The ruler of her own world…

Urban Dictionary tells me that the definition for Michelle is one of the following choices:

  • Like God (this is closest to the actual meaning, it is supposed to be ‘who is like God’, and is of French origin).
  • Flirtatious and having astounding sex appeal by nature. Attention whore. Gregarious and very social.
  • A shot of pineapple flavoured rum mixed with 6oz Red Bull and served over ice.

Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your point of view), I am none of these things. I’m not like God, I’m not flirtatious or have astounding sex appeal. I’m not an attention whore, I’m not overly social and nor am I an alcoholic drink. That being said, it’s time to move onto exactly what, and who, I am.

I was born in Canada so my nationality is automatically Canadian. I’m the youngest with two older sisters, so that would brand me as the baby of the family. I’m a friend, a daughter, a cousin, a niece. I’m a best friend, a writer, a collector, a graphic and web designer. I’m shy, I’m confident, I’m happy and sad all at the same time. I’m a walking contradiction. I get happy over silly things, I refuse to cry at the drop of a hat and never over spilled milk. I eat, I breathe, I sleep. I’m human, I’m a girl, I’m emotional, I put up emotional barriers. I get angry, I get upset and I laugh.

I’ve lived in Canada my entire life. My house is not an igloo, I don’t have snow year-round where I live, I don’t have a dog sled team and nor do I know any polar bears, arctic hares, arctic foxes or seals on a first name basis. I know how to use a bow and arrow, but have never gone hunting with it. I have never been on a snowmobile, gone skiing or snowboarding. I have built snow forts, snowmen and snow penguins. I have made snow angels and stumbled when trying to get out of my imprint in the snow. I also live in the province of British Columbia, where I also live in a temperate rain forest. That means the winters aren’t nearly as cold as you think, I don’t get as much snow as Canada is rumoured to receive and I enjoy spring and summer. I love most of the seasons, as long as there isn’t that much rain. I love flowers and always look forward to spring and summer when there’s flowers in bloom. I particularly like daisies.

I’m a university student in the Faculty of Science. I plan on graduating by June 2012 with a degree a BN (Bachelor of Nursing) or a BSc (Bachelor of Science) in Evolutionary Biology. My back up plan used to be marine biology, but it has since changed after a newly sparked interest in evolution.

I have been doing web/graphic design since 1999 but never became very serious about it until 2003, when I was first hosted on someone’s domain. I got my first domain in March of 2004 and my second in June of 2004. Imaginary Sunshine is my third domain (registered in October 2007) after spending about a year without a domain/website.

I have participated in National Novel Writing Month in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The goal of the event is to write a minimum 50,000 word novel in the time period of November (30 days). It’s quite doable if you think of it in a daily word count (1,666.66667 words a day). I am planning on participating every year, from 2005 onward, and I love writing.

I have this crazy habit of applying for multiple fanlistings at a time and then end up with a backlog of like four or five that are all due at once. I use Photoshop CS3 and I love the program. I also use Notepad for coding, LeechFTP for my ftp client and I’m absolutely crap at putting up new layouts on a regular basis. I love writing blog entries as I have (at the time of writing) four that I keep on a semi-regular basis.