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Giant Meme o' Me - Day 1
Thirty Days, Thirty Themes. Lets see how this goes. :) Grabbed from a number of folks on my friendslist.
Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
My online handle is Rossi, a name I've been using since 1996 and a summer spent in Iowa at a girl scout summer camp. I've been answering to it for so long, it's second nature - some people actually think it's my real name.
My real name is Joanne - I prefer Jo, pretty much all of the time. I'm Australian, but I've been living in Canada since October 2005. I'm... well, older than most of my friends and older than I look, although these days I'm starting to feel it. I was born at an Army base in Victoria, Australia, back in 1970, and I have one brother who is 18 months younger than me. He's married to an ex-pat Hungarian girl called Eva and they have a daughter, Zoe and another baby due in August. Zoe's demanding a little sister, by the way. My parents are still married, having been together now for 41 years - more about them in a couple of days.
I've been working in the public service sector for around 15 years now - ten in Australia in the courts as a court registrar, and five here in Canada as a legal assistant. It's good work, for the most part, although lately I find myself questioning why I do it - I've spent a large chunk of my life taking care of other people, in one way or another, and I'm wondering if it's not time I looked at something a little more... selfish, I suppose. Then again, moving across the globe to restart your life is pretty selfish, when you get down to it.
So, that's where I'm from, what I do. Who am I? Well, it depends on the day, really. On good days I'm creative, funny, intelligent, caring. On bad days I'm depressed, procrastinating, afraid, forgetful and self-absorbed. I have periods of more good days than bad, and periods of more bad days than good. I'm working on improving the ratio and dealing with the detritus you collect in forty years of avoiding your problems. It's hard, and sometimes I just wish I could flop in a heap and have someone fix everything for me, but I am making progress. There are days I'm quite content to be me.
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Day 01 - Introduce Yourself
My online handle is Rossi, a name I've been using since 1996 and a summer spent in Iowa at a girl scout summer camp. I've been answering to it for so long, it's second nature - some people actually think it's my real name.
My real name is Joanne - I prefer Jo, pretty much all of the time. I'm Australian, but I've been living in Canada since October 2005. I'm... well, older than most of my friends and older than I look, although these days I'm starting to feel it. I was born at an Army base in Victoria, Australia, back in 1970, and I have one brother who is 18 months younger than me. He's married to an ex-pat Hungarian girl called Eva and they have a daughter, Zoe and another baby due in August. Zoe's demanding a little sister, by the way. My parents are still married, having been together now for 41 years - more about them in a couple of days.
I've been working in the public service sector for around 15 years now - ten in Australia in the courts as a court registrar, and five here in Canada as a legal assistant. It's good work, for the most part, although lately I find myself questioning why I do it - I've spent a large chunk of my life taking care of other people, in one way or another, and I'm wondering if it's not time I looked at something a little more... selfish, I suppose. Then again, moving across the globe to restart your life is pretty selfish, when you get down to it.
So, that's where I'm from, what I do. Who am I? Well, it depends on the day, really. On good days I'm creative, funny, intelligent, caring. On bad days I'm depressed, procrastinating, afraid, forgetful and self-absorbed. I have periods of more good days than bad, and periods of more bad days than good. I'm working on improving the ratio and dealing with the detritus you collect in forty years of avoiding your problems. It's hard, and sometimes I just wish I could flop in a heap and have someone fix everything for me, but I am making progress. There are days I'm quite content to be me.
( and the rest )