PaidiaK's Page

Your name on Tribe.net:

Paidia

Location:

Oregon

Gender:

female

Age:

bugger off. I'm not telling

Your Tribe profile:

http://people.tribe.net/paidia

Your blog:

http://www.fibroblogger.ning.com

5 Random Things About You:

I love to cook. I make dragons. I'm Bi. I'm smart and I'm honest -- some would say a bit too honest.

Relationship status:

it's complicated

Official job, in life as we know it:

disabled and working as a freelance writer, while writing my own novel.

Unofficial job, in that other world

Empathy and ombudsman

Superpower(s):

Empathy, super-smell (blessing and a curse that), being brutally honest

Fav food:

Red pepper omelettes -- this week anyway....
Soft pretzels with jalapeno cheese sauce (which I have to make at home lest there be soy in the ingredients)
My potato cheddar soup... gluten free.. tasty... very tasty.
Pasta
Cucumber/tomato/sweet-onion salad with Balsamic Vinegar and a pinch of sea salt.... and cracked black pepper of course.

Fav movies:

Auntie Mame, MASH, Grandma's Boy, Serenity, My Big Fat Greek Wedding (one of the few true "chick flicks" that I'l cop to watching), Saving Grace (not the tv show... the movie, about a older British woman whose husband suicides so she ends up growing pot with her Gardener ((who was mister Wick in the Drew Carey show)) and of course hilarity ensues. I also love Mommy Dearest - my mom and I used to watch it together every mother's day... we are tad strange... but to this day I dont' use wire hangers.

Fav TV:

Firefly, Eureka, Babylon 5, NCIS, WEEDS, Bones; lots of other stuff... I watch way more TV than one really should....Can't wait for the premiere of Sanctuary!

Fav books:

I've rarely read a book I didn't like. The Diana Gabaldon series, Outlander, is a huge fav... i love Marion Zimmer Bradley's stuff... and the Alvin Maker series by Orson Scott Card. Lies my Teacher told me is a fantastic must read for any History buff...and Justinia's Flea... also great... I could go on and on and on regarding this topic...seriously. I read even more than i watch TV....

Fav music:

Jimmy Buffett, Peter Tosh, Momo Smitt, Gov't Mule, ... Dr. Hook... Commander Cody.... Willie, Waylon, The Man in Black....

Fav artists or designers:

Designers of what... Fang is one of my favorite artists... I love Monet.... if you mean clothing... I have no clue... I'd say my favorite was Wrangler... or the guy who invented flannel.

Fav holiday:

Winter Solstice, All Hallows Eve, my birthday week.

Passions & Obsessions:

Writing, reading, sex, making clay art, conversations with cool people, board-gaming....and cooking... I love to cook and feed people...

Thing(s) you'd save / treasure in the post-apocalypse:

I'm assuming this question refers to material things... not family or such...so once I get past that I'd have to say I'd want to save my Books (all of them) and I would treasure My mind. After all knowledge is power...

Thing(s) that should be wiped from the face of the earth:

Avacadoes, my ex husband, pincer bugs

Person(s) on your awesomeness list:

In no particular order: Maya Anjelou, Mark Twain (no one specified that they had to have a heartbeat) Tycho Brahe, Monet, Coco Channel, Diana Gabaldon, My kid.

Person(s) that should be rocketed to the sun:

McCain, My ex, people who drive 20 miles an hour under the limit -- Oh... and the old fart who reamed me out at a stop light for smoking a cig IN MY OWN CAR.. .hello

Anything else you'd like to share:

I like monkeys