Name: Emily
Online names: Lady Palpatine, Luminara
Nicknames: Em, Emmilou, Emsters (only from Jason:op)
Age: 23
Birthdate: November 4
Sign: Double Scorpio - both my sun and moon were in scorpio.
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
School: University of Cincinnati, Raymond Walters College
Studying: Liberal Arts< br /> What I plan to do: Something in the field of Environmental or Informal Education. I want to teach, but I have no desire to teach in a school. Or Paleopathology, if I can stand to do that much school. Job: Geology and Paleontology Specialist at the Cincinnati Museum Center

APPEARANCE
- hair: Dark auburn.
- height: 5'10
- weight: About 130
- figure: Slender. (wow, I sound like a Mary Sue)

STYLE
- clothing: Dress for comfort - Lots of hippyish/elvish leaning clothes.
- music: Classic rock, classical, Indie, Celtic, folk. I love almost all music.
- makeup: Don't like it. Don't wear it.
- body art: Ears and belly button pierced. Occasionally I'll henna my hands, arms and feet.

RIGHT NOW
- wearing: khakis and an ugly shirt. Yay for work uniforms.
- music: My random Rhapsody mix.
- thinking of: Star Wars (1 week!)
- feeling: Content

LAST THING YOU...
- bought: Chocolate ice cream from the Rookwood ice cream parlour.
- did: added trim to a bodice.
- read: The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins. Good book, but a long read.
- watched on tv: Grey's Anatomy I'm a shameless addict.

EITHER / OR - club or house party: House party
- tea or coffee: Both. Strong.
- high achiever or easy-going: Depends on the context.
- cats or dogs: Both, plus snakes, tortoises, bats, rats and hedgehogs and birds of prey.
- single or taken: Single
- pen or pencil: Pen.
- gloves or mittens: Gloves. I can't look at mittens without picturing those anti-masterbation devices made for infants in Victorian times.
- food or candy: Both. I like edible things.
- cassette or cd: mp3s.
- snuff or cigarettes: Neither.
- coke or pepsi: Coke (+ rum), if I have to pick one.
- matches or a lighter: Matches
- sunset beach or the bold and the beautiful: Neither, thank you. Fandom is enough of a soap opera for me.
- rickie lake or oprah winfrey: Neither. Diane Reames!

WHO DO YOU WANT TO...
- kill: No one, let's all be happy little bunnies and sit around doing sing-a-longs in fields of flowers.
- hear from: Jason or Chris. They're always a joy to talk to.
- look like: Catherine Zeta Jones. ::drools:: Or Natalie Portman. < br /> - be like: Margaret Mead!

FAVORITE
- food: Too much to choose from. Mom's green minestrone soup, mom's blueberry pie; P.F. Chang's ma po tofu
- drink: Strawberry daiquiris. Sylk
- color: dark red,
- album: Over the Rhine - "Ohio" and "Drunkard's Prayer"; Pink Floyd - "Dark Side of the Moon" .
- shoes: My trusty black boots and my plaid chucks.
- site: Mine.;o), Nightly.net
- song: "All I need is Everything", "Spark", miscellaneous others by Over the Rhine;
- vegetable: Artichokes, eggplant
- fruit: avocado, mango


LAST
- last movie you saw: The Two Towers
- last movie you saw on the big screen: Prisoner of Azkaban at the Imax in N.C. Do Omnimax movies count? If so, Powers of Nature.
- last phone number you called: Not really sure. I don't use the phone much.
- last thing you had to drink: Water
- last thing you ate: spinach feta pie.
- last time you showered: this morning.
- last time you cried: Don't know.
- last time you smiled: I smile most of the time.
- last time you laughed: Sometime today.
- last person you hugged: Myrtis
- last person you kissed: Jordan
- last thing you said: I'm singing along to Joan Baez's "Who do you think I am?"
- last person you talked to online: Jason and Danny, NaNo kids.
last thing you smelled: My hair smells good.

DO YOU...
- smoke: Hell no. I like to smell good.
- do drugs: Nope. I'm one of those people that everyone says "I never want to see you on drugs" to.
- sleep with stuffed animals: Yep, a Starlight whom I've had since I was 5.
- have a crush: Usually.
- have a boyfriend/girlfriend: No.
- have a dream that keeps coming back: Many. The main one right now is of Martin Sheen being elected president. Politics need to stop.
- play an instrument: Clarinet, percussion, but never mastered the recorder.
- believe there is life on other planets: "If there isn't, then what a waste of space." words of great wisdom from Carl Sagan.
- read the newspaper: If it's around.
- have any gay or lesbian friends: Yes.
- believe in miracles: Don't know.
- believe it's possible to remain faithful forever: Yes.
- consider yourself tolerant of others: I try to be, I don't always succeed, but I do try.
- consider police a friend or foe: Friend.
- like the taste of alcohol: Mmm, alcohol.
- have a favorite Stooge: Bleh.

DO YOU
- believe in astrology: Not really, but I enjoy playing with it- making birth charts for friends, reading horoscopes.
- believe in magic: Life itself is magic. Don't think I can really discount anything else from happening.
- pray: In my own way, yes.
- go to church: Organized religion and I don't always get along too well.
- have any secrets: Yep. No life shattering ones, but little ones. Don't we all?
- have any pets: Yep, three cats, a dog, two turtles and a little brother.
- go to or plan to go to college: Yep, probably forever. I like school. So much better than reality.
- have a degree: Nope. I'm working on one (or two or three).
- talk to strangers who instant message you: If they don't use net speak, then yes. Try it and see. My AIM is Domina Meridia.
- wear hats: Nope, but I want a fedora.
- have any piercings: Ears and belly button.
- have any tattoos: Nope. But I'm considering getting Phedre's marque on my back.
- hate yourself: I like myself quite a bit. I have some things that could definitely be changed for the better, but in general I have an enormous amount of self esteem.
- wish on stars: Yeah.
- like your handwriting: I've worked hard to make it to the point that I like it.
- believe in witches: Yes. Do you believe in Christians?
- believe in Satan: In a very Sandman-esque way. I like the idea of a Satan who's just sort of stuck in his role and isn't really an ultimate evil, he's just doing his job. But then again, I'm mostly agnostic, so your mileage may vary.
- believe in ghosts: Not in my head.
- trust others easily: Depends on the situation. I'm always willing to give people the benefit of the doubt.
- like sarcasm: Ya think?
- take walks in the rain: Yep!
- kiss with your eyes closed: Mmm.
- sing in the shower: Yep, I also sing in the car, while walking to class, alone in my room, to other people, to the cats, to the snakes (and yes I'm aware that they have no ears).

Collections: Sandman paraphernalia, Action figures from Lord of the Rings and Star Wars; costumes; miniature lightsabers; plot bunnies; alternate personalities; books

Places I'd like to travel to: Italy! Trinidad (to see Risa), Back to St. Pete, New Orleans, England, China, Egypt, everywhere really.

Favorite artists: The expressionists and surrealists. Especially Georgia O'Keefe, Frieda Kahlo, Dali

Favorite Authors: Neil Gaiman; Margaret Atwood; Anne Bishop; Lois McMaster Bujold; Carl Sagan; J.K. Rowling; Terry Pratchett;