Biography
Courtney
(also known as: Muse, Beautysmuse, Quartz, Court, Munchkin, Baby [only the boy gets to call me that], Princess) I'm always jealous when people have really cool nicknames. 'Courtney' doesn't shorten very well.
Born
December 17th, 1981. During a blizzard, actually. Maybe that's why I love the winter.
New Jersey
is where I grew up. I was born in NY state, but I always think of NJ as 'home.' I lived in San Diego for a couple of years, too, and now I'm in a small town in Indiana. Only for the duration od college, though. After that, I'm out.
Educated
2000: graduated High School. I hated it so much, I didn't even go to my graduation.
2009: scheduled to graduate from BSU with a BFA in drawing (unless I get sidetracked).
Loves
Book, books, above all, books. Also, red wine, shrimp, audiobooks, Pride and Prejudice, good food, Lord of the Rings, sewing, regency clothing, Elizabethan England, King Arthur legends, tea, garlic stuffed olives, knitting, ivy, photoshop, red hair, jewelry making, spinning yarn, sumptuous furnishings, good chocolate, joss whedon, drawing, comics (make mine Marvel), Star Wars, Nick
100 Things
1. I can curl my tongue
2. I can flip it over both ways, too.
3. I wear glasses.
4. I like my glasses.
5. I don't own contact lenses.
6. I am tall.
7. Josh calls me an Amazon.
8. I like to draw.
9. Josh says I am good at drawing.
10. I have not seen snow in two years.
11. I look forward to snow this year.
12. I hate California.
13. I hate Mike Swann, the reason I hate California.
14. I love NIck, the reason I left California.
15. I don't like George Bush.
16. I didn't like Bill Clinton.
17. I am a libertarian.
18. I would like to be a librarian.
19. I love books.
20. My favorite genre is fantasy.
21. I read Star Trek novels every once in a while.
22. I love cheesy sci-fi, too.
23. I watch old-school anime.
24. My favorite anime is Read or Die.
25. My first anime was Robotech, generation one.
26. I admire people who cosplay.
27. I want to cosplay.
28. I am a closet gothic lolita lover.
29. I love corsets.
30. I don't like the color orange.
31. I have kissed a girl.
32. I have kissed more then one.
33. Most were at a party.
34. Ev is a good kisser.
35. I miss being a muse.
36. I have had my heart broken.
37. Not by a girl.
38. I like to bellydance.
39. But not often in public.
40. I looooove henna.
41. My favorite designs are traditional Indian.
42. I don't have any piercings.
43. Or tatoos.
44. I am not a vegetarian.
45. In fact, I love venison.
46. My birthday is on Saturnalia.
47. I am Pagan.
48. I love my boyfriend.
49. I have few regrets.
50. I love Renaissance Festivals.
51. I love Pennsic.
52. I like foreign films.
53. Japanese culture holds a great fascination for me.
54. Except the seppuku over failing grades.
55. I love children.
56. I want two of them.
57. I will be a college student this semester.
58. I will never join a sorority.
59. I love cheesy 80's movies.
60. Especially ones with Matthew Broderick or Molly Ringwald in them.
61. I've seen Jay and Silent Bob, in person.
62. I want to meet Amber Benson.
63. I'm five degrees from Kevin Bacon.
64. I have a friend who knows thirteen languages.
65. I know how to get myself in trouble in seven languages.
68. I've always had boyfriends olfer then I.
69. Nick is only three months older than I.
70. I like staying up late.
71. I dislike getting up early.
72. Sometimes I read bad fan-fiction.
73. Sometimes I write bad fan-fiction.
74. I like to get tipsy, but I hate to get drunk.
75. I've never had a hangover.
76. I've been drunk enough that I should have.
77. I like cats better than dogs.
78. I like the way French sounds.
79. I love the way German sounds, too.
80. I have a thing for all British accents.
81. I don't have a sister.
82. I have two brothers instead.
83. I feel gypped.
84. I sleep in a queen sized bed.
85. I don't think I could sleep in anything smaller again.
86. I still play pretend.
87. I don't own a car.
88. My last car was a Jetta.
89. I keep a diary.
90. I don't write in it every day.
91. I love wild raspberries.
92. I want to go to New Zealand.
93. I wish I was an Elf.
94. I want to get married in a white dress.
95. My favorite singer is Ani DiFranco.
96. I love the color green.
97. I've never seen American Idol.
98. And I never want to.
99. I like broccoli.
100. I am not a virgin.