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Basics
Name: Chaeni
Age: 22
Location Missouri
Hobbies: Running, Reading, Writing, Procrastinating, Photography
Likes: Adrenaline rushes, Good food, Sleeping, Animals, Learning, Cars, Mythology, Architecture, Tea, Traveling
Dislikes: Ignorance, Arrogance, People that purposely cause other people pain. Child molesters and rapists in general, Liars, Spinach, Bugs (particularly spiders)
Favorite Movies: Swordfish, Fast and the Furious, Save the Last Dance, The Crow, 300, Children of Men, Nightmare Before Christmas, Pirates of the Caribbean, Domino, Boondock Saints
Favorite Music: Green Day, U2, Rob Thomas, Marilyn Manson, Godsmack, Citizen King, Loreena Mckennitt, Nickelback, System of a Down, Rasputina, Splashdown, RPM, Lacuna Coil , Evanescence
Favorite Books (other than HDM): The Black Jewel Trilogy by Anne Bishop, The Merry Gentry Series by Laurell K. Hamilton, The Anita Blake Series by Laurell K. Hamilton, anything by Sherrilyn Kenyon, anything by Christine Feehan, anything by Patricia Briggs, anything by Melanie Jackson
Job/career aspirations: Currently a psychology major/sociology minor, have plans on going to grad school for socoicultural anthropology and studying subcultures/countercultures, Dream job is to be able to support myself being a writer but not sure that would ever happen
Would you like to be stamped a female ,male ,or it doesn't matter?: Doesn't matter
Personality
What are your strengths? I'm very independent and don't like to depend on others, I know what I want and work towards it, I don't think things have to always be right or wrong (I can see both sides), I'm very clever, creative, and intelligent
What are your weaknesses? Procrastinator, Selfish, I have a hard time making decisions particularly when it's something I don't care or know much about, I do what I need to to get what I want sometimes at the expense of others, I'm very vain, I don't look before I leap, I think I'm better than a lot of people, though I don't think I show it, When I have negative emotions I tend to bottle them up until they explode, generally at inopportune times
Describe yourself in five words. Loner, Unique, Dreamer, Creative, Open-minded
How do you think others see you? Odd
Are you a leader or a follower? I normally get pushed into leaderships positions. If they want to follow fine, but I have no huge aspirations to lead. I like doing me own thing best, and that is easier to do when in a leadership position though.
Are you more outgoing or shy? Somewhere in the middle, I don't like being the center of attention at parties, but I do enjoy talking to people, and don't have a problem initiating a conversation
What causes you stress? How do you relax? It takes an awful lot to cause me stress and when that happens I get angry, which happens once in a blue moon. The reason being is that I've pretty laid back and easy going probably due to spending all of my free time relaxing by reading, writing, listening to music, talking to friends, exercising. I actually don't have all that much free time because I work and go to school full time.
How do you deal with conflict? I try to avoid conflict if I can. But if I can't I can normally end it. I'm good with words. I can generally make a person think they've won by confusing them.
When do you feel most comfortable? Anywhere that's not work or school. :)
Who or what is most important to you? Me
What are you good at? Most anything I put my mind to doing.
What do you wish you were better at? Singing and Dancing
What do you hope to achieve in your life? Travel the world, write a novel, get married to a person I love and that loves me, have a career I love
The Books
When did you first read His Dark Materials? not too long after it came out
What do you like about the books? The idea of alternate worlds, that's something I'd thought of before I'd ever read the books. And I love the concept of daemons, wish they were real. The worlds and descriptions are just amazing.
Who if your favourite character? Why? Picking favorites is so hard for me. But in the in I'd have to say Pan, he's always the voice of reason, which I'm usually severely lacking.
Who is your least favourite character? Why? Mrs.Coulter because she reminds me of my mother which is definitely not a good thing.
Of all the worlds mentioned in the books, which would you most like to visit? Lyra's, without a doubt.
Photos Nothing recent, but I have red hair and blue eyes.