Who is Nat?

This is my ego inflating page were I talk about how interesting and wonderful I am. :)

Photo taken Christmas '95

Those oh so vital physical stats........

Whew, glad that's done! Basically I'm just a gal whose working on her BSc in Physics and working at the same time. The centre of my world is hubby(the guy in red). This doesn't mean I let him run my life, it's more a like a binary star, we orbit around each other. He has a BA Honours History and is looking to get his Masters.

Physically, I try to lead an active lifestyle. I love swimming, downhill & cross-country skiing, canoeing, cycling, and camping. Now by camping I mean bringing along a tent, back-pack, sleeping bag & not much else. I'm neither the hard-core "all I take is a knife" person nor the 5th wheel trailor park junkie. Oh, by the way, I hate running. This could be because I suck at it, but everytime I feel like running I sit down 'til the feeling goes away. :)

On the hobby side of the house, I write my own songs and twiddle away at the guitar. I play piano, the pennywhistle and violin on the side. I love music, buy alot of CD's and visit the On-Line Guitar Archive(OLGA) constantly. My favorite artists are Tracy Chapmen, Tori Amos, Ani Difranco, Leonard Cohen... the list goes on & on. Basically if it has acoustic guitar or lyrics that touch my soul, I love it.

I also sketch whenever I have a pen in hand. Mostly women with a sci-fi or fantasy theme. I think comic books are works of art but I also like Monet, De Vinci, and The Group of Seven.

I have several flaws: addiction to caffeine, a load of cut-to-the-quick sarcasm, a VERY loud laugh( I actualy throw my head back and laugh like a cartoon villain), a Betty Rubble giggle, a sagging self-image, a flash-point temper, a constant sex overdrive....I always tell people I'm hard to get along with, this is to scare away the faint of heart. Last but not least, I either love people or hate'em and vice-versa.

Right now I'm trying to tend to my spirit. I sort of left it by the wayside for several years and it needs the attention. I'm dabbling in YOGA, meditation, Paganism, and herbalism to find my own path to balance and inner peace.

One thing I've learned by turning my focus inward is that each of us are infinately intricate. I hardly know myself, let alone begin to understand others. And how quick I judge people when I can assign a label to them, no thought required. I think my greatest challenge is to overcome this tendancy and look at the individual, try to see the many facets of their personality.