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I wish I had a short label that I liked. I don't. Probably ties to my desire/fear to have a career that defines me. But Affreca is a good enough label.


I read more than is healthy for me. I've culled the book collection most moves, but I still own quite a bit. And I've stopped moving for a while (hopefully). The majority of my reading is science fiction and fantasy, with rare sides of romances or mysteries, usually historical for both. Most of my nonfiction "reading" is audiobooks I listen to when I should be working.


I suspect I'm infected with Toxoplasma gondii. I'm slightly cat crazy. Thankfully so is the other human in the house (Lawnchair), so he does not complain about living with three cats: Sophie (5 year old tuxedo who lives to attack), Maui (4 year old tabby chonk o' love) and Nico (no longer kitten full of tortietude).


I'm a Navy vet and a pacifist. I'm still not sure joining was a wise decision, but I'm sort of glad I did it. I'm also glad I'm out. I do not think that way. But it paid my student loan debts, showed me the world and has helped get me a job a couple of times.


I'm liberal. I blame my parents. I believe in legalized pot (even though I don't smoke), personal liberties and gay marriage (though I'm not sure about me and marriage). I recycle and compost. I believe in local grown food more than organic.


I craft. Not as much as I want, or think I should. I learned how to sew, weave, spin and dye in high school, though I'm still not a master at any. Maybe when I have 40 more years experience, like some of the women in my guild. Spinning has been the one that obsesses me. I may have learned to knit to deal with my growing yarn stash. I try not to sing in public. Which is why the crow is my favorite bird (amongst other reasons).


I'm not terribly social. Occasionally I feel guilty about that. Or not.


My schooling is as a geophysicist. I tried to avoid learning about how to find oil, as I never wanted to live in Houston. I am an environmental geologist who works for the the man (not the CIA, but otherwise about as "the man" as it gets)


I hope that is enough. Quite a bit about me.