TarmaHartley

Historia Est Vitae Magistra: History Is The Tutor Of Life.

*The cranky/crabby/nasty/snarky/crotchety/procrastinating/Type 2 diabetic/miserable old History buff now 175 pounds lighter. :D *
Head and Head Wiseacre of The Ways And Means It Committee. :D

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An unrepentant Child of the 80's! :)

Age: 50

Marital Status: Bisexual female married very happily for 19 years.

Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Chinese Zodiac Sign: Monkey (Figures. :p )

Favourite Seasons: Fall & Winter

Nickname: The Professor [My sister gave me this nickname years ago and I still can't figure out if it's an insult or a compliment! :D ]

Present Location: Maine, USA

Country of Birth & Previous Residence: Canada

Odd Tarma Fact #1: I find the sound a piano makes when it crashes to the ground to be hysterically funny.

Likes: Time spent with my husband, Cheesecake, Chocolate anything as long as its sugar free, 80's music, writing (Poetry, short stories, fanfics), PxE, video games, yaoi, CabanOwd, plush in general/plush T-Rex & Triceratops/plush mice, researching the American Civil War and other periods of interest in History, Gregorian Chant, CFL/NFL/NASCAR, Fall & Winter, Halloween, seasonal Fall creep, Chesapeake Bay Retrievers, Red Vs. Blue and poetry.

Favourite TV Shows/Anime: Gakuen Heaven, Murdoch Mysteries, When They Cry, Deadliest Warrior, Machines of Malice, Babylon 5, Danger Mouse, Star Trek [The Original Series], Secrets of the Dead, Count Duckula, Monty Python, Doctor Who, Benny Hill, The New Red Green Show, Surviving History, Click And Clack's As The Wrench Turns, Dirty Jobs (with Mike Rowe), Man Vs. Food, Black Butler, The Goldbergs, Agents Of S.H.i.E.L.D., American Gladiators (1989-1996 and the present), The Equalizer [Edward Woodward]

Favourite Video Games: Clock Tower/Clock Tower 2: The Struggle Within, Final Fantasy VII/VIII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Phantasy-Star Online, Jeanne D'Arc, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon/Symphony of the Night/Portrait of Ruin/Order of Ecclesia/Dawn of Sorrow/Aria of Sorrow, Radiant Historia, Koudelka, Shadow Hearts, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Odd Tarma Fact #2: I prefer wearing cloaks to jackets or trench-coats. I have two: one is a black polartech 3/4 cape and the other is a grey 100% Merciano wool European Walking cloak, made right here in Maine, a gift from my mother-and-father-in-law a few years ago. I wear the 3/4 cape in the fall and the European Walking cloak in the winter and early spring.

Dislikes: Politicians in general, rabbit food, most seafood, mean people, liver, summer, jerky people

Hobbies: Reading, baking, listening to music, writing, researching eras in History that interest me (ie Black Death Era-1347-51; Tudor England; Medieval England; American Civil War-1861-65; Canadian History, among others); collecting coins and bookmarks

Favourite Yaoi Author: Fumi Yoshinaga

Favourite Comic Strips: Rose is Rose; For Better Or For Worse; Sherman's Lagoon; Garfield; Big Nate; B.C.; The Wizard of Id; 9 Chickweed Lane; Cathy; Ziggy; Get Fuzzy; Heathcliff; Marmaduke; Bob the Squirrel; Shoe; Luann; Herman; Fred Bassett; Non Sequitur; One Big Happy; Over the Hedge; Peanuts; The Far Side

Favourite PW Character: Miles Edgeworth

Odd Tarma Fact #3: When I write, it's like I have a movie projector in my head; the pictures form in my mind and I can "see" them scrolling by.

Favourite Ships: Phoenix x Edgeworth; Axel x Roxas; ShizNat; Sherlock Holmes x John Watson; Castor x Klauss [Pandapon Studios' Midnight Hunters] Keita x Kazuki [Gakuen Heaven], Yang x Blake [R.W.B.Y.], Professor Ozpin x Jaune Arc [R.W.B.Y.], Monk x Lin [Ghost Hunt], Jasper McGregor x Jem Hurst [RedcoatWest]

Favourite New Ships: Mycroft x Lestrade, North x Wash [Red vs. Blue]

Favourite Kinds of Books: History/Biography/True Crime/True hauntings, dinosaurs, Fantasy, horror (occasionally), historical mysteries (ie Brother Cadfael, Sister Fidelma, Dame Frevisse), yaoi graphic novels

Odd Tarma Fact #4: I LOVE The Three Stooges, physical comedy and screwball comedies.

Favourite Manga/Yaoi Manga

Stolen Heart--story by Maki Kanamaru and art by Yukine Honami
Man's Best Friend--Kazusa Takashima
Gerard & Jacques/Lovers In The Night/Antique Bakery/Ichigenme...The First Class Is Civil Law 1 & 2/Truly, Kindly/Solfege/Don't Say Anymore, Darling/The Moon and Sandals/Garden Dreams--Fumi Yoshinaga
Art of Loving--Eiki Eiki
Gakuen Heaven--art by Spray and story by You Higuri
Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance (1-7)--Shungiku Nakamura
Last Portrait--Akira Honma
Vanilla 1--Riyu Yamakami
Your Honest Deceit (1 & 2)--Sakufu Ajimine
Gakuen Heaven: Endo-Calling You--art by Spray and story by You Higuri
Hetalia Axis Powers--Hidekaz Himaruya
Black Butler--Yana Toboso
XXXHOLIC--CLAMP

Odd Tarma Fact #5: I like my tea so hot that, when I add the milk, its still steaming!

Favourite Cuisine: German, Chinese, Japanese, some Italian, American, Canadian :D

Odd Tarma Fact #6: I like visiting graveyards and looking at the funerary statuary. I find them fascinating places and each stone, whether they be simple or ornate, has a story to tell and history behind it.

Current Residence: Maine
deviantWEAR sizing preference: Medium
Print preference: Ink/Digital/B&W/Colour
Favourite genre of music: Pop
Favourite photographer: Dorothea Lange
Favourite style of art: Religious, Fan Art
Operating System: Mac OSX Mavericks 10.9
Wallpaper of choice: Phoenix & Edgeworth
Skin of choice: Gothic+Night Journalskin: CherieNoir
Favourite cartoon character: Bugs Bunny
Personal Quote: Ah, well; troubles come into everyone's life at one point or another and we just roll with the punches all the while plotting to get even. :D