i won't lie about this; i feel a lot of pressure to keep up with the joneses, even in a fairly anonymous environment like internet personal homepage land. whenever i see a good 'about me' page, i feel a little left behind that i don't have one myself.

they've always fascinated me, these delcarations of identity. every now and then, i try to write one for my own site or blog, and end up frustrated at the feeling that i've just contrived a tall poppy version of myself for the sake of image.

i just don't see how a person can be summarised in a few short paragraphs. and on top of that, how it can be an accurate representation of who you are - it's all too easy to give an audience a superlative idea of yourself. just by using the word "superlative", someone out there probably thinks i'm one of them intellectual types with monster vocabulary.

or just by using it in the way that i have, someone out there probably thinks i'm one of them smartarse types who throws grammar about without knowing how it's done. (which is probably more true) the point i'm trying to make is that i could say a lot of things about myself that could make me sound way cooler than i actually am.

i play computer games, therefore i am a 1337 girl gamer with lovely tits and awesome haircut. i like anne rice books, which obviously makes me mysterious and enigmatic, with lovely tits and awesome haircut. also, i like partying to electronica, so clearly, i'm free-spirited and fun loving, and probably a bit random too. but ruh-roh, i called it "electronica" so i don't actually know what i'm talking about - i just have lovely tits and awesome haircut.

the reality of it is, yes, i do play computer games, but i suck at it and get pwned all the time. i like anne rice books, but not all of them, and i don't have pretty alabaster skin or even aspire to. and ha ha, calling it "electronica" was tongue-in-cheek, so you can shut your face. i don't have lovely tits either. there are no tits. none of the sensationalised bits are true, but they're so easy to presume. i do have an awesome haircut, though.

i'm at the new place now. :) both work and home are lovely, thanks.