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| User: | padparadscha (8441169)
The Desert Mermaid
Made Up Of Equal Parts Chili Powder And Fairy Dust
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| Name: | Amuddya |
| Bio: | My Username: A padparadscha is a beautiful pinkish-orange variety of corundum (or sapphire), although some say only those from Sri Lanka can be called such. The word is derived from the Sanskrit term padma raga, which means 'color of a lotus blossom.' It has also been described as 'sunset' colored.
I have strong opinions about weird things. (Now! With illustration by ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ursulav! Seems I'm not the only one ...)
I am very left-brained, and whenever I write fantasy or science fiction, which I do a lot, I want to make the entire thing cohesive and understandable. I have a lot of imaginary friends, but I call them characters and put them in stories and try but fail to draw them.
I am also very interested in linguistics and languages. I actually INVENT languages in my spare time, and I'm currently studying Japanese, ASL, Swahili, and Hawaiian. I ran away to Africa once, but I came back because I am obsessive-compulsive and embrace my excessive, consumerist culture.
Things to ask me about: The car crash when I was six, the birthday with the mutant sheep heads, fainting while watching a brain surgery, The Chapstick Incident, the Quantum Week, my laundry-sorting rabbit, my mermaid collection
Things I recommend you not ask me about, lest I chew your ear off: conlanging, stories, religion, evolution, cats, and my ridiculously large family on my mother's side.
Things I have done: Graduated from high school, eaten alligator sausage, been reported missing, volunteered at a children's center, hiked to Delicate Arch, seen a drag show, made Lewis Black laugh, played stand-up bass, earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, briefly sneaked a mysterious girl into my school orchestra during a trip, carved a ring, ridden a horse through Canyon De Shelley, gotten a tattoo, been to Zanzibar to meet the Zanzibarbarians, translated "Yellow Submarine" into ASL, been stopped by a herd of buffalo while learning to drive, henna'd "Tea. Earl Grey. Hot." onto my arm in one of my conalphs, swum through stars in the Indian Ocean.
My siblings and I have considered making T-Shirts that say "Yes, I'm from Utah" on the front and "No, I'm not Mormon" on the back.
Also, I see letters, numbers, and sounds in color. It's called synesthesia.
Wanna know more? Check out my life's cast of characters!
Also, note that all those holidays I find are taken from Holidays on the Net, unless you count friends' birthdays. They make me laugh.
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| Memories: | 10 entries |
| Interests: | 147: alien, aliens, american girl dolls, anthropology, anthropomorphism, art, asl, astronomy, atheism, autumn, b movies, bass, batman, biology, birds, books, budgies, cartoons, cats, cephalopods, charles dickens, chile peppers, chocolate, christmas, classic rock, college kid nostalgia, conlangs, cosmology, coyotes, creative biology, crosswords, culture, daily show, deaf, deaf culture, death, digger, dinosaurs, disney, dolphins, douglas adams, drag kings, drag queens, español, fall, fantasy, freethinking, futurama, gay rights, geeks, gemstones, general geekiness, general relativity, hank mccoy, hawaii, hawaiian, hiking, his dark materials, history, hobbits, japanese, jazz, jewelry, jon stewart, kenya, kiswahili, klingon, languages, laundry-sorting rabbits, legend of zelda, liberalism, linguistics, lord of the rings, luigi, making jewelry, marine biology, mark twain, mars, medicine, mermaids, moab, mountains, movies, mst3k, music, myst, mythology, napping, nature, nerds, neurolinguistics, neurology, nintendo, oceans, optimus christ, optimus prime, oregon, origami, physics, pirates, psychology, puzzles, quantum theory, rabbits, rai, reading, satire, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scotland, sherlock holmes, skeletons in sombreros, sleeping, sorcery, soundtracks, southern utah, space, spacetime, spanish, stage magic, star wars, stephen hawking, super mario, swahili, symbols, synesthesia, tae kwon do, tattoos, tea, tea earl grey hot, terry pratchett, the beatles, tide pools, transformers, trees, turtles, video games, viola, voice actors, wizards, writing, x-men, xenobiology, xenomorphs, yellowstone, yoshi |
| Schools: | Skyline High School - Salt Lake City, UT (2001 - 2004)
University of Oregon - Eugene, OR (2004 - present)
Unseen University - Ankh-Morpork, England - Wiltshire, United Kingdom (2004 - present)
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| Friends: | | 143: | 10cents, _wastrel, agenttrojie, aguynamedgoo, alietf, ampersand, arimah, bean_bunny, biomekanic, blackbyrd2, blakehutchins, bluetara2020, briyamineko84, caprine, chairman_wow, chem_nerd, chibicharibdys, childthursday, circuit_four, cjtremlett, cleolinda, cohered, corva, cougarfang, crazykawaii, cwoolard, dduane, dgm_allenwalker, dimethirwen, dinogrrl, djmrswhite, dollraves, dormouse_in_tea, dreams_cametrue, du_futur_siecle, dupunk86, edallia, ellenmillion, elvenmoon, enigmania, estrelladesax, eveforward, evilcresyluna, extd_grb_injoke, eye_of_a_cat, firinel, gearworld, get_medieval, gondolinchick01, gryfindormia, gwalla, halseanderson, heartofstoic, hekmeike, hobbit_hunter, holyoffice, i_blaze_the, ironychan, ishidashipper, issendai, jadewing, jill_calico, kadharonon, kahnegabs, karjack, kiaransalyn, killabee886, kittikattie, kjpepper, kt_n_dd, kurupira, leex, liquidjewel, locatei, lookingforwater, lordmookie, luinmir, lycheetwist, maggiemarmalade, marajade893, marnanel, mathnerd, medusasowl, michellerz, mile_high_death, minivilla, mistful, mouser_fluff, naamah_darling, naomijaykay, narcissisma, narnian_dreamer, neonnurse, nethilia, ninjakitten, nixve, nobleplatypus, oreo_mint, padparadscha, pennyfeather, perlandria, piper_lee, pixel39, placetohide, plasticoranges, principessar, prodigal, queenlyzard, raks_star_maiya, redheaded_itch, rikchik, ruisseau, saelkie, scribblingses, shortpacked, shriekingsnape, silverdragon686, skadi98, skellington1, skybronco, spotweld, sunshine_shaman, sylvantales, taelyn, tammy212, tay421, teadragon, teh_no, thewrongcrowd, thirdglasseye, thoughtbubble, tiryn, tsita, unmasked_mew, ursulav, viizou, vogtalicious, wendyzski, written_in_blue, wyndfire, xaandria, yoccuri, ysabetwordsmith |  | 26: | ag_over_18, armchairscience, awesome_places, baaaaabyanimals, calvinandhobbes, conalphs, conculture, conlangs, fantasy_studies, itfeelslike, language_nerds, linguisticanth, little_details, lj_maintenance, m15m, medical_geeks, metaquotes, news, puns, roguereport, the_color_wheel, the_tea_garden, thelexicon, worldbuilding, worldmaking, wtf_humans |  | 12: | apod, badastronomy, ca_zits, kipcomicsfeed, officialgaiman, ozy_millie, pharyngula, strangemaps, theholybibble, wilwheaton, xkcd_blag, xkcd_rss |
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| Friend of: | 127: 1000milesaway, 10cents, _wastrel, agenttrojie, aguynamedgoo, alietf, ampersand, arimah, b0tt0m_f33d3r, bean_bunny, biomekanic, blackbyrd2, blakehutchins, bluetara2020, caprine, chairman_wow, chem_nerd, chibicharibdys, childthursday, circuit_four, cjtremlett, corva, cougarfang, crazykawaii, crikeyduck, cwoolard, demiurgent, dgm_allenwalker, dimethirwen, dinogrrl, djmrswhite, dormouse_in_tea, dreams_cametrue, du_futur_siecle, edallia, ellenmillion, elvenmoon, enigmania, estrelladesax, evilcresyluna, extd_grb_injoke, eye_of_a_cat, firinel, get_medieval, gondolinchick01, gryfindormia, gwalla, heartofstoic, hobbit_hunter, holyoffice, i_blaze_the, ishidashipper, issendai, jadewing, jill_calico, kadharonon, karjack, kiaransalyn, killabee886, kittikattie, kjpepper, kt_n_dd, kurupira, leex, liquidjewel, locatei, lookingforwater, luinmir, lycheetwist, marajade893, marnanel, mathnerd, medusasowl, michellerz, mile_high_death, mizalaina, mouser_fluff, naomijaykay, narcissisma, narnian_dreamer, neonnurse, nethilia, ninjakitten, nixve, nobleplatypus, oreo_mint, padparadscha, pennyfeather, perlandria, piper_lee, pixel39, placetohide, plasticoranges, principessar, prodigal, queenlyzard, raks_star_maiya, redheaded_itch, ruisseau, saelkie, scribblingses, shriekingsnape, silverdragon686, skadi98, skellington1, skybronco, snowballelf, spotweld, sunshine_shaman, sylvantales, tay421, teadragon, thewrongcrowd, thirdglasseye, thoughtbubble, tiryn, tsita, unmasked_mew, viizou, vogtalicious, wendyzski, written_in_blue, wwjoanjettdo, wyndfire, xaandria, yoccuri, ysabetwordsmith |
| Member of: | 5: ag_over_18, conlangs, itfeelslike, thelexicon, worldbuilding |
| Account type: | Basic Account |
