woolyartichoke

Hello! My name is Tina. I live on Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada. It is very green here. I grew up on the side of the mountain before moving into town. I live with my partner, Ben, and our many pets. I have a BA in English lit. I loved school but did not find what I wanted to do with my life. I am going back to school to become a RN (Two years left!). Right now I am working as a picture framer. In my spare time, I love to cook, garden, craft, learn new things, play videogames, read, watch TV and travel! I love traveling to SciFi conventions and I am going to WebComics Weekend in Nov! (very excited as I have never been to the East coast)

I am learning about children from the 3.5 year old that lives with her mother in the basement suite. Her name is Maya and she likes Princess outfits, Stickers, Dora the Explorer and the colour blue.

My favorite crafts are knitting, drawing, painting, paper craft, card making, cross-stitch, sewing (costumes & animal bedding) Sculpey figures.... anything I can figure out. I am hoping to learn many new crafts on this site!

In our family we have two cats, three ferrets and one bearded dragon.

Cats: Our first cat is Muffin, who is now reaching the age of around 13. We are not sure exactly how old, as he was a rescue. He is very shy but loves hugs from her family. Our second cat is Jack. He is 7 and huge. Most of this is fur and muscle. He is often called Bone and is known as the evil cat or my cat. I still love him.

Ferrets!: Everything about ferrets is kooky !!!!!. They are little hurricanes of cuteness. I have one boy and two girls. The Girls are Aggie and Willow and the Boy is Gaspode. They have their own "ferret proof" room where we hang out and play.

Lizard: Jasper is an adult male bearded-dragon. He enjoys tomatoes, grapes, strawberries an bath-time.

I 'like' the following, in no order other then the order in which it popped into my head:

Ferrets! Geeky things, Shakespeare, Knitting, Webcomics, Cats, Videogames, All things Joss Whedon, Pirates, Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Fantasy fashion, Dark childrens' art, Beauty and the Beast, Lolita fashion, Stickers, Blank-inside greeting cards, Monsters, Kitchen stuff, Hand-soap with bits in it.

Colours: I love dark jewel tones. Also earthy tones or warm grays. I love deep reds aswell.

I love the Fan Themes of: Howl's Moving Castle Buffy/Angel Sheldon Cooper from Big Bang Theory Firefly/Serenity Terry Pratchett's Discworld Phantom of the Opera Dr. Horrible Aliens Movie art Red Dwarf Snape Spike/William the Bloody

I like all things Super Awesome. I love learning about stuff other people like too!

• Food, except tea, coffee, spices or sealed things like candy.
• Things slapped together with a bit of glue and glitter without effort.
• Sorry, I dont think Digital ATCs count at original art, more like prints. I love things hand made.
• Perfume. Makes me sneeze.
• Photograph Postcards, I rather art PCs/cards or better, homemade!
• Anything to do strongly with religion.
• Anything to do with Graphic sex. Artistic nudes are lovely. *Pastels to wear I also do not enjoy Peanuts, NEW Winnie the Pooh, Hello Kitty and Hannah Montana.

I love a lot of books and read much too much. I cant think of everything I have enjoyed but here are some I reread. Laurel K. Hamilton's Anita Blake Books, When they are more crime driven (the early ones). Terry Pratchett. Nation and all things Discworld. Robin McKinley - Most, especially Sunshine Tamora Pierce - Tortall books only Elizabeth Moon - Deed of Paksenarrion C.S. Lewis - Narnia Classics like The Yearling, Robinson Crusoe, Frankenstein and Treasure Island. Alice in Wonderland Peter Pan Robert Aspirin - Myth and Phule books. Mercedes Lackey Many, Many books.

Also, English literature from 1300 to 1880. I have a degree in it, I should like it. Right? RIGHT?

Shawn of the Dead, Anastasia, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Tim Burton films, Harry Potter series, Labyrinth, Newsies, Spirited Away, Predator 2, Aliens collection, Serenity, Phantom of the Opera, First Matrix, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Scott Pilgrim, Pitch Black, Sliding Doors, Life of Brian, Star Wars (III-V), Star Trek (90's movies and the new one. I need to watch the old ones though I love old Trek), TMNT, Men at Work, The Shawshank Redemption, The Dark Knight,Lord of the Rings, Indiana Jones Series, Silence of the Lambs, The Professional, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Grosse Pointe Blank, Saving Private Ryan....

I watch too much TV. It is what I do while the ferrets play in the morning. These are shows watched, past and present. Again in what order they come to mind:

Doctor Who, Torchwood, Castle, Leverage, CSI, Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Supernatural, White Collar, Futurama, Family Guy, EUREKA, Ranma, How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, Carnivale, Rome, Heroes, Spartacus, Beauty and the Beast, Dexter, Gargoyles, Star Trek (everything but Enterprise), Band of Brothers, Red Dwarf, The Middleman, House, Burn Notice, Fawlty Towers, Nurse Jackie, Daily Show, Colbert Report, Sherlock, Mythbusters, Dead Set, Mad Men, Being Human, 30 Rock, Highlander, MASH, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Lie to Me, Freaks and Geeks, True Blood, Veronica Mars, Dollhouse....

The Guild and Dr. Horrible. Not really "TV" but fantastic.

In addition of all the geeky things I like now, I was also a geeky child who loved to read. I had all the colour fairy tale books in addition to some large collections! Too big for my little hands. I made weekly visits to the library were I would test my strength with the weight of my book bags.

My favorite fairy tale is Beauty and the Beast. I tend to love villains. I love villains that need love hehehe. Wicked queens and Beasts are the best.