Newbie saying Hello!
Good day and greetings! I am 30 weeks pregnant and thought this group would be a good way of connecting to other interesting hip mothers, since my tiny community just north of the America/British Columbia border doesn't seem to have much to offer.
basics
name: Cheyanna Gayle Shypitka
birthdate: April 10, 1983
location (at least a general location): Salmo, BC
children? their names? ages? one on the way, due August 2.
status? Happily married, three years this July.
college? major? Kootenay school of the Arts, studying Jewelery and Small Object Design.
occupation: Previously employed with an electronics manufacturer- currently on medical leave.
preference & ability
5 bands/singers: Tool, Ani DiFranco, Rage Against the Machine, Buck 65, Sublime
5 movies: Just 5???? hmm, The Last Unicorn, The 5th Element, American Beauty, Hedwig & the Angry Inch, Nightmare Before Christmas, Iron Giant (I just had to sneak that last one in)
5 books: Stranger in a Strange Land, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Neverwhere, 1984, some Anne Rice stuff... I'm a compulsive reader!
5 children's books: The whole Serendipity series of moral tales from the 70's- my very faves as a little one! Also, Roald Dahl books, Where the Wild Things Are, and more I can't remember right now...
talents? I paint faces and own a couple of clown costumes, someday I will master the unicycle in my closet, I design jewelery and clothes, I'm an excellent reader and a terrible writer with an extensive vocabulary and a gift for seeing editing errors in just about everything I read.
what are your creative outlets (painting, sewing++)? I paint, sew, draw, doodle, journal, design tattoos, garden, cook and other stuff.
opinions
breast vs. formula: Breast is best when you can, but I'm not a boob Nazi.
pro life vs. pro choice: Pro Choice all the way!!
gay marriage: Definitely
president bush: Asshole
co-sleeping: totally acceptable, probably not for me, though.
organic food: When I can afford it!
us
what does 'hip' mean to you? Hip means, being free from the constraints of doing things based on others opinions. Hip is a sense of fashion that is 'with it' without really trying, in an almost timeless sort of way. think Juno from the movie of the same name.
why do you think you're a 'hip' momma? Because I empathize with growing up- we are all still doing it, really. I like to think my kids will appreciate the fact that I know what's what about being a kid.
how did you find us? searched 'parenting' in LiveJournal.
post a salute (this is a photo of you holding a piece of paper with your username or the community name on it so we know you are real):
post a 100x100 image (of yourself) for our info
Hopefully the cuts load properly, I'm new to HTML. If I accidentally posted thw whole thing, i appologize.
basics
name: Cheyanna Gayle Shypitka
birthdate: April 10, 1983
location (at least a general location): Salmo, BC
children? their names? ages? one on the way, due August 2.
status? Happily married, three years this July.
college? major? Kootenay school of the Arts, studying Jewelery and Small Object Design.
occupation: Previously employed with an electronics manufacturer- currently on medical leave.
preference & ability
5 bands/singers: Tool, Ani DiFranco, Rage Against the Machine, Buck 65, Sublime
5 movies: Just 5???? hmm, The Last Unicorn, The 5th Element, American Beauty, Hedwig & the Angry Inch, Nightmare Before Christmas, Iron Giant (I just had to sneak that last one in)
5 books: Stranger in a Strange Land, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Neverwhere, 1984, some Anne Rice stuff... I'm a compulsive reader!
5 children's books: The whole Serendipity series of moral tales from the 70's- my very faves as a little one! Also, Roald Dahl books, Where the Wild Things Are, and more I can't remember right now...
talents? I paint faces and own a couple of clown costumes, someday I will master the unicycle in my closet, I design jewelery and clothes, I'm an excellent reader and a terrible writer with an extensive vocabulary and a gift for seeing editing errors in just about everything I read.
what are your creative outlets (painting, sewing++)? I paint, sew, draw, doodle, journal, design tattoos, garden, cook and other stuff.
opinions
breast vs. formula: Breast is best when you can, but I'm not a boob Nazi.
pro life vs. pro choice: Pro Choice all the way!!
gay marriage: Definitely
president bush: Asshole
co-sleeping: totally acceptable, probably not for me, though.
organic food: When I can afford it!
us
what does 'hip' mean to you? Hip means, being free from the constraints of doing things based on others opinions. Hip is a sense of fashion that is 'with it' without really trying, in an almost timeless sort of way. think Juno from the movie of the same name.
why do you think you're a 'hip' momma? Because I empathize with growing up- we are all still doing it, really. I like to think my kids will appreciate the fact that I know what's what about being a kid.
how did you find us? searched 'parenting' in LiveJournal.
post a salute (this is a photo of you holding a piece of paper with your username or the community name on it so we know you are real):
post a 100x100 image (of yourself) for our info
Hopefully the cuts load properly, I'm new to HTML. If I accidentally posted thw whole thing, i appologize.