name on the blog profile, but I don't just yet.
12. October is my favorite month.
13. During High school, some well meaning family tried to teach me how to "be a girl"--they rewarded me for speaking "valley speak" (which I realized far too much later only made me sound like a moron) and used to buy "Sweet Valley High" and quiz me about these (really dumb) books. I preferred other books--specifically, the cache of H.P. Lovecraft I'd found in a few attics (yeah, the racism annoyed me then and it still does--I kept thinking, "what is this guy's problem with different nationalities"?). To amuse myself, I'd try to combine story lines from H.P. Lovecraft's tales and the (exceptionally dull) Sweet Valley High series.
14. The well-meaning relatives did not appreciate my efforts.
15. A nickname I earned in my late teens/early twenties was "My little Wednesday Addams". Every once in awhile, I still hear it.
16. I hate it when friends die, and still mourn a few that have exited life too quickly.
17. My friends are all ages--from 3 years old to one-hundred-and three!
18. I can't bring myself to write depressing things anymore, not only because it's boring but because life's too good to waste time on that. A favorite quote of mine was said by Oscar Wilde: "Life's too important to be taken seriously"
19. I'm a skeptic and proud of it. Sadly, that once was not true and it still makes me feel embarrassed to think about it.
20. I have two master's degrees--one in general Psychology from UD and one in Social from UK--with a Ph.D. to hopefully follow. If you're interested further, my focus is currently on how to prevent the abuse of power. I'm writing an ethics proposal now for a study I'm trying to start at the college I teach part-time at (wish me luck in getting it approved/being allowed to use students as a subject pool!)