Profile

Add this user to your friends list  To-Do List  Memories:  Tell a Friend!  Search This Journal  Nudge This Friend
User:maggiedacatt (669760) Paid User
Daily Exercises in Futility
Name:Amber
Text
Message:		Send maggiedacatt a text message
on his/her cellphone/pager.
Location:California, United States
Birthdate:1980-03-21
E-mail:
LJ Talk:
AOL IM:AIM status maggiedacatt (Add Buddy, Send Message)
Bio:
  • I like lists.

  • I have a lot of degrees (BA, BA, BFA, MA). I'm currently working on a PhD in Communication at UC Santa Barbara. Some people collect stamps, some people collect comics... I collect degrees. (I really just like school.)

  • I have a pathologically high need for cognition. And so do most of my friends.

  • I don't really have "my research" nailed down yet, but my elevator summary goes something like this: "I'm studying the neural substrates of communication, especially media enjoyment and mass communication/persuasion."

  • I laugh at almost everything. Life is funny.

  • Unless I just met you, if you ask me, "How are you?", you'll usually get an honest answer.

  • I'm married to a mad chemist, and he's the best thing that's ever happened to me.

  • I have two cats. They pwn me.

  • I have one sister and a niece. I also have a stepbrother and stepsister.

  • For the last several years, I've been nomadic. I hope to stop moving around soon, but anticipate that I'll have better opportunities if I continue to be open-minded about changing locales.

  • I spend a lot of time online. I don't really watch TV. I would like to watch more movies than I do. I play video games when I have time.

  • I am just starting to feel old.



Places I've lived: 
1980-1983:  Albia, IA (x ?)
1983-1986:  Denver, CO
1986-1995:  Monument, CO
1995:       Albia, IA (x 2)
1995-1998:  Aurora, CO (x 2)
1998-2000:  Fort Collins, CO (x 4)
2000-2003:  Boulder, CO
2003:       Claremont, CA (x 2)
2003-2004:  Lake Forest, CA
2004-2005:  Huntington Beach, CA
2005:       Cliffside Park, NJ
2005-2006:  East Orange, NJ
2006-2007:  North Brunswick, NJ
2007:       Simultaneously San Diego, CA and Goleta, CA


(Parentheses indicate number of residences if more than one.)




Former Quotes of the Now:

"There are still too many days when I'm the only woman in the room." --Nancy Pelosi

"Finally! The moment of truth. The godwheel of fate has stopped for all these kiddies on YES, yes in-fucking-deed, you will be a wizard. And this moment is the first in a series of moments that—no matter what feelings those moments embody—yes, yes is still the answer. Yes to life, and yes to magic. Just look at their faces! Look at their auras! They are aglow." - Brad Neely, "Wizard People, Dear Reader"

"I can burn a hole through steel and escape this Mickey Mouse jail anytime I want, and I will as soon as I get my rest. Arf!"

~ Thom Jones, "Black Lights"


"When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'" ~ Sydney J. Harris


"To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions." ~ William James


"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more." ~ Erica Jong
Memories::75 entries
Pictures:over 80 public
Interests:7: cognition, emotion, learning, life, love, need for cognition, perception
Schools:Lewis-Palmer High School - Monument, CO (1994 - 1995)
Smoky Hill High School - Aurora, CO (1995 - 1998)
Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO (1998 - 2000)
University of Colorado - Boulder - Boulder, CO (2000 - 2003)
New York University - New York, NY (2005 - 2007)
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts - New York, NY (2005 - 2007)
University of California Santa Barbara - Goleta, CA (2007 - present)
Friends:
People85:2gouda4u, 477150n, _emmalee_, a_strange_day_, abelian75, amoken, aquestrian, audesapere, avani, beef_cake, bennj, ceph, conorfrog, coraa, cravingserenity, cubetime, data_diva, dclayh, design4life, donaithnen, dragonmudd, dragons_angel, erinballard, garlikmongere, garote, gearworld, hateme, her_lens_flared, idyllic, iggygirl, ignis, inkspotz, istar, istgut, jcmdev0, jeffspender, jmpava, katryxx, laser_princess, limegirl7, lokiskywalker, lucasmembrane, madduckdes, maeghanne, maggiedacatt, magicpacket, misslenore, mollybzz, mrscube, mycupcake, neonelephant, nrgisc0ns3rv3d, pamela.mosiejczuk.net, paul_n_gull, pertinentwires, phi_spirals, photon0912, porfinn, profgreg, pseudonymjones, pugofwar, pyrrhicist, randomposting, rbs825, regisman, sandelwood, shamiksan, sherrila, silentmonster, synjin, thegreatgonz, theinated, theonlyasd, thumbie, triath, trishtrash, turbo_turtle, unassumingvixen, ursulav, westcottbaker, willworker, ziz, zleetle, ztorgo, zwilichkl
Communities10:academics_anon, alternative_wed, article_request, corsetry, gay_marriage, gradstudents, loveandacademia, neuroscience, read_hp, veggie_diaries
Feeds11:cnn_top_rss, democracynow, electoralvote, freshair, garfieldminus, media_matters, officialgaiman, pugowar, wilwheaton, wiredtopstories, xkcd_rss
Friend of:87: 2gouda4u, 477150n, _emmalee_, a_strange_day_, abelian75, amoken, aquestrian, audesapere, avani, beef_cake, bennj, bobbylondon, ceph, conorfrog, coraa, cravingserenity, cubetime, data_diva, dclayh, design4life, donaithnen, dragonmudd, dragons_angel, erinballard, ex_iggygirl504, garlikmongere, garote, gypsydaffodil, hateme, her_lens_flared, idyllic, iggygirl, ignis, inkspotz, istar, istgut, jcmdev0, jeffspender, jmpava, katryxx, laser_princess, limegirl7, lokiskywalker, lucasmembrane, madduckdes, maeghanne, maggiedacatt, magicpacket, mediocratez, misslenore, mollybzz, mrscube, mycupcake, neonelephant, nrgisc0ns3rv3d, pamela.mosiejczuk.net, paul_n_gull, pertinentwires, phi_spirals, photon0912, porfinn, profgreg, pugofwar, pyrrhicist, randomposting, rbs825, regisman, sandelwood, scarlets_girl04, shamiksan, shehasathree, sherrila, silentmonster, synjin, thegreatgonz, theinated, thumbie, triath, trishtrash, turbo_turtle, unassumingvixen, willworker, zephyrzcar, ziz, zleetle, ztorgo, zwilichkl
Member of:19: _tisch_, academics_anon, alittleawkward, alternative_wed, article_request, cat_lovers, community_promo, corsetry, dietingsupport, gay_marriage, gradstudents, loveandacademia, neuroscience, paidmembers, read_hp, rutgers_u, veggie_diaries, ww4ever, ww_recipes1
Account type:Paid Account

(more details...)


Create an Account
Forgot your login?
Login w/ OpenID
English • Español • Deutsch • Русский…