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The Desert Mermaid
Made Up Of Equal Parts Chili Powder And Fairy Dust
Created on 2005-10-02 19:25:23 (#8441169), last updated 2010-07-29
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| Name: | Amuddya |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 1985-09-19 |
| Location: | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
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
ursulav! It's not actually about me, but it uses a similar line--so it seems I'm not the only one ...)

I'm a dedicated nerd/geek. I work at it. I am so nerdy that the state department has to send a big hairy guy around to my place once a month to push me down and take my lunch money. I'm so geeky that, 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, Hawaiian, and Chinese. I ran away to Africa once, but I came back because I am obsessive-compulsive and embrace my excessive, consumerist culture--and also, I like reliably flushing toilets.
I like libraries. This is good because I work at one, and may continue doing that even after I've established myself as a writer.
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, graduated from college, eaten alligator sausage, been reported missing, volunteered at a children's center, hiked to Delicate Arch, seen professional drag shows, 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 two tattoos (one down my spine), 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, made up at least 9 languages.
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.
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I have strong opinions about weird things. (Now! With illustration by

I'm a dedicated nerd/geek. I work at it. I am so nerdy that the state department has to send a big hairy guy around to my place once a month to push me down and take my lunch money. I'm so geeky that, 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, Hawaiian, and Chinese. I ran away to Africa once, but I came back because I am obsessive-compulsive and embrace my excessive, consumerist culture--and also, I like reliably flushing toilets.
I like libraries. This is good because I work at one, and may continue doing that even after I've established myself as a writer.
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, graduated from college, eaten alligator sausage, been reported missing, volunteered at a children's center, hiked to Delicate Arch, seen professional drag shows, 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 two tattoos (one down my spine), 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, made up at least 9 languages.
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!
Nobody visits me anymore:

Create your own visitor map!
Interests (147):
alien, aliens, american girl dolls, anthropology, anthropomorphism, asl, astrobiology, astronomy, atheism, author as god, autumn, avatar the last airbender, b movies, batman, big damn vinyl dolls, biology, books, budgies, cartoons, cats, cephalopods, charles dickens, chile peppers, chocolate, christmas, classic rock, conlangs, cosmology, creative biology, crosswords, culture, daily show, deaf, deaf culture, death, digger, dinosaurs, disney, doctor who, douglas adams, drag, earthbending, español, fall, fantasy, freethinking, futurama, gay rights, geeks, gemstones, general geekiness, general relativity, god as author, hank mccoy, hawaiian, hiking, history, hobbits, illusion of independent agency, 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, muppets, music, myst, mythology, napping, nature, nerds, neurolinguistics, neurology, nintendo, oceans, optimus christ, optimus prime, oregon, origami, physics, pirates, profanity, psychology, puzzles, quantum theory, rabbits, reading, satire, sci-fi, science, science fiction, scotland, sewing, 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, tamora pierce, tattoos, tea, tea earl grey hot, terry pratchett, the beatles, tide pools, transformers, turtles, unnatural abominations, video games, voice actors, writing, x-men, xenobiology, xenomorphs, yellowstone, yoshi
Schools:
Skyline High School - Salt Lake City, UT (2001 - 2004)Unseen University - Ankh-Morpork, England - Wiltshire, United Kingdom (2004 - present)
University of Oregon - Eugene, OR (2004 - 2008)
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