20 Days of... Introduction (Day 1)

Saga over at Spellbound proposed a "20 Days of..." challenge based upon Ama's "20 Days of Warcraft". I found it by following Saz, and found it really interesting... so I'm going to do it in hopes that it will get me blogging more regularly and keep my creative juices going.

So, without further ado, here's Day 1!

Day 1 entails an Introduction of myself. Now, I could direct you to my first post, where I give a brief introduction of myself, or I could direct you to my Autoblogography from a previous BA:ST, or even direct you to my various pages about me.

But, to be fair, I guess I'll give a little out-of-game description of me, despite how much I hate giving a description of myself!

I'm a graduate student in corporate educational design. TL;DR?It's the process of analyzing a group's (business, or school, or even government) needs, and then designing and developing new (or improving upon old) instructional materials, usually with technology, and then putting these into practice and evaluating how they hold up. I graduate this summer, and have been working my butt off on some pretty heavy-duty work this semester along with developing my portfolio for graduation.

It's something I've been interested in since I was an undergrad. I love it, I really do. And I'm blessed with a job where I do just that. It's also really cool that my co-workers also fall into the plethora of geek and nerd interests.

I have quite a few health problems, and I am trying to lose weight thanks to some of said health problems. I won't get into details, but normal days can be very trying thanks to them. I keep another blog based upon my weight loss, and the recipes I create to help facilitate said weight loss.

I have a neurotic dog that is slowly adapting to a normal life (poor thing was abused and a stray), a demon cat with a loving side (also adopted), and then there's the Elephant's tarantula, Esme. I have a huge fear of spiders and scorpions, but I'm slowly getting used to Meeda. (Emphasis on the slowly.)

Speaking of the Elephant... He's the most amazing thing in my life. I am lucky to have found him. We met just before I was thinking of leaving Graduate school and moving back in with my parents (a few states away), and we hit it off instantly. We rolled our Druids together, and, well, the rest is history. Every day with him is an adventure, and I couldn't ask for a more supportive and loving man. We know we're soul mates, regardless of what others think of the concept. We do pretty much everything together, both in-game and out, and I love it.

And that, in a nutshell, is me outside of game and my crafts. Bare bones, as it were. Stay tuned for the second part, "Why You Decided to Start a Blog".