Musings

Webpage I link to is still a mess, but what the hey, it might get me set about fixing it.

The spammers have discovered how to cull lj addresses. If you are interested in emailing me, use the login, amusingmuse, with the "@livejournal.com". I have to figure out a good subject line to make it obvious it's non-spam.

I'm a sf con geek.
I'm an artist.
I'm a programmer.
I'm a scientist.
I'm multi-talented. (Or at least, I like to think so ;)

However in person I'm incredibly shy. This comes from moving around so much in my life. It also comes from being born in upper middle class life, then dropping to well below the poverty line. I've lost almost everything I've owned, not once, not twice, but three times in my life. I worked hard to get out of poverty and I don't ever want to go back there again.

As you can guess, I have 'issues'. =) I hide in corners, but somehow got to know some peeps in cons. Probably due to my fanfic art which I used to do a lot of in the '80's. One day my webpage will get off the ground and I'll put up some of my old stuff and new stuff.

I do keep most of my entries behind 'friends'. Not so much for me, but out of respect for the people I know. Sure everything I put out, regardless of permissions, could and can be viewable, but I take what precautions I can. I'm crazy that way. I don't really want to hurt anyone, but I am human, therefore liable to slip up. I like intelligent discourse and debate. I hate debates which turn into name calling and screaming. Though I will admit I sometimes laugh at some images painted in the verbal naming calling, then I feel bad. Like I said, I'm human and fallible.

I usually don't swear in my journal. However Katrina and all that has happened on the Gulf Coast has caused some to slip through. I've tried to edit some entries, but I'm sure there are a few that slipped through. I still love my country. Heck I've lived in more places within it's borders than many people. I've love different parts for different reasons. But it depresses me to see that we are not "all that we can be".

Disclaimer: Absolutely none of my thoughts or writings are an expression of the company I work for. They are merely the ramblings and musings of my own.

I've lived around the United States, in many different places and states. The list in alphabetical order versus chronological:

• Alabama


• Illinois


• Louisiana


• Maryland


• Michigan


• Missouri


• Mississippi


• Virginia

Some of the schools I went to no longer exist, so I doubt they can ever be added to LJ. So here's a break down.
Matty Aiken Elementary, Mississippi
Blair Elementary, Illinois
East Alton Elementary, Illinois
I don't even remember the name of the two schools in Virginia, nor the school in Michigan.
East Alton Junior High, Illinois
Jefferson Junior High, Missiouri
Rockbridge High School, Missiouri
Suitland Senior High, Maryland

Followed by:
Delgado Community College
Tulane University BS in Physics
University of Alabama in Huntsville for a first stint of grad school
University of New Orleans back in grad school, for a Masters in Applied Physics.

*whew*





It's a million times better to risk being deserted or betrayed than to withdraw into a fortress of alienation, shut the door and break the contact with others. Because then we really die. That is death. that is emotional death. -- Anaïs Nin

I shall be dust when my heart forgets. -- L. M. Montgomery



The timid folk beseech me, the wise ones warn me,
They say that I shall never grow to stand so high;
But I climb among the hills of cloud and follow vanished lightning,
I shall stand knee-deep in thunder with my head against the sky.


Climb - Winifred Welles (1893-1939)