What do I want to write about? I have no real clue so I’ll just ramble on some and see what I can come up with. Does that work for you? It works for me. So lets start out with some basics, since most of the people who will be reading this, won’t know me. Those of you who have been on my friends list can probably skip it, or maybe learn something that you didn’t already know. It could happen, you never really know, now do you?
My name is Margaret, which I’ve never really hid, in fact when I first came on the Internet in 1994, I used it as my first Nick/Screen name. I was quite young and very naive. I grew up in a small town, with fairly backwards parents. They were smokers and drinkers, but god forbid if you were a smoker or drinker. They cussed, swore, but if you even said damn, you got yelled at. But they loved me, and if it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be here, right? Exactly. Now, with that being said, we will move on to naivety. I grew up on a farm, lived most of my life with no real friends, no one lived close enough to be friends with, really. It’s alright, though, I was a book worm. Boy was I a book worm. I would read 2-3 books a day during the summer. Weekends, when school was in session, I’d at least one.
So I grew up with whatever books I could get my hands on from a small local library. A very sheltered local library. Living with the parents I had, I had little exposure to the world outside of the small town and to this day, I still live in the small town area. I love the area, it’s quiet, most of the time, it’s fairly safe. It’s still pretty sheltered and backward.
Once I graduated from high school, I did what was expected of me, I got a job and earned money. I worked in the nearest city for a company that was widely recognized and did a small share of their business via the Internet. Since my primary focus in school was in computers, it suited me to work there and I was in the department that handled those orders. This was my first experience with the internet. I didn’t really do anything more than process orders. During downtime, I would search out different things of interest. After a while, I felt like I was wasting my time and just sitting in a dead end job, so I applied to college. I majored in Business Administration to start with, but I wasn’t happy. I was bored. I found that I spent my free time in the computer labs, playing around and learning things on my own.
I ended up switching majors to computer information systems. That was where I was happiest, really. But I wasn’t happy. I’ve never really been happy in school, other than in English classes that required fictional writing. So now, several years (ten years, really.) later, I’m here on livejournal, writing fiction, writing non-fiction in my journal, doing what has always made me the happiest, getting lost with good characters and good stories. Now, however, I’m the one who is crafting the stories.
I will turn 31 shortly. In just a few days, as a matter of fact. I am married, no children to be seen or heard of. I’m not overly maternal. Well, no, that’s a lie. I am maternal, however, I have a severe lack of patience when it comes to crying, screaming, tantrum throwing and general noise that should not be allowed in nature. I love children, as long as I can send them home after a while. I love children, when they aren’t hopped up on sugar, running wild in a store, house, or other confined space where adults are trying to converse. I love children, when they are behaving like children should. Not when they are whining, throwing themselves, and in general having a meltdown that would cause another to turn away.
I am a stay at home wife. This is somewhat uncommon these days, it seems, but it’s okay with me. I don’t mind the seeming traditionality of it. I chose to stay at home, I also have chosen to write. I have published two books, a collection of erotica, and a collection of poetry. I self published them, but published none the less, available for purchase from the publisher. I intend to publish more of my writing in this fashion. Perhaps, down the line I’ll have them picked up by a big name publisher, but if that never happens then it was never meant to be. I do not write fiction for the money. I write it for the joy of writing.
On the flip side of that, while I do not write fiction for the money, I do freelance. I am a content writer for Associated Content, I have freelanced writing essays, I answer questions, I do paid-per-post forums. I pick up spare chance, a few dollars here and there doing that. I’m okay with that too. I don’t do it to make a living. If I was interested in making a living that way, I’d go to work for the local newspaper. Or I’d write more than I already do. I’m just writing what I know and what I can. I do what I do, not because I have to, but because I can.
I am still a reader, but not on the scale of when I was young. Sometimes, I wish I still read that much, but I’m a lot pickier these days. I read a lot of vampire/werewolf/werecreature type stuff. I also read John Grisham like I would drown without it. Same with Harry Potter. I like Shakespeare, the plays, not necessarily the sonnets. There are a few great ones, but not a lot peak my interest. I didn’t like The Hobbit or the Lord of the Rings books, but I loved the movies. I don’t usually care for movies based on books. They lack too much. A good book based movie would take longer than 2-3 hours.
I do love a good movie, however. A good chick flick will get me any day. I enjoy good anime, like Naratu, .hack//sign, Inuyasha, and others. I loved dance movies. Step Up, Save the Last Dance, Shall We Dance, Dirty Danging, all movies I love. A few book based movies have hit my ‘loved’ list, including the first Harry Potter movie. The rest have lacked too much. Narnia was a well done transformation as well. The Da Vinci Code was alright. The movie held it’s own. The Lord of the Rings, I honestly never read the books, so I enjoyed the movies in their own right. I think the movie industry needs to learn what it takes to make a good movie, a movie that will draw in viewers. Viewers who don’t want all the big time stunts and theatrics. Movies have become too show-offy lately. The same could be said for television as well.
I am a reality tv junkie. I like American Idol, Nashville Star, Dancing With the Stars, The Amazing Race, The Apprentice, Top Chef and more. I don’t watch all Reality television, just a good majority. I do enjoy 7th Heaven, The “L” Word, The Family Guy, and a few that are no longer aired. Television is overrated, really. It’s mostly background noise in my world. I have the Food Network on or a music channel. Music is really my favored distraction.
I have always enjoyed good music, I listen to everything. Classical, Trance, New Age, Dance, Hip Hop, Rap, Rock, Alternative, Metal, Pop, Country, Bhangra and other foreign sects. I was drug in by a friend who listens to a lot of German and I have since picked that up. Bhangra is one of my newest additions as well. Good Japanese, Chinese, Asian Pop and Rock make me happy. As long as it’s a good song, I like it. I am an Internet Disc Jockey as one of my leisure activities. I’ve been doing it for 6 months now and don’t regret a damn minute of it. I wouldn’t change a damn bit of it either. I love my fellow djs and it’s been a wonderful experience for me.
What else is there to say about me? I have no real idea. I am always willing to answer questions, I’m open to making new friends. The majority of my journal is friends only, however. It’s not because I don’t want to share, but it’s because a lot of the time, I write about things that I’m not sure that I want just anyone to see. I don’t know why, I am not ashamed of who I am. I am a proud Pagan, I am a proud bi-sexual. I am also proud to say that I’m exploring polyamory as well. I have always been one to have many loves, from th
e first day that I felt real love. I have never really known that there was a word for it until the last couple years, I just pushed it off, like I pushed off my sexuality. I did what was right, what was expected, I was a good girl, making my parents happy, finding a good man to settle down with, despite my every instinct to do otherwise.
So that’s a bit about me. I hope that everyone has made it through the post without being too bored. I think that this whole LJ Idol experience will be good for me, as long as I don’t get booted in the first round. 
Spend at least 3 hours a week away from the computer.
