About

As a means to keep myself busy, I started a blog after a brief engagement was broken off back in 2004.

I made loved ones laugh (and cry) with my writing, so I've kept at it--inconsistently--since.

I grew up believing that my name means "butterfly" in Greek. But my Greek significant other has informed me that I was mislead. My name is actually a genus of butterflies. I'm ok with that.

I love the symbolism of butterflies.

(My obsession with them isn't only because of my name.)

So, naturally, my first tattoo was of a butterfly.

It didn't turn out so well.

But that didn't deter me.

I should have listened to my dad.

I am afraid of having children--not the physical act of giving birth, but the not-f***ing-them-up part.

I am a great mommy to Moomoo, though.

Moomoo is my boyfriend's cat, and we're a bit obsessed with her.

I can never walk past a dog without squealing, “Hi puppy!” and petting it--or trying to (some owners are awfully possessive).

I kill plants--not on purpose, of course. This may partially attribute to the above-referenced fear.

My favorite flower is the oriental lily.

I am not doing what I should be with my life.

When I was a child, I wanted to be an astronomer. As an adult, I still want to know how the universe works, but in an entirely different kind of way.

I loooove to sing (but I fully embrace how terrible I sound, for it is not one of my talents).

I'm not sure what my talents are...

...but I like to write and have been told that I'm not too bad at it.

A typical Taurus trait, I have a tendency to stick with what I like. But I am always open to trying new things and enjoy doing so.

The second tattoo I got was a Taurus symbol, created using the first letters of my name and my sisters' names.

I am an INFP. Google it.

However, I speak my mind more and more every day, and care less and less what people think of me. And it is so freeing.

I am quite calm and easygoing, but yes, I have that Taurus temper when I am overly provoked.

My boyfriend calls that side of my personality "Lila." (See The Heartbreak Kid?) It's also because of the singing. See above.

I'm not sure which I am more afraid of: death or public-speaking.

At one time in my life, I wanted to bungee jump and skydive. I can't even get myself on a roller coaster now.

I would rather get on a roller coaster than up in front of an audience of people.

I feel like I'm going to die when I have to speak to groups.

I want to believe that there is life after death.

My favorite movie is What Dreams May Come.

I believe I have found a love like that.

Loyalty is sacred to me.

That ("loyalty") was my third tattoo.

I'm done getting tattoos.