mini-FAQ

[thejunipertree]

This is in addition to my cast of characters post. I've stolen the idea from chaos_current, only mine's a lot more wordy than his.



What's your religion?
I'm a practicing vodouissant. Basically, this means I practice Haitian Vodou. I've been doing this for probably the past five years, after a lot of running away from it. It's a lot of responsibility and I really didn't want that in a religion, but it was made very obvious to me that I was acting the fool. I serve Papa Ghede, Maman Brigette on a fairly frequent basis and a Lwa, who appears to be a Lwa of the personal family sort, who's been making me work to get his name. I have no plans of becoming a mambo in the future.

I do not follow any kind of religious moral code like the Wiccan Rede; this tends to get other pagans very up in arms when I talk about it. I have absolutely no qualms about working 'bad' and have done so in the past with no adverse effect. I police myself, which is all I need.

I also like to argue debate about religion, all of them, and will do so at the drop of a hat. There's a couple communities I belong to, but by far, my favourite is nonfluffypagans.

Where do you work? And why don't you ever mention the name of it?
I work for an abortion provider, in the Human Resources department of the administrative office. It is simultaneously awesome and very irritating, for reasons that I can not get into here. I don't ever mention the name because our field is an extremely sensitive one and I don't want any crazies following me to work, the few protesters we get are bad enough.

You're planning on becoming a mortician?
In the fall, I will FINALLY be attending college to get my degree in funeral service/mortuary science. I've been unable to do so for quite some time, but I recently made the decision that it's now or never. I'll be putting myself through school, as I can't rely on any family to pay for it, so I'll be taking out enormous loans to do so. It'll take me four years, as a full-time student, but I can't wait to start.

I am currently in college, as we speak, taking my reprequisite courses for my funeral service degree. Because there is no actual pre-funeral service degree, I'm majoring in Human Services. After funeral school, I'm going to get my bachelor's degree in HS, then go onto grad school and get my master's in Thanatology. As of October 2008, I only have a semester and a half left to my associate's degree.

Associate's degree in Human Services down, three more degrees to go!

You're a little overly fond of dead things, aren't you?
Why yes, yes I am.

Is it true that you got kicked out of a foreign nation?
Err, not exactly. I was denied entrance to the UK in July of 2000. It's a long story that doesn't involve any actual wrong-doing on my part, despite what some of my friends like to tell people. In short, they believed I wasn't ever going to come home. This is, to be quite frank, fucking ridiculous. I'm not allowed back into the UK unless I get prior visa entry clearance, which they have refused me for twice already. The reasons why I was attempting to go there in the first place now no longer apply, so I'm not all in a hustle to get this cleared up any time soon. I'd like to go back, as I really enjoyed myself the few times I'd already been there, but it's not a pressing need at the moment. I'll handle it if it ever comes up again, though.

How many tattoos do you have?
Sixteen. Yes, I plan on getting more. No, I won't regret them when I'm eighty.

What's with the 'cawing and flapping'?
I have been identified by several people as having numerous characteristics of a magpie. This has always struck me as hysterically funny, especially the bit about loving shiny things. Therefore, when I talk about myself, I frequently add this to the description because it pleases me to do so.

So, you're some kind of furry?
Not on your fucking life, pal. I just like magpies and think it's funny that people compare me to one.

That's a lot of books you've got there.
My reading habit has been compared to a heroin addiction. I read fast and spend a lot of money on books. I used to work in a bookstore, so I got my fix for free, but that was a long time ago and I miss it. My budget misses it, too.

You're a little odd looking. What the hell are you?
My heritage is Polish, Russian, a bit of Cherokee, Roma, Cajun, French, German, and probably a whole bunch of Eastern European that we just don't know about. I also recently found out that I've got a fucktonne of English on my mother's side (I killed Braveheart! woo!) and a bit of Irish I'm not too sure of. I mostly describe my heritage as Eastern European and French. It's easier that way. My brothers are half-Italian, I am not. My boyfriend is half-Sicilian. I make a lot of Italian jokes.

Don't you ever wear pants?
It's rare, but I do. I now own three pairs of pants, which is the most I've ever owned in my life (other than pajama pants, they don't count because I don't wear them in public). I also don't dress in anything but black because after being a goth since I about thirteen, I'm a little uncomfortable in anything else.

Are your eyebrows drawn on?
My eyebrows are plucked within an inch of their lives, but there is a little bit left to them. What is left, however, is barely visible because they're blonde. Therefore, I draw them on. I had to darken them in even before I plucked them. I have trichotillomania (an impulse control disorder that causes one to pull out their hair) and started plucking my eyebrows in an attempt to transfer the desire to pull hair out to something that was a bit more socially acceptable than my head hair. It worked, to a certain degree, but I still have bouts of pulling my head hair out. Usually when I'm stressed out or depressed. No, I don't realize I'm doing it and no, I can't "just stop" doing it.

What's your natural hair colour?
Muddy, dishwater blonde. It hasn't seen the light of day since 1991. Currently, it's blue-black and I like it that way. Underneath the dye though, I've gone almost predominantly grey/white/silver. Both of my parents went grey at very early ages, so I was genetically screwed. Once it's completely turned, I won't dye it anymore. I could definitely rock the premature grey.

Zombies?
I liked zombies before zombies were cool. :D

Comments

[dabble.livejournal.com]

I read all of you from cover to cover (both entries!)

It was groovy to read so much.

I cant wait until you start your course!!!!

[chaos-current.livejournal.com]

I WOULD HAVE BEEN WORDIER BUT I LACK CREATIVITY! Don't judge me.