Whiskers of the Kat

More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About the Real Me. . .

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    *waves* Par dessu, teezel! My RL name is Katherine, but my most common online name is Naia Zifu. Yup yup, I'm the one who writes all those fics :-) . . . and needs to get off my lazy bum and write more, I know. . . *sweatdrops* Still, it's fun being a minor Internet celebrity.

    I'm afraid I'm not much to look at IRL; I'm quite short (about 5'1"), and I'm still working on losing weight, though I am much better than I was. I have short, currently natural brown hair (the style still varies by whim, but I haven't dyed it much lately :-( ). My eyes are grey but can look blue, green, or any combination of the three. I have bad eyesight, but can function unaided, though it causes more headaches if I do. I prefer contact lenses because of an irrational childhood fear that people think I'm ugly or nerdy if I'm seen in glasses, but my eyes have a hard time with contacts lately, so I can't wear them like I used to :-( . I usually wear jeans and t-shirts (many of which have childish or novelty prints), platform shoes, boots, or sneakers, and I love my tacky jewellery. I have three earrings in the left ear and one in the right, and usually wear either earrings in all, or sometimes one gold hoop in the left (like Haruka-sama ^_^ ). I actually own a few skirts now, but only 'cause I was bored of having little else but jeans to wear. It still feels really weird for me to be wearing one -_- . I usually wear no make-up exceept maybe lip gloss, unless it's a special occasion. When my real hair is being evil I'll sometimes wear wigs.

    My personality is usually shy and reserved, but around friends I can be the opposite! I'm usually pretty nice, but can seem snobby at times because there are certain cliques I look down upon (trendoids, clueless dubbies, and religious fanatics, for example). I don't talk much IRL because I have a hard time expressing myself verbally, but in writing it's hard to make me shut up (like now, for instance!). I can be pedantic, but more often I'm like an absent-minded klutz :-P . I'm usually pretty patient and even-tempered, but when I do get angry or impatient I curse and argue way too much. I hate being so emotional and sensitive, and so easy to cry; I consider it a sign of feminine weakness. I hate femininity and all the stereotypes of what "normal" girls are meant to be, and wish I could be more androgynous instead. If asked to sum up my personality in a word, I'd have to say "contradictory", because I don't just make an exception to every rule, I am the exception to every rule! But if you're willing to put up with my eccentricities, I can be a fun and very loyal friend.

    I have a lot of depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and low self-esteem, as well as the occasional anxiety attack and some phobias. I also think I might be slightly autistic because I have such a hard time expressing myself in speech, seldom address people by name, hate being touched without permission, have a lot of repetitive nervous habits, and seldom make eye contact with others.

    My favourite colour is blue (especially turquoise and navy), with current runner-up purple (especially lavender and amethyst). My current favourite foods are grilled chicken, green apples, salads, and sweet potatoes. I still haven't gotten over my love of chocolate, though, and am still weak against baked goods -_-;;; . Some movies I like are Cube, Labyrinth, The Princess Bride, Amelie, Silence of the Lambs, and Nobody Knows but overall best are low-budget science-fiction, fantasy, or horror. . . the cheesier, the better! Some shows I like are "Heroes", "Andromeda", most any crime or forensics show, various PBS shows (especially "NOVA", "Secrets of the Dead", and "History Detectives"), "Gargoyles", "Cybersix", "Forever Knight", "Pretender", and "Profiler". Some anime I like include "Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon", "Macross" in almost any incarnation, "Monster", "Bakuretsu Tenshi" (Jo is almost as sugoi as Haruka-sama!), "Ouran Koukou Host Club", and "Futari wa Pretty Cure". My favourite music is non-English pop (especially Japanese or Vietnamese), and old music from the '50s and '60s. I'm very picky about my likes, though, so just because something is a genre I like doesn't mean I'll automaticaly love it.

    I don't believe in gods. I think the universe formed by chance, life evolved on its own over millions of years, and nothing is preordained; everything that happens is a result of a specific sequence of events and choices that led up to it. I believe in reincarnation, however, because it doesn't make sense for all the souls in the world to be used only once; the world likes to recycle things (like the water cycle, or how dead things decay into soil), so it makes sense souls would be used again, too. Whether people can come back as animals, or vice-versa, I dunno, because the souls of people and animals seem so different.

    I believe in ghosts because I've seen and spoken to them, but I don't think every noncorporeal being we see or speak to is a ghost (some might be people from other dimensions or realities, or something else entirely). I believe in aliens because it doesn't make sense for there to be billions of planets out there and life on only one. However, I think the chance of life as we know it on any planet we'll ever reach is slim; life on other planets may not be humanoid, or even carbon-based! Whether aliens have visited here, I'd like to think so (because I may have seen UFOs), but I can't be sure. I believe in psychic powers because I've known people who had them, even though I have little aptitude myself :-( . I believe Atlantis did exist (though not necessarily as Plato described), but I don't know if we'll ever find proof, since it's been beaten and corroded in the ocean the last 10,000 years. I even believe some monsters and legendary creatures might exist, since there are still places on our world we haven't fully explored. Remember, pandas were mythical, too, until we found them!

    Other miscellaneous notes: I'm left-handed, but I don't write the hook way because I taught myself to write and learned it strangely.     My astrological sign is Aquarius, which I fit so closely it's uncanny, and my Chinese sign is the Rabbit, which I don't fit as well, maybe because I was a few days away from being a Dragon instead. My blood group is. . . well, I've been told I'm "probably" A, and it's the profile I fit most, so I'll go with it unless I find out otherwise. Although I think some people of either gender are attractive, I'm only interested in relationships with girls. My usual "types" are tomboys and ethnic girls, especially Asian. In non-Asian girls, the facial feature I like best is big, brown "puppy eyes"! But really, I just like puppy eyes in general, as the males I see as attractive generally have those, too. *shrugs* Oh, and I definitely love short-haired girls. . . fits in with the "tomboy" thing, you see, as well as my contempt for the "normal" societal expectations of women. I really don't see long hair as being pretty or sexy at all. My main hobbies are writing, drawing, watching too much television, and computering too much. My pets are two grey doves (they're doves, damn it! not pigeons!) named Boo and Eek, a cat named Poopie, and her kittens named Puck and Mercutio. There was another kitten named Miranda who disappeared, and we're still not sure if he's okay or not, or if we'll ever see him again :-( . My biggest idol of the moment is Jeanne D'arc (again. . . I've had an off and on fascination all my life) because she was left-handed like me, dressed and wore her hair like a man (the original tomboy?), because she was such a brave and skilled general, and I admire her blind faith and dedication. Though I'm not religious, I admire those traits in her, maybe because I'm too cynical to be like that myself. I want to learn as much about her as I can, in hopes one day I'll be even half the woman she was.

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