User Profile

I'm Shannon, 28, from Texas. This is a new LJ for me, but I'm not new to the LJ world. I was formerly known as brighid0704, but decided it was time for a change.

I'm a lesbian, and have been with the same wonderful woman since January of 2001. In fact, she's what brought me to Texas. Originally, I'm from Michigan, and my family still lives there.

I'm a grad student, working on a master's in social work. I'm in my last year of grad school, which is a huge relief, since I'm way burned out. Once I'm done, I hope to get a job working with the chronically mentally ill. Psychological stuff has always interested me. My undergrad degrees are in psychology and vocal performance..

I have some mental illnesses of my own. I battle agoraphobia and anorexia. Caroline, the lovely retrievador, who works as my guide dog, also assists with my panic attacks, which helps me out immensely.

I have a guide dog, so that means I'm blind, totally blind. I have been since birth, and, really, it's no big deal. I do like to make sure that my friends and I have more than blindness in common.

Caroline is my second guide dog, and I love her dearly. She's nearly five years old, and came from GDF in New York.

I love animals. Besides Caroline, Susan and I share our home with Winter Solstice, the gray and white feline who rules the roost, and Sierra, a snuggly guinea pig, whom we both adore.

I'm Pagan. My particular path is known as feminist dianic witchcraft. I'm a tarot reader, and I love working with stones. Lepidolite and Smokey Quartz are my favorites, although I work with tons of other stones as well. I respect the religious views of others, so would appreciate the same courtesy.

I'm an avid reader. I'll read anything except Christian fiction, self-help books, and horror. Everything else is fair game.

Music is a particular passion of mine. I've been classically trained since age 11. I enjoy many genres of music, with folk being my particular favorite.

So, that's a bit about me. Feel free to add me, if you were on my flist before, or, if you'd like to get to know me. However, please bear in mind that, if all you do is link to your twitter account, I'm not likely to add you back. Twitter makes me crazy. Also, I do talk about some pretty personal things in my journal (relationship issues, mental illness, witchcraft, etc.) If this bothers you, you probably won't want to add me.

I've been receiving a lot of suspicious adds of late. So, if your profile contains next to no information about you, and if you have hundreds of friends, but very few comments or entries, I'm not likely to add you back. Therefore, don't even bother with adding me in the first place. Everyone else, who is legitimately looking to get to know people, feel free to add away. I love meeting new people.