Just a few facts about me:
- I was born in Athens, Greece while my dad was in the Army, so I have dual-citizenship. My middle name is actually Greek for "pretty woman". Though my first name isn't Greek at all, I was named after the bald woman in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. My actual heritage is Irish/Italian. So I have freckles and blue eyes, but I have dark hair.
- I make better friends with guys than I do with girls. Partly because of growing up without a female influence, and also partly because women are catty, self-centered bitches whose crap I don't have to put up with. Guys are straight-forward and easy to get along with.
- I have short-term photographic memory. I can see something, scan it and remember it perfectly, but only for a short time. It's great for test-taking, as I can just glance over a study guide and be ready. But I have to rush through the test as fast as I can or else I'll forget it! It's also really good for Iron Chefs, as long as I watched the source close to when I'm going to edit. I'll know exactly where every scene is that I want and I can assemble them quickly. It's the only reason why I'm good at fast editing. I have excellent long-term memory as well, just not photographic like my short-term.
- For a short time I was forced to follow my stepmom's religion when my dad remarried and adopted it. And it had such a rigid view on religion, politics, government, world affairs and that sort of thing that I hate to talk about any of it. I don't even like to think about it enough to get an opinion on it. As soon as I hear it, I shut down, I walk away, I think about something else.
- There are few things that I've tried that I haven't been able to become good at. I like to challenge myself, and when I find something new, I keep at it until I'm above-average. Then, what usually happens is that then I move on. Most of my hobbies haven't lasted over about two years. But look at how long I've been editing AMVs! (And I still don't think I'm good enough, so you won't be rid of me for a looooong while.)
- I don't like many typically girly things. One Christmas, I took a harddrive for over a diamond necklace. I don't have a kitten, I have a pet rat. I don't make romance videos, I make action videos (though, admittedly, most of them have female protagonists). However, I do indulge in the occasional girly thing. I like pink things. I have tons of pink shirts, pink earbuds, a pink bedspread and, of all things, a starkly bright pink computer case.
- No one can make me laugh more than
I can. I enjoy amusing myself and I've gotten pretty good at it over the years. If someone can make me laugh, I'm impressed and I am instantly drawn to that person.
- I'm a plot-reader. I'll finish a book I hate just to find out what happens. I don't appreciate the work put into it, I don't get into various theories, I don't think much about it at all. I just read it. Once I know what happens, I move on. It is extremely rare for me to read a book more than once, unless I really like it, or I'm bored. The same goes for movies. Only my very very favorites get rewatched.
- I can get bored really easily. I require constant entertainment, or I fall asleep. If I'm kept occupied, I can stay awake for long periods of time with no problem. As soon as I get bored, though, I am out like a light.
- I don't like anime; I like anime characters. And always the same type. Quiet, somewhat stoic but strong female leads, usually who KICK ASS. Jo from Burst Angel (mainly) sticks out, Lucy from Elfen Lied, Clare from Claymore. But I like the emotionless, callous bit. My least favorite parts are always when the girl gives in to some emotion (anger is usually okay with me, but the lovey-dovey bits grate on me).
- When it comes to music, I rarely like specific genres or specific artists. I like specific songs. I've been known to get an album, find one song that I like, and never listen to the rest again.
- I used to be extremely introverted. I moved around a lot and suffered a lot of pain due to losing friends, so the introversion was probably a defense mechanism to keep myself from going through that. I could not bring myself to talk to anyone new. It was scarier than anything else to me, just being around others gave me a feeling similar to that of falling from a great height. As I became more used to the same people, the feeling would decrease, but then I'd move again and it would start the process all over again.
When I was 16, I was given the opportunity to go and live with my mother, whom I had never met before. This would mean moving to a new state ( not a problem, I'd done it many, many times in the past) but with not a single person that I knew around me. I didn't realize it then, I didn't think about it, but it would be the hardest thing that I had ever done. Very much like "sink or swim", it started me on the road to get over my fear. In two short years, I was okay enough that I moved out of my mom's house and out on my own, on a whim. I progressively tried newer and more outgoing things. I FORCED myself to be an extrovert.
Now I consider myself to be a fairly outgoing person. I work at a place in downtown Chicago that requires me to talk to hundreds or thousands of people every day (depending on how busy we are) and I have no problems with it at all. I can strike up a conversation with a stranger on the train without feeling awkward or scared, just a short time ago the idea of which would make me want to turn tail and run.
- My favorite alcoholic drink is Sex on the Beach (or the newly created Sex with Ileia

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- I'm a notoriously picky eater, it's easier to list the things that I DO like than the things that I don't. Once I find something that I like at a restaurant, I tend not to deviate from what I know I'll like.
- I must have quite the ego. This is the longest post I've ever made on the org, and look what it's about.