Oh sure why not? I normally don’t go for the personal stuff on forums but I like you all.
My real name is Jacquelyn–that’s Jacquelyn, not Jac or Jacqi or Jackie or any other derivation. 😆 I’ve always been pretty picky about that. I’m 26 and from Ohio where I’ve lived most of my life. I did a two year stint in Philadelphia after I graduated with my BA but mostly a Buckeye girl. I’m currently wrapping up my Masters program in Comparative Religion. While I ground myself in the ancient world of Greece and Rome and its connection to early Christian literature, my main emphasis is on story telling, specifically how cultures tell their stories after they’ve had contact with outsider or conquerors. (that sounds really fancy but honestly it’s just a way for me to read a lot of mythology). I work a lot with sources not found in the New Testament. I read Greek and Latin, so I spend an unholy amount of time translating documents that people honestly don’t care about (if I sound bitter it’s because I’m at the end of the program and oh goodness I just want my degree).
Various passions outside of ONCE include Doctor Who. I’ve been a Whovian since around the first year of the 10th Doctor and became so enamored of it that I began this really long foray into the classic stuff and several years later I can talk about both the classic and the modern Who with some authority (and in case anyone was wondering: 10th Doctor is my favorite followed by 4 and then 11 and 2). Other than being a Oncer and a Whovian, I read a lot of books. Lately, I’ve been getting back into the world of young adult supernatural and/or distopia (love me some distopia) series because in the wake of the Hunger Games they are everywhere. Highly recommend the Divergent series by Veronica Roth and the Mortal Instrument series by Cassandra Clare. Also, if you’re looking for all around good fantasy, you can’t go wrong with Neil Gaiman. Outside of fantasy, I read (and re-read) a lot of John Green.
Let’s see..I did books and tv…so here is a small list of things I tell people during “get to know people” games
1) I spent two summers in Egypt on archaeological dig. Yes, I saw the pyramids and the Sphinx. I also took a boat trip on the Nile and ate a goat (tasted a little bit like chicken).
1a) Also spent two weeks in England and I secretly believe that I was supposed to be born British.
2) I never wear the same color socks. I think a society that tells me I need to wear matching socks when I always wear jeans and sneakers is slowly turning us all into soulless automatons and I refuse to kowtow to the machine!
3) I listen to a lot of very loud punk/rock/”emo” music (I hate the term emo but I find if I say it people generally know what I’m talking about). Favorite band: My Chemical Romance, until the day I die (I’ve left explicit instructions with friends and family that I am to be buried in one of my MCR shirts).
4) I have a bunny (if you listened to the podcast I co-hosted with Daniel after Lacey, this is why my Twitter name is Punk_Bunny_87; I saw some people wondering in the chat that night). Her name is Cinnabun and she is a (almost) 2 year old mini lop. She’s also spoiled. (I think I’ll include a picture because she’s telling me I should).
I think that’s it, except a bunny picture of course.
