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I am still fighting;
My measure is in my will.
Striving to succeed.

And when fighting ends
How will my worth be measured?
In silence and scars.

~*~

28 years old, living in Birmingham with two rats, 4 mice (the closest I ever intend to get to having children), my partner, Jim, and an extended family. Born in the Year of the Metal Rooster which allegedly makes me a nasty little thing, but thankfully my extremes are tempered by Dragon and other influences. By which I mean people poking me in the ribs when my mean streak gets hold of me.

By day I'm a teacher, working my socks off and drowning under paperwork. I bite off more than I can chew as I'm now joint lead professional in terms of joint specialism status, head of house and have also accidentally started a Bollywood dance class at school.

In my spare time I'm learning Kathak, which is surprisingly tiring, I also do Bollywood dancing, Lindy Hop and various LARPs. There was a dance show, it was most awesome, but I still won't let you see the DVD.

LARP-wise I play Shards, and Maelstrom. I'm also starting up Outcast and crewing a large number of things.

I also write far too much fiction about various role-playing games and versions of reality. This lives, along with my poetry, over on shosuro_senyaka.

I spin, I sew, I knit, I crochet, I quilt, I felt, I weave, I lace make, I tat. Sometimes I even get round to making projects for myself. Rarely though.

Otherwise, to (mis)quote Anne McCaffrey: My hair is red (because I dye it), I freckle easily and everything else is subject to change.

~*~

My name is Angela, I am twelve years old.
I've given up on working hard and doing as I'm told.
I see a child psychologist who's spotted in my head,
A recipe for delinquency or something just as bad.
But I'll fight for my independence,
I see the world in another way to my teachers and my parents.
My priorities are different and my life is not as aimless.
I am not disruptive and I'm not dangerous.
I've rhythm and purpose, like poetry and jazz


~John Otway: Poetry and Jazz

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You can also find me over on Facebook. Okay, I'm bad, I succumbed...





Should you want to make me smile, something off this list is bound to do it.

Given that I've recently turned into a terrible BPAL fan there's also various things I'd like off this page. My wishlist of bottles and imps is here. But you'd have to like me a hell of a lot for that to happen.

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