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About Me
I don't even know what to say about who I am? I'm one of the og Teotians. I used moderate over on Geeknews before this whole thing got started. I was the first one to be invited when Teoti started up, but I missed the boat and let Azazel log in first--so I didn't get to be first first. ::sigh:: oh well. Took a long break for awhile--but now I'm back! Look for my blogs and animations, coming soon to a teoti near you! Also in the works: The End of the World tour starting at Teotihuacan near the end of 2012!
Blog Posts
Robert Plant, A really cool guy
Did I ever tell you guys that I met Robert Plant once…and he hit on me? It was a long time ago. I was 17 and working the front desk at a local hotel. These two guys walk in and amble up the the desk. Just a very normal “Hey, I’d like to get a room, please?” The one guy looked kind of familiar and I’m wondering—hey do I know this guy? Is he a regular? So I hand him a form and tell him to fill it out. I asked him for his credit card for our file and he handed it over. As I was running it I noticed the name. I looked up at him and it clicked. “Oh shit, it’s you.” I said, brilliantly. “Yep.” He said.
Later, as I was getting off work I ran into him in the hallway. I went up to him to shake his hand. “I just wanted to say it was super-cool to have met you!” I told him.
“Yeah, you too—did you want to get a drink or something?” He asked me.
“Uh…I’m 17.” I stuttered.
“Well then, we’re just about to have dinner….” He said and trailed off.
“I have a boyfriend.” I squeaked and literally ran down the hallway away from him.
When I got home and told my boyfriend the story he tried to push me back out the door—“Get back there!” He exclaimed, “And call me in the morning!”
Dunno why but I woke up thinking about this this morning, thought I’d share. 
F*ck the Pain Away, sung by Miss Piggy - Nsfw Audio
The Audio is NSFW
Under no circumstances is this song safe to play out loud at work. (the video is fine, no titties or anything, just the song lyrics ) Should this be in NSFW babes too?
Damn, I gave myself writers block
Man, I’ve put too much pressure on myself to write something brilliant—and now I can’t seem to write anything at all. You guys don’t want to hear about my workouts, do you? (If you do for some reason you can always go here and take a look . )
So…some updates. Let’s see, what was I doing the last time I was here? I think I was actually IN India, living in Jaipur at the time. I wish I’d been smart enough to start posting about my experiences here. I really could have used some help/support as I felt very alone and scared pretty much the whole time. (Not to keep taking you away from teoti, but if you want to read about THAT you can go here.)
When I first met you guys I was working at a bank and it was killing my soul. At a certain point, I realized that my life was going nowhere. I was desperately miserable and depressed. I had a great job—working in a cubical farm making more money than I had ever had before (or since, for that matter.) I had a house, and a car, and I could afford to get my hair and nails done once a week; to be purely ornamental in other words. If you have the hair and nails you are pretty much useless for anything more than typing, answering phones, and sitting there and looking pretty.
I woke up one day and could see my future. The whole American dream thing: Climbing the corporate ladder, buying a better car, mortgage payments. Working 60 hour weeks. Coming home to my TV and my cat. Too busy to cook, garden or keep house—I’d pay someone to do that. Postponing really living for the two weeks off that I would get for vacation every year. Foregoing the vacation to buck for that next promotion. Waking up at 65 and wondering where life had gone. I had it made and “it” was slowly killing me.
I quit and made off for far horizons. I went back to school (they eventually kicked me out for taking too many units without getting a degree--well, not kicked out, I just have to pay for it myself now--and I is poor :p ). I spent a year traveling through SE Asia, Borneo, and China, which I hope to share some photoblogs about. After that, well, I taught English in Thailand for awhile, and the rest of the time I've pretty much just been hanging out. Working at a coffee shop (and getting paid better than at the bank, I might add.) Just doing random stuff. Time to get busy on this whole life/career/whatever thing again!!
7 Billion -- National Geographic Magazine
Population is a complicated topic. With the worldwide population slated to top 7 billion in 2011, National Geographic magazine decided it was one we needed to tackle. But we wanted to do it in a way that gives readers room to think.
The Girl Who Had No Heart
Here's a cute little animation I made a few years back. Getting into doing more of this stuff, so hopefully I'll be posting some more of these. This one looks pretty clunky to me now, but I still think it's pretty cute for a first effort.