Eyes - About Me

The Hard Facts

• Name: Danielle (nicknamed Dani)
• Aliases and Screennames:
  • Therianthropy/Otherkin: Meirya, Meir, Turkey (nickname)
  • Redwall: Snowspine, Snowy, Snow, Riala
  • Pagan: Djeriwepwawet (Djeri), Makhsihed, Kyanti, Meirya, Dani
  • RPGs: Dani, Tyrona, Nightfyre, Sounasha (Sasha), Djeri
  • Writing: Makhsihed, TexanPhoenix, Sounasha, Snowspine, Dani
• Email: meirya@dreamofhorn.com  
• Instant Messaging:
  • AIM: MeiryaBurd
  • MSN: snowspine@redwall.net
  • Y!M: makhsihed
• Birthday: November 23, 1985
• Sign: Sagittarius / Scorpio cusp. Technically Sagittarius.
• Sex: Female
• Gender: Gender neutral/nongendered
• Sexuality: Pansexual with a distinct preference for the feminine/androgyne end of the gender spectrum.
• Residency: Denver, CO
• Birthplace: Texas
• Birth Family: Family by blood is a nuclear family: a mom who works at a college, a dad who's a Southern Baptist pastor, and a younger sister. Acquired family is broader and more complex.
• Hair: Varies. Natural color is a mousey brown; I tend to dye it red-brown, sometimes with blue streaks, and keep it cut shoulder length or shorter.
• Eyes: Blue. Sometimes with contacts, sometimes with glasses.
• Skin: Way too pale, except in the summer, when it's a slightly darker shade of pale.
• Handedness: I'm a lefty.
• Heritage: Uh... 1/4th Hungarian. Other portions are as follows, in rough order from highest to lowest... sort of: Dutch, German, English, French, Irish. I might be missing something, but that's it as near as I can tell. And one of my ancestors was Jewish... probably in the Germanic line.

Psyche

• Likes: Reading (fantasy, nonfiction, sci-fi), writing (essays, stories, poetry, journaling), roleplaying (White Wolf, D&D, LARPing), video games (World of Warcraft, among others), sparring (foam swords, bamboo wrapped in duct tape), researching (whatever interests me), horseback riding (english, western, and especially bareback), kayaking (mostly ocean/lake kayaking), sharp things (swords, knives, blades), psychology, soft things (animals, fur, silken material), boots, long coats, chai, the smell of vanilla, Egypt, Texas, cider, mead, honey, BPAL, sushi, long hair, spiders...
• Dislikes: Swans, june bugs, people who don't think, fanatics, politics, poor writing mechanics, most organized sports, bad knees, fluffiness, overly spicy foods, rice, mathematics, too much melodrama, animal cruelty, most hard sciences, extremists, willful ignorance...
• Meyers-Brigg: INTP
• Favorite Color: Blue
• Favorite Stone/Mineral: Ooh, hard one. Agate tears, smoky quartz, and opals, I suppose.
• Favorite BPAL Scent: At the moment, anyway: Coyote

Social

• Relationship Status: Engaged.
• Relationship Style: Polyamorous (responsible nonmonogamy)
• Occupation: Mental health worker.
• Gaming: I play occasional D&D with my roommates and a twice-monthly Exalted game with some friends. I occasionally LARP (Live Action RolePlay) NERO and Mind's Eye Theatre (Vampire: the Masquerade). I also play far too many video games.
• WoW characters and servers (currently discontinued account due to computer restraints/budget)
  • Feathermoon: Gracklenackl (Gnome Rogue)
  • Icecrown: Riala (Dwarf Hunter)
  • Shadow Council: Alondara (Draenei Priest), Bledalun (Orc Shaman)
• Hobbies: Gaming, renfaires, horseback riding, writing, sparring, random researching, origami...

Spiritual

• Religion: Paganism
• Theism: Monolatrist/Monist
• Tradition: Kemetic Orthodox; I'm a Shemsu with the House of Netjer. 
• Deities: I am a daughter of Wepwawet-Yinepu (called Anubis by the Greeks) and beloved of Bast-Mut (Bast-as-Queen, Bast-as-Mother)
• Animalself: Hawk; something in the buteo genus; possibly redtail.
• Otherkin: I'm a therianthrope, an otherkin who identifies as a nonmythological nonhuman. I do have a strong connection to the phoenix mythos, though I consider it to be mostly archetypal.
• Occult: I'm involved with a Kherete house called House Vespertine.