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Created on 2003-04-19 19:07:06 (#1013660), last updated 2009-11-15
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Basic Info| Name: | Abby |
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| Birthdate: | 1985-04-04 |
| Location: | Killeen, Texas, United States |
Bio"If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad." - Lord Byron
"I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed." - Robert Frost
"A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity." - Robert Frost
"You can't wait for inspiration - you have to go after it with a club" - Jack London
*meow*
I'm a political junkie passionate about, among MANY other things, Mental Health Parity and advocacy in general. I love working on platform committees, and issue discussions make me light up. =) And, while that is a HUGE piece of who I am- some people think that's all there is to me or that it's the biggest part of me. That's not exactly true. I'm a poet and a writer, a gardener, an occasional computer geek, a grammar freak (though you wouldn't always know it from my posts- damn typos.), a cat lover, a cook, an arts and crafts freak/geek, and SO many other things. I love wandering in the library stacks (I don't know what ya'll are talking about- they are *not* scary. It's fabulous and peaceful down there.) but I spend a rather small percentage of my time there because I have trouble studying in the library due to all the distractions. Who can study with all those books around?! There is so much to me you might never guess at first glance. It's true that once I start talking, in the course of a conversation, I may tell you a good portion of my life history. (I talk too much. I do know that.) However, don't let that fool you. There is always more to tell.
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Just a few things about me:
Some people say I think too much. They have no idea.
I love being creative and running with my ideas.
I'm very stubborn, yet, suspiciously indecisive.
I hate hypocrites (passionately).
I love warm spring and summer rains and dancing outside in thunder and lightning storms.
I swore long ago that I would never change who I am solely to fit someone else's description of what I should be.
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I used to have an anti-republican quote here. Then I married a non-Democrat (what party he belongs to remains to be seen... by me). Not all Republicans are evil. I still don't believe they are *right.* But not all of them are *bad,* per se. I think the people who control that party are wrong. Many of them genuinely ARE bad people - but not all. Some just have VERY different views. Some just believe in a different way of running things. So I'm taking down the Republican bashing and trying to be a tad more respectful knowing that while I disagree with the Party (strongly) the *people* aren't always evil in and of themselves. :)
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absorbing random information, academia, acronyms, american studies, autumn/fall, being in love, bipolar, biting, blue ridge parkway, bluebonnets, book stores, books, c-span, campaigning, candles, capitol hill, cats, cheese, citrus fruits, climbing trees, clouds before a storm, color, comfort foods, connecting, cooking, creating art, creativity, curiousity, daffodils, dancing, dancing in the rain, debate, deep conversations at 3am, democrats, dogwood trees, dr. pepper, dramatic weather, driving, english majors, fencing, fire, free writes, fresh air, fresh apples, friends, frontline, garage sale hopping, good eats, hand-written letters, hands, helping things grow, historical architecture, history, html, hugs, hyperbole, ideas, improv acting, inspiration, intellectuals, intelligent conversation, jefferson memorial, last minute road trips, learning new things, libraries as sanctuaries, linguistics, listening, literary criticism, literature, livejournal interests lists, magnetic poetry, making lists, manic-depression, melty wax, memories, mental health parity, metaphors, moonlight, music, my texas cowboy, nature, night, norah jones, npr, old typewriters, online quizes, paper and ink, passion, paul wellstone, pbs, people-watching, phonetic transcription, photography, poetry, political buttons, politics, potatoes, psychology, quantum leap, rain, rain on tin roofs, registering voters, renfaire, research, respect, rhythm, robert's rules of order, rock-wall climbing, roll call, sanity [and lack thereof], sarah mclachlan, sarcasm, screwed up circadian rhythms, shakespeare in the park, silence, skin against skin, sleep, sleeping, sleeping in closets, small furry mammals, smooth jazz, southern gentlemen, spontaneous prose, spring, stargazing, sunday morning political shows, sunshine, sweet briar college, sweet tea, texas, texas sunsets, the daily show, the feeling of "home", the oed, theatre, thinking, trees, true patriotism, uniqueness, virginia, volunteering, walking, wanderlust, washington d.c., water, west wing, words, wordsmiths, writing, young democrats
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Schools:
Cunningham Park Elementary - Vienna, VA (1990 - 1992)Marshall Road Elementary School - Vienna, VA (1992 - 1993)
Vine Street Elementary School - Brandon, MS (1993 - 1996)
Waples Mill Elementary School - Oakton, VA (1996 - 1997)
Covington Middle School - Austin, TX (1997 - 1998)
A. G. West Black Hills High School - Tumwater, WA (2001)
South Puget Sound Community College - Olympia, WA (2001 - 2003)
Sweet Briar College - Sweet Briar, VA (2004 - present)
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