About Me

•def. Bahari - Language: Swahili - Translation: Ocean
•def. Haunt - to visit frequently; go to often: He haunted the galleries and bars that the artists went to.
The first thing to know about me, is that I'm terrible at writing this sort of thing. I'll make an attempt though, for anyone curious about me.

I grew up in Vancouver and Surrey BC, and have lived here all my life. I quite like it, as I can up to the mountains, visit the beach, and trek through some forest all in one day, if I really wanted to. I would prefer to see snowy-er winters, though.

My biggest passion in life is marine life. I absolutely love cetaceans, and pinnipeds. I love that I can see marine mammals on a weekly basis, one of the perks of living near Vancouver.
I try to be as eco-friendly as possible, and do my best to keep the environment healthy. That's something that's very important to me as well.

I have an on-again-off-again relationship with the World of Warcraft. I love the lore, and fantasy. I enjoy roleplay when I can, and am finding myself exploring the realm of fantasy outside Warcraft's world a little more often.

I do consider myself to be a pretty big nerd, enjoying fantasy, comics, video games. While I don't have a huge obsession like I used to, I have a broad spectrum of casual nerdy interests.

I suffer from a condition known as Misophonia as well, which is why you may see such related things in some of my shops from time to time. This condition is still relatively new in terms of research, but it is likely a mental disorder involving the emotional connections in the brain.Essentially, means, is that certain sounds (for me, a lot of eating noises, mostly), send me into a sort of fight or flight mode. Someone crunching next to me will make my heart race, and I'll want to lash violently, and scream. Anything to make the noise stop. It sounds stupid, but really, I can't help it. At least I've never acted on any of my thoughts, and just suffer in silence. This has been affecting me since I was five-ish, and until the last year or so, I thought I was just crazy. Now I'm finding all sorts of online communities of people who share the same disorder. It is -such- a relief to know I'm not alone in this anymore.

I'd also like to bring up the subject of money...I feel guilty asking for money people, honestly, and I do enjoy creating art. If I could, everything that I did would be for free. Sadly, large credit card bills demand payment. Art takes time to make, and it seems justifiable that I ask for a little compensation, yes?  Any money made from my art sales is currently going straight into my 'wedding/honeymoon' fund. I know that my fiance and I have never been in a 'good' financial state, and probably never will be. The way I see it, this wedding and honeymoon is really our only time to get out and have some real fun and relaxation, away from home. I doubt there will be another big vacation in our future, so I want to make this really fun for the both of us. Afterwards, I plan to hoard any art sales towards a down payment on a home, for baby, and eventually for our kid's college fund. That is why I'm doing all of this, in the end. :)

This concludes me little 'About Me' page, but if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer!

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