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Substituting a symbol in for a word makes me one of the cool kids, right?

Okay, maybe not.

I'm Rachel (also known as Reinfire, but you're welcome to use my actual name), and don't worry, I'm not actually particularly concerned with being cool.

I'm a born and raised California girl, and now that you have that obnoxious Katy Perry song stuck in your head and images of beaches and movie stars, let me show you what it looks like where I live from an aerial view:

And the ground level:

So yes, I live in a tiny town in the middle of a forest in California, and this is one of my favorite things to share with people because it is so opposite the stereotype. Also regarding my living situation, I...well, let's just get out with it. I live in a commune. In an effort to decrease world suck, we take in homeless people for various amounts of time and do volunteer work throughout our little community.

Moving right along, nothing to see here...

In May I'll graduate from a state university with a degree in Liberal Studies (a.k.a. elementary education) and Special Education, and then start work in after school and in-home programs for kids with disabilities.

When I'm not doing copious amounts of homework, I enjoy knitting and baking, and do so with moderate success. I also draw, paint, sew, and cook with...well, markedly less success. But that's okay :)

My particular brand of nerdfighting involves Doctor Who, Merlin, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate Universe, crafty-ness/cooking (as mentioned above), history and writing, and an obsession with all things English (not just for the accents, but they don't hurt!).

Other than that I'm...

Well, I'm just a kid, who's looking forward to getting know the rest of these lovely girls.

Introducing: Katie

Hi!  I'm Katie, often known as kteelee on the internet.  I'm 21 and I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, although I'm actually from a more rural area of the province.  I've spent four years in Halifax for university.  I go to a small liberal arts school which is basically like Hogwarts but without the magic.  I study French and Early Modern Studies (to save you asking: philosophy, literature, history, etc. from about the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries).  In a few months I'll be graduating, which is terrifying, and next year I'm going to law school, which is also terrifying (things I wish people didn't know about me: I spend a lot of my time being terrified).

Outside of school, I'm a member of a local swing dance society, which is so much fun!  It's one of my absolute favourite things ever.  I also take minutes for my student union, which is really interesting, but not very fun.  I play piano and clarinet, although not particularly well any more due to lack of practice in the past couple years.  Aside from that, I enjoy reading, writing, baking, knitting, watching Disney movies, and trying to get caught up on Doctor Who.

As for what I'm doing in my life right now, I've been working on my honours thesis, which is about missionaries in seventeenth century New France, but I won't bore you with too many details on that.  I'm also in the process of choosing which of the law schools I applied to I'm actually going to go to next year.  Those two things have been taking up most of my time recently, but pretty soon they'll be done with and I'll have time to think about other things again.

I think that's it for me.  I'm looking forward to hearing about the rest of you soon!