i don't like labels, there isn't really one word that describes everything about me. i'm a worker drone, a student of life, a mom, a wife, a cook, a submissive, a slave, a friend, a lover, an adviser, a leader, an organizer, a tomboy, Daddy’s lil girl, a roughneck, a lady, and yet none of these truly define me. i am an avid reader and love to read anything from fantasy fiction to a good documentary depending on my mood. i enjoy Japanese, Chinese, English, and Egyptian history. i also enjoy writing, though i haven’t done much of it in a long time. Some say i have a twisted and sometimes sarcastic sense of humor. i enjoy a good discussion, one that makes me think, makes me debate, makes me dig deep into my own psyche. A little complicated, a little crazy, part masochist, part sadist at the same time, a seeker of knowledge, a loner, a person that people seem to be able to talk to, and a person who enjoys living life, not just surviving it. i abhor drama and lies and those that seem to create, dwell, or thrive in them are not in my circle. i prefer blades to guns, though i can shoot if i need to. I would love nothing more than to learn Japanese sword fighting techniques. They are absolutely beautiful to me. In a nutshell, i'm me, with all the good and bad that entails. Some love me, some don't, and others are confused by me, but the one constant is that i am always me and that doesn't change. i make friendships for life and my friends have become family. i defend them with the fierceness of a pack leader and yet sometimes rely on them as a child to a parent. There are days when 3000 miles that separate me from them seems like a million and then there are days when i feel they are right here with me. They are my circle, my support, and i love them all.

Temporarily transplanted to Pennsylvania, but California still is and always will be home. Always up to make new friends and learn new things. Feel free to drop me a note to say hi, i respond to all respectful emails. (sorry but if you email me and are disrespectful to my marriage or are just plain rude, there will be no response. It's just not warranted.)

While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats. ~ Mark Twain

Nobody who has known a redhead can say that redheads are tame. Even shy redheads have a burning spark of adventure inside them. Opinionated, hotheaded, logical, loyal, friendly, reserved, whatever the redheads' personality, you can bet they'll have SCADS of it!-Review of The Redhead Encyclopedia