Introduction of an Asshole

I suppose an introduction should be the first order of business. Especially seeing as I'm an unknown entity who just happens to have opinions on way too much to keep it to myself. We learned to share in our early years, right? Well I'm going to push a bit of my vain side to the forefront and set my opinions out to the world as if they were important to someone. We'll see how that goes, shall we?

I am a LiveJouranl user so I am vaguely familiar with how this blogging thing goes. The thing about LJ is that unless you advertise yourself, it's hard to find the really keen, interesting bits floating around in there. There are a total of 5 people on my friends list that I don't know in person. So, again, to get my opinion out to a more personal venue, I choose here. Hey, some of that stuff in LJ you just don't need to know, ok?

On to the actual introduction. I am a 29 year old woman from southeast Louisiana. Before there are too many ideas as to what it involves to be from SE Louisiana, let's paint you a picture. I am from a state who glorifies eating roadkill and large, dangerous reptiles. We don't hunt deer nearly as much as we do Nutria. We like the water, we have funny sayings for everyday things, and we talk about food way more than we actually spend time eating it. We make groceries and say things like "How's yamamannem?", "Yeah, you right" and we live out (most of us anyway) "Lassez les bon temps roulez." Turtle soup, alligator on a stick, roasted pig, nutria rat, and catfish (yes bottom feeders) aren't delicacies, they are regularities. Despite our reputation, we very often maintain high intelligence (just maybe not in the same way you think of it). We love the blues, zydeco, country music and we like to dance, party, have a good time and drink. I fit into most of those categories.

I'm not a cajun, although I do have cajun blood. I'm also english, french, dutch, german, and have a splash of blood from the Canary Islands. I love to do geneology research when I'm not bitching my way through an entire semester of school. I am an Environmental Science major and the University of New Orleans. After I receive my B.S., I plan to go to the nearest college to offer me a fellowship in the research field I want to pursue. I want to study poopy water. Yes, that's right. You heard me. I want to study the poop. How to clean the poop, filter the poop and make the poopy water safe for reentering the ground/water table. And yes, those ARE the technical terms.

I am one of the most open minded individuals out there. I am willing to have a conversation with anyone who isn't being an asshole just to be an asshole. I love to talk. I love to listen. I love to share opinions on subjects. I LOVE to debate logically, even-tempered on a very wide range of topics. And yes, I will touch on religiton, politics, sex, human nature, idiocy, etc as this blog goes on.

This blog will not be about me. This blog will be about my perspective on the world. That's the great thing about internet blogging and its popularity, all those opinions floating around in the world. What better way to understand that a person truly isn't alone?

So I welcome opinions, criticism, debates, jokes, etc I'm not likely to be offended by something you say. Please, though, no flaming anyone else who comments on my blog. It's immature, unnecessary and just won't be dealt with.

Thank you,
Autumn H.