A little bit about myself...my real name is Rachel, and I share my middle name, last name, and first initial with my paternal grandmother. And I'm a 100% Dutch, third-generation American.
Whenever people ask me what I want to be when I grow up, I always just tell them "a high school history teacher," because my real plans are so complex they can't be explained very quickly. I want to teach high school history for a few years, but get my PhD and teach college history. But I also would like to run for public office here in the states - a small-town mayor or state representative, or something. But I would also like to work for the National Park Service - Ranger Rachel! :D ...And I'd like to get married and have a big family, too, so. We'll see.
I have a book complex - no matter how boring and not what I thought the book in question was going to be, I have to finish reading it. It's a matter of pride.
I like nerdy, fannish things - Narnia, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Merlin, Call of Duty, Lewis and Clark...the list goes on and on.
I'm a northern redneck at heart - though I basically was raised completely in the suburbs of Chicago, my family is from the boondocks of western Michigan. They hunt deer, drive pickup trucks, and shoot off fireworks in their front yard - I belong in that world so much more than in the politically correct and well-groomed avenues of suburban Chicago.
Speaking of political correctness, I'm of the Jacksonian form of conservativeness - "My country's the best, global opinion be damned." :)
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on 2010-07-19 05:46 pm (UTC)A little bit about myself...my real name is Rachel, and I share my middle name, last name, and first initial with my paternal grandmother. And I'm a 100% Dutch, third-generation American.
Whenever people ask me what I want to be when I grow up, I always just tell them "a high school history teacher," because my real plans are so complex they can't be explained very quickly. I want to teach high school history for a few years, but get my PhD and teach college history. But I also would like to run for public office here in the states - a small-town mayor or state representative, or something. But I would also like to work for the National Park Service - Ranger Rachel! :D ...And I'd like to get married and have a big family, too, so. We'll see.
I have a book complex - no matter how boring and not what I thought the book in question was going to be, I have to finish reading it. It's a matter of pride.
I like nerdy, fannish things - Narnia, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Merlin, Call of Duty, Lewis and Clark...the list goes on and on.
I'm a northern redneck at heart - though I basically was raised completely in the suburbs of Chicago, my family is from the boondocks of western Michigan. They hunt deer, drive pickup trucks, and shoot off fireworks in their front yard - I belong in that world so much more than in the politically correct and well-groomed avenues of suburban Chicago.
Speaking of political correctness, I'm of the Jacksonian form of conservativeness - "My country's the best, global opinion be damned." :)
Oh, and I'm a sucker for detective shows.