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The Typist Behind defox
The first time i went to university, i majored in Broadcasting & Film, minored in Journalism
and Public Relations .... all of that is obsolete now, kids in grade school are able to do more fancy stuff with
their home computer with Word and PhotoShop than we were in the low tech days of splicing 8mm and layouts on light boards,
i actually paid for a Lotus 1-2-3 course - back in the day.
Some time after that i went through a year-long Montessori training program to teach pre-schoolers,
and even later, took courses and became licensed in both massage therapy and reflexology.
A few years later i went back to college and majored in Psychology specializing in PTSD and
EMDR; volunteered at Synergy House for runaways at Park College Campus and the Ronald McDonald House at K.U Campus; worked
in counselling and as a child advocate in the judicial system and with a "Safe House" for battered women.
I am a proud drop-out of Mensa - the so-called privilege of hanging out with a bunch of snobby folks
trying to outdo each other's "brilliance" and eccentricities? No, thank you.
Since then i've lived overseas for ten years, ran several small businesses, including a partnership
in a physical fitness center, owned and operated a small store selling lingerie, bathing suits (in season), bath
and beauty aids, and adult toys. Thanks to the lovely tax laws in this country, since moving back to the U.S. i've had
to hold the basics together the best i can by selling online. Currently i am experimenting with different website styles for
this venue.
My Real Life Qualifications - Panthergirl
"Don't Talk the Talk If You Can't
Walk the Walk"
1983-1984 Participated in Boulder Outdoor Survival School
(BOSS):
(The following is an excerpt from the original course outline)
"Primitive Living Skills provides a solid
foundation in the basic traditional survival skills, from fire to shelters to tools. Instruction is intense and hands-on ...Shelter: Campsite selection; Single person shelters: tarps, lean-to's, lodges, Sleeping
warmly, ...Friction Fires: Bow drill, hand drill, fire-plough, fire saw ...Water: Finding & Purifying, Conserving & Containing...Food:
Edible & Medicinal plants...Hunting: Trapping, Tracking & Other Options...Tools:: Rabbitsticks, Rocks, & Slings...Lithics:
Turning rocks into knives... " The second week of Primitive Living Skills begins with a Solo Phase.
Placed in your own solo site, putting your skills to the test and enjoying some solitude."
1993-1995
- Individual Courses i've taken:
Flintknapping Pathway -
Learned to make cutting edges from stone by making my own tools for flintknapping. Learned how to find
quality usable stone, how to treat the stone, how to knap the stone and haft the blade.
Hidetanning Pathway
- Learned the technique of brain-tanning buckskin and making rawhide. Learned how to make the tools needed such as hide scrapers
and bone awls. Used the finished buckskin to produce a a pouch, moccasins, larger buckskin used for clothing. The
rawhide was used for a variety of projects. Sewing was done with lacing and sinew.
Primitive
Pottery Pathway - Learned how to find and collect raw clay, process it, make clay vessels, and
firing them in an open fire.
Real Life Martial Arts and Sparring Experience
- Studied Bushidokan-style martial arts 3 years.
- CMSU Karate Team
- Studied Ryukyu Kempo martial arts and weapons,
5 years, specializing in tonfa and bo, various State Tournaments.
- Four Model Mugging Training Weekends training against
single unarmed, single armed, and multiple assailant(s).
- Society for Creative Anachronism
(S.C.A) sparring and fighting, single combat, group melees, tournaments; using
two short swords (duct tape wrapped rattan) Saracen-style, black leather studded scale mail
- Currently practicing Tai
Chi Chuan daily and continue to work out regularly with bo and tonfa katas.
* Participated in two Women's Triathlon and two Women's Half-Triathlon. No, i didn't do
well enough to place, but i did finish each one. *
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What can i say? i have a vast array of interests, am as constantly curious as a child, and will
never cease being awed by the wonders and beautiful things of this world.
Real-Life Interests
circuses, outdoor theatre, museums,
Anasazi and Hopi culture, kachinas, archaeology,
camping, wilderness hiking,
Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side,
illusions, Mardi Gras, the electric light parade at DisneyWorld,
M-theory, chaos theory, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence,
people watching,
carnivorous plants, pinball, the smell of leather,
martial arts (weapons and sparring)
tonfa, bo, archery (compound bow, S.C.A. longbow), fencing, knives
creating, writing, psychology,
Greek philosophy/mythology,
Social Darwinism, Thai food,
jigsaw puzzles, carosel animals;
BDSM & Gorean Master/slave-Dominant/submissive interests
Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA),
player pianos and nickolodeons, 1940's-50's jukeboxes
logic, philosophy, classical horror in literature and film,
large dogs-exotic cats-ferrets-reptiles,
being alone or with my Master outside under the stars,
Esperanto, home schooling
((i can be bribed with: Smarties candy, Tootsie Pops, Hershey's Kisses, Russel
Stovers chocolates (especially maple cream and caramel!))
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