BIO:

I'm a rather sardonic soul with an affinity for impolite swear words; however, underneath it all I have a decent heart and, as the Sorting Hat might say, not a bad mind. I'm a pretty laid back eldergoth - I don't take myself too seriously. I'm a terrible housekeeper and can't cook my way out of a Chef Boyardee can, but I collect cookbooks and cleaning supplies in an ongoing attempt to overcome my domestic impairment. I adore: music; all things Victorian and Edwardian; Steampunk; costumes; pug dogs and poodles; the occasional night out clubbing; fashion and sewing; self confidence; vanilla-flavored ciggies and dirty martinis. I don't like: hypocrisy; netspeak and poor grammar; passive-aggressiveness; twatty OTPers; crappy parents; suburban gutterpunks with no real reason to complain; homophobia; religious hatred and intolerance. I am passionate about: the law; social work; ending homelessness; parity for mental health treatment; topics in mental health and mental illness; forensic psychology; politics and civil rights.

INTERESTS:

80s movies, 80s music, agnosticism, amazon prime, , antiques, aromatherapy, attachment parenting, baking, bbc, biopsychology, bipolar, bipolar disorder, black clothing, bmw, books, broadway, cami, cbt, chatting, children's literature, city life, clamato, colfax, colorado, conjure one, cooking, costumes, criminology, dbt, delerium, denver, denver's road home, dirty martinis, docs, dollhouses, draco malfoy, draco/pansy, dresden dolls, ebm, edwardian era, ending homelessness, exercise, exterminating, fabric art, faith, fan art, fan fiction, fish aquarium, forensic psychology, forensic science, gardening, gay rights, gentle parenting, gentrification, glitter, goth, goth music, gothic, harry potter, harry/draco, hbo, history, home improvement, homelessness, horatio hornblower, industrial music, irises, j.k. rowling, john cameron mitchell, karaoke, kitchen aid mixer, knitting, law, law enforcement, lgbtq, literature, lubricus 2011, m*a*c, martinis, mascara, mental health parity, mental illness, meta, motivational interviewing, mp3s, mrt, music, musical theater, my hair, my ipod, nami, new mexico, nimbus 2003, npr, pansy parkinson, parole, phoenix rising 2007, photoshop, politics, poodles, prada, probation, psychiatry, psychology, pugs, racism, reading, ron/pansy, sewing, shoes, singing, slytherin, smiting, snape, social justice, social work, sociology, sparkly things, star wars, steak tartare, sterling cooper, strictly ballroom, striped stockings, substance abuse, sweet dreams, synthpop, talk radio, tattoos, technology, television, the 16th street mall, the 80s, the witching hour 2005, therapy, thwarting my hoa, travel, true crime, unitarian universalism, urban decay, victor hugo, victorian era, victorian homes, victorianism, wangst, writing, zacharias/pansy, zappos

NOTE: I AM ALSO THE AUTHOR KNOWN AS SLYTHERINCESS! I have written: Benefaction; Under the Cold Wan Moon; Stars As Bright Spots Only; A Thousand Little Deaths; Heartsease; Strange Darkness Comes Creeping; Ourselves Like We Were Yesterday; and more. PLEASE DO NOT REPORT ME TO MYSELF FOR PLAGIARISM!

CONTACT:

Please feel free to visit me at my Livejournal at slytherincesss (with three sss)!

You can e-mail me at slytherincess at G-mail.

QUOTES:

"Potter, you can skin Malfoy's shrivelfig." Severus Snape - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." Albus Dumbledore - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets