I am a leaf on the wind...
Obligatory Questions
01. Name: Ashley
02. Age: 24
03. Gender: F
04. Location: Tennessee
05. Likes: books, thunderstorms, cats, chocolate, fuzzy sweaters, MEdieval literature & music, geometry, logic puzzles.
06. Dislikes: people who can only see one point of view, people who use bad grammar because they're lazy, and those nightmares where you think you're awake, but you can't move or speak.
07. Hobbies/Talents: reading/writing/editing (once upon a time, I was nicknamed "grammar goddess"). Any and all crafty things, but most especially sewing and crochet. I'm a trained opera singer and I'm not half bad with a quarter staff.
08. Strengths: loyalty, intelligence (apparently I'm a German Shepherd?), creativity
09. Weaknesses: I don't like hurting people or dissapointing them.
Favourite
01. Colour: blue & purple
02. Movies: Labyrinth, Legend, Serenity, Sleepy Hollow, King Arthur.
03. Books: anything by Madaleine L'Engle, though particular A Wrinkle in Time and ; Valiant, by Holly Black, Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card.
04. Music: I have eclectic tastes; music is the love of my life. A cross-section of favourites, though: Palestrina, Beethoven, Maria Callas, Rasputina, Dresden Dolls, musical theatre, Billy Joel, Alice Cooper, Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
This or That
01. Leader or follower? I prefer to do neither, but I'll do both when I have to.
02. Brains or brawn? brains
03. Fight or run? I prefer to fight, but I've been known to make a tactical retreat or two...
04. Psychological warfare, or a good ol' fashioned ass-kickin'? psychological warfare
05. Dreamer or realist? Dreamer
06. Win at all costs, or honour until the end? "I could not love you, dear, so much, loved I not honour more."
07. Paper or plastic? Paper
Random
01. How to do react to stressful situations? By finding a little quiet place inside my brain, or listening to the sound of my breathe; too many people wanting too many things at once makes me feel like I need to crawl out of my skin and get away. It's easiest to block out the rest of the world and just do till it's done.
02. Who is your least favourite person in the universe, fictional or not? Dolores Umbridge, from the Harry Potter series. She made me want to hit things.
03. The eternal question. You find a wallet full of money, credit cards, etc. What do you do with it?
Turn it in, if I can. Or, if there's a driver's license in the wallet, I could mail it back to whomever lost it. Oooooor I could call the company that issued the credit card and tell them to contact the person. :)
04. How well do you take an insult?
If your opinion doesn't matter to me, then neither will your insults.
05. Pick a weapon.
short sword
06. You're sending a capsule into space, to educate any alien races who might find it on human culture. Remember, you have to impress them, or else they'll think we're stupid and blow us up. What do you put in the capsule?
A copy of Madeleine L'Engle's A Swiftly Tilting Planet, a can of soda, an one issue of National Geographic for every year they've been in publication.