People who are 30

My paternal grandmother raised 9 kids through the depression, ran a household, and had side jobs to try to feed everyone. She made all their clothes until they were 12 & considered old enough to run their own traplines (fur). She had to give up one daughter to distant relatives in the city. She loved, respected, and was respected by, her husband every day of their married lives. She saw 2 of her sons die young, and sent all but one of the rest into war to be able to use the GI bill to go to school if they came back: they all came back. She grew roses and apple trees. She sang and played organ and piano. She was disowned for marrying my grandfather.

and she was a helluva woman.

female

My goal for so long was to graduate and get a job- and I have.

and now I'm tired.

I worked my way through 4 degrees and have no college loans.

I take back the night 365 nights a year.

AL

I don't have time for hobbies.

again, not my fav question- not limited to:
- Brokeback Mt (every notice how it's really about the tragedy of living in the country?)
- Merchant of Venice
- But, I'm a Cheerleader!
- Amateur (Hal Hartley, Not The Amateur)

currently, & not limited to:
Assemblage 23, Neuroticfish, Qntal, Delerium, Dead Can Dance, Depeche Mode, Cure, Bauhause, Legendary Pink Dots, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Pet Shop Boys, XTC

Le Rhinoceros, Eugene Ionesco
Crime & Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevski
Les Justes, Albert Camus
Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkein

(generally, I get cranky at being asked this question- I'm trying to play nice here)