About Me

If there's one bad thing about college, it's that it leaves me little time to ponder myself. Every time I try to pin down who I am, I find myself recycling the same crap I thought about myself 10 or more years ago. So in the interests of organizing and updating my self image, and because the various social networks I belong to don't have the complexity to let me put all this onto an "About Me" page, I'll dump all this out in public and see where it takes me.

1. I'm addicted to reading. And not in some cute bookworm sense. I mean that if all my books were taken away I would stay in bed and cry, for at least a couple of days. (In my defense, I've got some pretty cool books.) I can't stand not being around books. If I'm going to an appointment where I know I might have to wait, I bring a book. Every time someone mentions that they might be looking for something to read, I have a list ready. I've read so much that I don't even have to prepare the list in advance.

2. I'm addicted to gossip. I have a degree in History, which is where gossip lovers go when they want to seem intellectual. "Guess what [insert person here] did?" always catches my attention.

3. The four pillars of Tara's Principle of Self-Indulgence: Pastries, regular sleep, find something you enjoy and see if you can get paid to do it, and don't apologize for enjoying yourself, as long as you don't hurt anybody who doesn't deserve it.

4. I don't like the idea of moderating my behavior to make people approve of me, so I try to make everything I do entertaining (and not in that drunk 'n' naked way, that's cheating) so people like me even when I'm obnoxious.

I'm not sure I'm showing myself in a very good light. . .

On the other hand, I'm not as bad as I thought I was.

I'd bet money other people are like this and just don't want to admit it.

No editing! I will tear off my metaphorical clothes and leap (emotionally) naked into all your virtual living rooms!