When You're Not A Mer....

What are you when you're human? Are you a student? Have a totally cool/boring job?

I suppose I should go first :P

My name is Katie (as you could probably tell), and I'm primarily a uni student. I've discovered I'm not made for the general workforce (having tried both sit down jobs and more active jobs, my back just hates work! And my brain gets too hungry.), so I'm devoting my life to academia. My highest qualification at the moment is the Honours degree of Bachelor of Arts. If you hear jokes about Arts degrees not being useful, they're totally true (unless you're REALLY lucky). But if you need advice on historical costume (especially 14th century), ask away! To go with that, I put my research into practice and so I have more costumes than real people clothes. I have sort of a small following with costuming that makes me a little pocket money ;)

My main academic passion though, is science. I just love learning how things work! At the moment I'm in the first year of a Bachelor of Science, and I hope to go on to a Doctorate in good time. I'm studying Geoscience and Biology at the moment, I expect to do a double major in Geoscience and hopefully work with the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) when I'm done, making synthetic rocks, or working at a mine (big money in mining in Australia!), or as a paleontologist! Though most likely I'll end up tutoring at university :P

So I hope that wasn't too boring, and I'm curious about what all you other merpeople get up to minus the mer!

I'm a writer and doll collector

oOoOoO neat Katie! We are made of similar stuff you and I.

Well here I am, My name is Ndola, I have an associates degree in applied sciences.
I do some freelance commission art work from time to time (mostly watercolors or acrylics)
I was a full time fine dining chef until fairly recently when my restaurant had cut backs.
So now I am living at home with my hubby, sharing a house with his brother and two other people.
I cook and clean and am the general house mom (no kids though)

Really I've held every job imaginable from cleaning and cooking, sales and computers, to horse training, to life gaurd etc etc...
I'm WAY too ADD.
Lately I've been encouraged to start a small business with my art since its what I'm best at
and while I hate the idea of being a starving artist, the reality is that this would be the time
to try, since I'm able to stay home so much and have some extra income to work with.

I'm hoping to open an etsy shop shortly with mainly tshirts and the like with fun quotes, memes, and of course commissioned art pieces available.

So thats where I am at the moment!

I have lots of free time and mermaiding is just a HUGE bucket of funsauce that I am immersing myself into!

I wish you all well on all your future goals :) its nice to know many merfolks on here have high goals in their life

My Human NickName is Rose,

I have a degree in Sociology and (minor in photography). I do part time in animal rescue & part time as a personal assistant/ Office Leader.. In my off time I like to Sculpt, Draw, Paint, Read, do Photography & Videography, I also run a Cetacean forum and Play Electric Guitar, I also Love to Decorate for birthday parties, christmas and other events which always need some sparkle.

I'm also a "mom" 3 birds and am an avid Aquarist, I also have one VERY understanding husband who knows I love animals and will turn the other cheek and hold his tongue if i come home with a rescued parrot or other bird (he even helps out with feeding times and night watch if need be). And I collect Stuffed marine animals ( i have superpods of orcas and dolphins of many species) I also take time out to swim with i can. (i know i take time somewhere in there to breathe)

*As of recently: Im working on creating plans for a future marine mammal rehab center, I also would love to start my own decorating/ party hosting business. But I figure whatever i do will be a step towards a goal i want in the future. I figure being a mermaid and working with children, and educating them about animals would be a great way to start myself in knowing what i want to do.

Hey I can be an Marine Animal Rehabilitating/ Party Planning / Mermaid! ( I am so sorry if i bored you all..I love to share everything- and Im high on chocolate..lol)

Great idea, Katie :)

My name's Shelley. Music is the main thing in my life - I'm currently in my fourth year of a Bachelor of Music, and I want to go on to do Masters in Music Therapy so I can be a music therapist.

I work as an instrumental teacher privately as well as in schools, teaching piano, flute, clarinet, singing and saxophone as well as directing choirs. I also play guitar, and I perform in a 5 piece a cappella group.

I'm also an amateur belly dancer in a little troupe that do charity gigs and the like around Melbourne.

What else? I have a beautiful baby turtle who is currently swimming around like a crazy thing. I love chocolate (but who doesn't right?!)… Oh and sometimes I'm a mermaid!

My name is Alexandrea. I love writing and would love for that to be my job. I am trying to get my first book published, both a young adults book and a children's book. I also play saxophone, keyboard, sketch, paint, and babysit. My actual job is data entry at an accounting place. Most boring job EVER! I do, however, enjoy working for family. Sometimes. I am working my way through homeschooling and I'm thinking about starting a college class soon. Up until recently, I was also a private tutor in Algebra.

Oh hey, I homeschooled too! I ended up taking college courses early because of it- sixteen- and it really helped me. There's only so much I could learn on my own about some things, and it gave me a nice boost for later on. Btw, If you can get an Associates degree at a community college, four year schools will sometimes give you reduced tuition :)

Shymer- thanks for the advice. Which homeschooling program did you do?

wow all of you have so mutch to tell.. My name is Astrid, an old danish name. Im still in high school, but this summer i'll be done :D Im planing on taking a year where im just working different places, get some experience, and after that go to college. It would be nice if I was done with all the school things but there is still some years to go :P
Apart from that i draw and design costumes which is one of my biggest passions.. i dont know what else there is to tell.. x)

Outside, my name is Laura. Yeah, you can kind of guess where my mermaid name came from. :P

I'm finishing my Sophomore year in college right now. I'm working on a Biology major, and hopefully I'll be working for a Marine Biology emphasis in the next year or two.
In my free time I swim, play soccer, play volleyball, dabble in photography and makeup, and I make jewelry and accessories. :>
My nickname is Ninja, though I have about 26 other names. I cosplay from time to time, my costumes make up a large portion of my closet, and I plan on expanding. I enjoy collecting antique kimono and obi, I'm interested in taking Trapeze lessons (I loved it the one time I was on one), and hopefully I'll be gaining my SCUBA license this summer.

I have one fish, four dogs, and I'm hoping to get a lizard or a snake soon.

There's more to me than this, but honestly, I can't think of anything right now. XD

I am Martin. I've lived near West Chester PA my whole life, except when I went away to Penn State's Main Campus for college. I am from an Italian-American Catholic family, though we're unusually tall for Italian-descended people (I'm 6'2" tall, myself), and I've flirted with neopaganism despite going to Church every week and continue to be fairly devoutly Catholic. I still have family in La Marche, Calabria, and a few in Milan and the Neopolitan region, and I've visited them on several occasions, as well as seen other spots in Italy (and several other places, including London and the surrounding countryside, Paris, Normandy, Amsterdam, and a trip through Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria and Lichtenstein, Jamaica, Bermuda, the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, the Canadian Lake Region, Montreal, Quebec, and the Riviera Maya in Mexico). I've also traveled up and down the East Coast, and been to a few other places in the U.S. (pre-Katrina New Orleans, Los Angeles and Santa Monica and Nashville and Cincinnati, though there's so much more I want to see).

I was the shy, artistic kid in grade school who ran around the playground pretending he had wings; in middle and high school I went to an all-boys catholic prep school (which might've been a bad idea). During High school I took part in a lot of the plays and musicals, though I never found a sport that I enjoyed. I figured out I was gay after playing Everquest, and was grounded from the Internet as a result. I went to Penn State as an Environmental Resource Management student, only to find out that the required chemistry and agrobusiness management classes were killing me, so I went for English instead, and took some really impressive classes (scuba, skiing, fencing, near eastern mythology, non-western mythology, art history, drawing, early british literature, the victorians, fantasy literature, sci-fi literature, shakespeare, the art of the picture book, James Joyce, Paleontology, Oceanography, Geoscience, Creative Writing, Poetry studies, Fiction Writing, and Entomology. I also started coming out to friends and family, and now I'm almost entirely out of the closet (my grandparents don't know yet, but I'm probably ok with that). I graduated in 2007 and went on almost immediately to grad school, taking classes in Curriculum and Instruction: Children's Literature... only to be wiped out by mono and end up scrapping that idea. I've worked as a lifeguard and swim instructor, a writing tutor, a library assistant, a legal assistant, and a book store clerk, and I'm trying to figure out what to do with myself now. I'm currently working on a library and information systems graduate degree at Drexel (taking online classes, which has its upsides and downsides) and I'm trying to decide what my next step is.

Im an elementary school teacher, I teach guitar, and I work 1 day a week at an art gallery. Occasionally I book music gigs.

Wow, everybody is pretty interesting as a human as well as a mer! I'm half surprised and half not surprised that a lot of people have tertiary education, and we all seem to be a little on the quirky side :P
It's nice to see we have a lot in common besides wanting to be merpeople - we all seem to have an artistic streak, be it music or writing or visual art!

Princess Kae-Leah, what kind of things do you write? I know you collect vintage dolls (Barbie fascinates me, I'm a nut for fashion evolution and Barbie is an awesome case study!), what made you want to collect them?

Mermaasai, we ARE quite similar :P I'm also horsy, and something of an artist ;)

Hehe Gem Stone, I used to work in the same call centre as Aela, doing data entry and tellering in the main office before we both quit with people problems (and back problems for me, lol) - I feel your pain! I used to go into a sort of trance and run on autopilot :P

Joy&RapturesUnrestrained, I am a jellyfish. I've never been outside of Australia, I'm dying to go to Italy (as part of my Arts degree I studied Latin and Roman history), and all the places my family migrated from 150 years ago! I often wonder what it would be like meeting my distant family and seeing if they're anything like me! By the way, do you play WoW? I'm an 85 human lock on Blackrock :3

I'm a full time law librarian, part-time writer and politician (I'm giving up politics because the viciousness makes it no longer fun). I've done Medieval combat simulations (I wrote a book on 15th century Arms and armor for my master's thesis). I've done Civil War and Old West reenacting. I'm a husband and father of two; a boy age fifteen and girl age 23. The daughter is marrying a nice young man from Brisbane, Ozzyland in June. (You're all invited).

I have a Mer-novel finished and awaiting publication.

Alveric

The link to my writing is in my sig line. I collect mostly vintage Barbie-type vinyl dolls, and I guess like you I find them fascinating as well as beautiful and fun to collect.

My name is Loreena, I'm almost 17, and I'm Canadian!

My boyfriend is 21 (shhh he looks my age) and I'm bisexual.
I'm in grade 11 and an aspiring ballet dancer. My best subjects are English, Writing, Drama and Music Appreciation (we seriously study music. It rocks). I'm not actually a very good student (I sleep during class), but I may go to college.

I love learning about freak shows and oddities (especially human oddities). I love learning different sideshow acts -- if you read my introduction, I mention that I do contortion, fire eating and human blockhead (if you don't know what blockhead is, google it! c: ). I also want to build a bed of nails and learn tightrope, aerial silks, and fire breathing, and sword swallowing. I have my hair dyed pink and my ears are stretched to 8g. I can't wait to get tattoos and more piercings!

I worked at Claire's (accessory store) for 3 months. I was only a temp because 1) I was a co-op student there and, 2) I was under 18. I miss working.

I'm veggie! Animals have always been my friends (:

I've beaten self-harm twice and bulimia. I actually feel good about my body now and like my curves. I've quit smoking and pot.

I really, really want to move the States, preferably to Salem, Massachusetts. I've always been obsessed with the Salem Witch Trials (I love the paranormal) and I'd love to encounter some of the residual ghosts.

I really don't know what else to put!

This is intimidating - everyone else is so much more interesting than I am!
My human name is Rachel. I am a marketing communications secretary and I spend most of my time at a desk working on trademark renewals. Working on my education to get a better job - just got my Associates Science in December, and will be starting work on my Bachelors in the fall, planning on a bioengineering major. In my spare time (HA, ha, ha, ha!), I play the mountain dulcimer, am trying to teach myself piano, and collect 17th century folk music. I have 3 kids, and am working on a mermaid tail for one of them. I am also in the middle of planning my wedding. :)

Hey! My real name is Barbara. Most people actually call me Babs in real life though. My middle name is Anne, so as you can imagine I get a lot of Beach Boys jokes. I'm almost 18, and I really love theatre. I do all the theatre I can at school. I like indie music, folk music, folk rock, etc. I really love the idea of studying cultural anthropology, because I like to think about what makes people and cultures tick. I've loved mermaids since I was little, and I think that I would love to be an actress for the rest of my life. I don't know why, I just love it!!!!!!

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Wow, everybody is pretty interesting as a human as well as a mer! I'm half surprised and half not surprised that a lot of people have tertiary education, and we all seem to be a little on the quirky side :P
It's nice to see we have a lot in common besides wanting to be merpeople - we all seem to have an artistic streak, be it music or writing or visual art!

Princess Kae-Leah, what kind of things do you write? I know you collect vintage dolls (Barbie fascinates me, I'm a nut for fashion evolution and Barbie is an awesome case study!), what made you want to collect them?

Mermaasai, we ARE quite similar :P I'm also horsy, and something of an artist ;)

Hehe Gem Stone, I used to work in the same call centre as Aela, doing data entry and tellering in the main office before we both quit with people problems (and back problems for me, lol) - I feel your pain! I used to go into a sort of trance and run on autopilot :P

Joy&RapturesUnrestrained, I am a jellyfish. I've never been outside of Australia, I'm dying to go to Italy (as part of my Arts degree I studied Latin and Roman history), and all the places my family migrated from 150 years ago! I often wonder what it would be like meeting my distant family and seeing if they're anything like me! By the way, do you play WoW? I'm an 85 human lock on Blackrock :3

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Artisankatie, I have a human priest and a mage (arcane), night elf druid (balance) and a hunter (beast), dwarf shaman (enhancement), gnome rogue, worgen rogue (subtlety) and a druid (beast), draenei paladin and a mage (ice), orc warrior and a warlock, goblin hunter, tauren shaman (elemental), troll priest, undead warlock (demonology) and a priest (shadow), blood elf mage (fire) and a paladin. I'm also planning a night elf mage (arcane/ice) and warrior, a draenei shaman (healing), a gnome mage (ice/fire), tauren druid and paladin, troll druid, and several others, but I'm waiting to make those until after I get a character high enough to unlock death knights (I have at least three planned). At the moment, I've gotten all of my characters to level 20, but am trying to get each of them to level 40... and then I'll move on to level 60, etc. I have characters on steamwheedle cartel, nesignwary, arygos, kalecgos, illidan, dalaran, proudmoore, korialstrasz, and Area 52, though if you don't mind coaching a relative newbie, I could make one on Blackrock, too. I still wish harpies and naga were playable races, though.

I'm also on City of Heroes (occasionally on DC Universe Online) and I am rueing the day I got a Mac because I can't play Everquest II's Fae/Arasai or AION (or even play my old dragon and dryad characters from Istaria), not to mention all of my windows-required non-MMO games.

this is fun!
i am a veterinary assistant and going back to school for a vet tech.i have worked with animal control for awhile and yes, alot of animals have to be out down.i got to work with dogs,cats,rabbits,iguanas,pythons,chinchillas,turt les,parrots,doves,and a colorado rover toad.

i currently volunteer at the wildlife center. i clean and feed(i have to gut and pull heads off of quail and mice.i hate it but it must be done) i medicate and restrain only when we need an x-ray or give meds subcutaneously. Attachment 2006i have been attacked by two turkey vultures and Kiki(the resident kestral) i also get to do physical therapy to some of the animals. the owl was the worst. we also get bobcats,coyotes,javalina,and an occasional mountain lion. the cats have a very loud hissing noise that will make most people jump.its so amazzing.

i work at Valley of the Moon.a historical fantasy park.i give historical tours and im the veteran mermaid.we do not need anymore mermaids right now(i get asked so much) i am also the spring show's director. we are going to do "Peter Pan"
i will be posting a thread about this later next month because i specifically made a mermaid scene that i want to share with you all.

i also study sometimes at the medical library to conduct research on zoo animal medicine as i plan to go to the teaching zoo as i get older(late 30's).
right now ill be doing research for cetacean stress realted hormones and envorinmental and disease problems in marine aquariums. i have 11 pages so far.

another thing that im doing is learning about water conservation and meeting with alot of people.(thanks to the water festival)that are good connections. we got people from the government and the water company and tribe mebers. i hope i can get some good connections there and im learning just about everything water related.i love it.

i have been a vlounteer STEM program(girl scouts science program) teaching assistant and plan on doing it again this year if i have time. i helped teach the girls about marine biology and entomology.

also i work for conventions all over the United States though im currently limited to Arizona.by next year ill be working chicago and florida hopefully.

LordsofSalem we are so much alike it's crazy o.o I'm 16 right now and I live in the states. I love everything paranormal especially the darker side of things. When I turn 18 I am getting three tatoos all with great significance to my life. School is not really one of my favorite things to do but I love to learn. I have always felt I have an unusual connection to animals and the Earth in general. I'm very much a tree hugger I guess you could call me. I'm vegetarian and I love drawing writing ceramics and dancing. My dream is to be a Weeki Wachee mermaid when I graduate high school next year :)

My name is Melissa, I'm 22, and a student at the Savannah College or Art and Design for Film and Television with a minor in Animation.
I own two dogs, a chinchilla, and three lizards. I love costuming, disney cosplaying, surfing around online, collecting star wars figures and memorabilia, and watching lots of films.
My favorite shows are Oddities, Face Off, Project Runway, Game of Thrones, The Borgias, Robot Chicken, and Key&Peele. My favorite films (lately) are The Artist, 50/50, Star Wars (of course!), The Lion King, Buffalo '66, and Aliens.
I'm only 1 year away from graduation at SCAD, but when I'm done I'm most likely moving to California for work (whether its for animation or film).

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This is intimidating - everyone else is so much more interesting than I am!
My human name is Rachel. I am a marketing communications secretary and I spend most of my time at a desk working on trademark renewals. Working on my education to get a better job - just got my Associates Science in December, and will be starting work on my Bachelors in the fall, planning on a bioengineering major. In my spare time (HA, ha, ha, ha!), I play the mountain dulcimer, am trying to teach myself piano, and collect 17th century folk music. I have 3 kids, and am working on a mermaid tail for one of them. I am also in the middle of planning my wedding. :)

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marketing communications? that is real nice. what about bioengineering do you like?

Well my real name is Tiffany and I'm a student. When I'm not being a crazy Asian in school, I'm dancing. I dance ballet (10 years now, 5th year on Pointe), jazz, and modern about 20 hours a week in peak production/rehearsal time (production week is like 35h haha). I'm also a somewhat accomplished student photographer. I've won a few competitions and I sell my work to silent auctions for charity...it makes me so happy to hear how much I've made for them :D

I also do/am interested in traditional art (from sharpie to watercolor to acrylics to oil pastel to charcoal...I also do calligraphy) and mythology. I'm interested in a lot of fantasy stuff (books, movies) and historical based (I love historical fiction or alternate histories, and I love the Tudor time period). I'm also working my way into steampunk right now :)

It sounds strange after all that artsy stuff but I'm planning atm to become a material engineer. I'm hoping to get to the point where I'm actually designing products but there's no real major for that so I'm going through material engineering :) My dream is to take a year or two off after college to be a professional dancer (not necessarily in like a high-end company but even like back-up dancer) and then be a part-time photographer with my job.

Sorry, that was a lot :)

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Well my real name is Tiffany and I'm a student. When I'm not being a crazy Asian in school, I'm dancing. I dance ballet (10 years now, 5th year on Pointe), jazz, and modern about 20 hours a week in peak production/rehearsal time (production week is like 35h haha). I'm also a somewhat accomplished student photographer. I've won a few competitions and I sell my work to silent auctions for charity...it makes me so happy to hear how much I've made for them :D

I also do/am interested in traditional art (from sharpie to watercolor to acrylics to oil pastel to charcoal...I also do calligraphy) and mythology. I'm interested in a lot of fantasy stuff (books, movies) and historical based (I love historical fiction or alternate histories, and I love the Tudor time period). I'm also working my way into steampunk right now :)

It sounds strange after all that artsy stuff but I'm planning atm to become a material engineer. I'm hoping to get to the point where I'm actually designing products but there's no real major for that so I'm going through material engineering :) My dream is to take a year or two off after college to be a professional dancer (not necessarily in like a high-end company but even like back-up dancer) and then be a part-time photographer with my job.

Sorry, that was a lot :)

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My major involves designing products. You might be interested in looking into industrial design. And I don't think it's strange at all to go into engineering after being interested in artsy stuff. That's where I am.

Currently I'm finishing obtaining my bachelors degree in Visual Communications, I've been working my butt off and as a result I will have my 4 year degree in under 3 :D I'm working just as a student worker at my school (I love the people and flexible hours). Most of my time is spent getting ready for graduation and supporting my boo. I'm looking forward to jumping into underwater modeling once I'm able to figure out how to do so.

I spend a lot of time LARPing, @ Ren Fairs and other atypical locations. Working on a few business models and hoping to launch one of them by 2014 and the other by 2020. At this point in my life a lot of it seems to be planning and figuring out where and what I want to do.

Oh one side project is I'm going to relaunch my etsy shop soon as I can, I will be selling custom bound books. :D

My name is Heather. I live in NY state, in a town renowned for having the worst college basketball team in the country, or something like that. I've got a BA in Medieval Studies and Classical Civilization, and am about to finish my MA in art history, specializing in medieval textiles and trade. I'm applying to PhD programs next year for material culture studies, but I'd really like to work in museums.

In my non-mermaiding spare time, I do embroidery and dabble in painting. Things I like: cooking, hosting tea parties (seriously, you should see my 75 year old silver tea service, it's ridiculous), anything to do with tiaras and magnificent jewelry, and kimono. One of my goals is to hang out with Lorelei and geek out over kimono. I've got a fledgling collection but nothing compared to some of my friends.

I am absolutely passionate about cars and the Fast and Furious franchise.

I'm also a very contrary, cynical, angry, mcrantypants person.

My real name is Monika. My dance name is 'Amara'. I am a stay at home mom to 3 kids (19, 9, 6). I am a professional portrait and wedding photographer and have my own business. I am also a professional bellydancer and perform and teach classes throughout our area. My husband is a Middle Eastern musician (as a hobby) and plays in a band and we often perform together. I like to make my own jewerly and do some costume design as well. I love reading everyones posts!!:)

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One of my goals is to hang out with Lorelei and geek out over kimono.

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-hugs- I feel loved! And it would be most awesome to get together and geek out over kimono! Though I admit, I need to work on my collection as well. :>

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Oh one side project is I'm going to relaunch my etsy shop soon as I can, I will be selling custom bound books. :D

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That sounds awesome! I'll definitely look at those! :D

wow its nice to know alot of us have somewhat similar and unique things about us in our"human" form.

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marketing communications? that is real nice. what about bioengineering do you like?

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I work for an oil company that wants to put itself out of business. :) Right now there is a project going on to use bacteria to produce oil that will be clean to use & doesn't have to be drilled out of the ground. The more I learn about it the more fascinating it becomes.

I LOVE your job description by the way! Although that owl did not look happy. I hope he doesn't eat mermaids...

Nirix5, awesome! My BA was medieval history and classical studies too, and my honours year was on 14th century costume :D I was going to start my PhD this year but I couldn't think of a topic in time, so I started a BSc instead :P
Are you in the Society for Creative Anachronism by any chance?

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Nirix5, awesome! My BA was medieval history and classical studies too, and my honours year was on 14th century costume :D I was going to start my PhD this year but I couldn't think of a topic in time, so I started a BSc instead :P
Are you in the Society for Creative Anachronism by any chance?

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Sweet! What aspect of 14th c. costume did you do?

Lol PhD's. I won't be starting mine for another year and the prospect still makes me nervous, it's such a huge project. is BSc a bachelor of science? Are you still working in 14th c. costume?

I never really got in with the SCA crowd, oddly enough. A lot of my friends do it, and are active in ren faires and stuff like that. (One of my friends was conceived at Pennsic, and her parents named her Melisende, for which she's never forgiven them!) All of my costuming/pretending stuff runs to fantasy (mermaids, fairies etc.) or cosplays from different anime. One of my goals has always been to do a Heian period kimono ensemble, though, so maybe I'll join a chapter that deals with Asian history ;)

What about you?

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That sounds awesome! I'll definitely look at those! :D

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I'll post about it as soon as I can but between finals, trying to get an internship, getting all my wisdom teeth removed and the mermag I wont have time for maybe a month :P

I wrote my thesis on heraldry in costume :D

I'm in the SCA (with varying periods of getting really excited about it and then fading out again), at one point I was really into making my SCA friends pretty with pageantry, but heraldic dresses and stuff are considered a little iffy in terms of whether they actually existed and were worn or if they were just shown in art to identify the person wearing it. So I argued that they were real mostly so I could justify having an epic heraldic outfit :P
What's your MA topic?

BSc is science, yep! I'll be majoring in Geoscience, so nothing related to my BA at all, haha. I get SCA people commissioning me to design and make a lot of garb, so while I'm not actively doing much research I get to apply my knowledge a bit :D
I'm also kind of in the Steampunk scene, but I'm not that into the creative side of it. I think of it more as a Victorian version of the SCA, so I tend to go for a more accurate look (it drives me nuts when girls just throw on a corset over normal clothes and say they're in costume, lol). I also dabble in piratey and WWII stuff :D

What sort of Classical stuff did you study? Aradia is studying a little classical history at the moment, so we're always arguing over whether Romans or Greeks were better :P (TEAM ROMANS!)

Currently I'm in school learning about natural/homeopathic medicine- healing with herbs and proper nutrition. My goal is to become an herbalist and a Reiki Master. I'd also like to take classes for costume design and construction, although I'm more interested in learning the construction end for costumes of all kinds (including some SFX). Also interested in makeup artistry! Discovering we're moving to basically Seattle and not staying in San Diego has kind of thrown a wrench in plans for all of the above, but I'm hoping Seattle will be a place where I can follow through as well as I could have here. *crosses fingers*

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I work for an oil company that wants to put itself out of business. :) Right now there is a project going on to use bacteria to produce oil that will be clean to use & doesn't have to be drilled out of the ground. The more I learn about it the more fascinating it becomes.

I LOVE your job description by the way! Although that owl did not look happy. I hope he doesn't eat mermaids...

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lol.thank you. he was sooo pissy.clapping his beak at me.
that sounds really cool.i gotta tell my boyfriend. he is a microbiologist. i love science! =D

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Originally Posted by Artisankatie

I wrote my thesis on heraldry in costume :D

I'm in the SCA (with varying periods of getting really excited about it and then fading out again), at one point I was really into making my SCA friends pretty with pageantry, but heraldic dresses and stuff are considered a little iffy in terms of whether they actually existed and were worn or if they were just shown in art to identify the person wearing it. So I argued that they were real mostly so I could justify having an epic heraldic outfit :P
What's your MA topic?

BSc is science, yep! I'll be majoring in Geoscience, so nothing related to my BA at all, haha. I get SCA people commissioning me to design and make a lot of garb, so while I'm not actively doing much research I get to apply my knowledge a bit :D
I'm also kind of in the Steampunk scene, but I'm not that into the creative side of it. I think of it more as a Victorian version of the SCA, so I tend to go for a more accurate look (it drives me nuts when girls just throw on a corset over normal clothes and say they're in costume, lol). I also dabble in piratey and WWII stuff :D

What sort of Classical stuff did you study? Aradia is studying a little classical history at the moment, so we're always arguing over whether Romans or Greeks were better :P (TEAM ROMANS!)

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Ooooh, heraldry. I touch on that a little bit in my thesis (representation of textiles in tomb effigies from the high middle ages. Yikes, that soundbite needs work), mainly in the context of heraldic symbols on tombs to identify the family/owner for memorial purposes.

Oh dude, don't get me going on steampunk. I love the idea of it, but I'm so sick of sepia toned everything (and raggedy skirts and corsets! Why are they always raggedy? It's like people take too much of their inspiration from Burton movies.) I've got a steampunk Poison Ivy I'm doing for NYComicCon, but the beauty is it's a) green and b) based on art nouveau, which rejected industrialization just like Poison Ivy herself did! Muahahaha. A plan, I has it.

I'm a Latinist by trade, although I dabble in Greek sometimes. But I'm going to go crazy here and be on TEAM CARTHAGE! Woo!

Real name is Jesse obviously.

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