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Lerryn
Birthdate:
4 February 1975
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I've worked as an chemist since 1997, and have been in environmental laboratories since 1998. Most of the time I've done organic work, doing extractions, and operating GC-FID, GC-PID, and GC-MS instruments. I've also run a lot of conventional stuff like nitrates, chlorides, TKN, ammonia, cyanide, sulfide, etc. I also know a bit about metals extraction and mercury analysis by CVAA. I've picked up a fair amount about atmospheric chemistry, transition metals, and organometallics in school as well.
Music
I've played Celtic music since 1992 or so, predominantly on the hammered dulcimer, but also including vocals, pennywhistle, autoharp, and bowed psaltery. I was part of the Dryland Scots, a family Celtic group then based out of Richland, WA. I'm now in a group called the Unfortunate Rogues. I play at the NW Folklife Festival in Seattle doing band scrambles for fun, and really need to get a demo recording together for a full stage appearance.
Online Gaming
I started playing City of Heroes and City of Villains with
aladriana a while back. I have too many characters to list, but my global handle is @xzerrion.
Personal
I'm polyamorous, currently dating one person. I'm interested in RPGs, my current favorites being D&D 3rd Edition and Mage. I was first board for my high school chess team, though I'm a bit out of practice now. I'm a registered minister, and have performed a wedding. I'm pagan, and probably closer to Wiccan than any other tradition, though not exactly a member of any. I attend shamanic rituals regularly. I'm interested in both fantasy and sci-fi literature and artwork.
A few interesting quotes :
"He who does good in the name of another god, does it for Vkandis, He said, and he who does ill in the name of Vkandis does it for the darkest demons in hell. Let those of good will bring succor to one another, and dispense with the naming of Names."
- Karal, Storm Warning but Mercedes Lackey
"The humans kill what they do not understand." - Dom Emrys, Camber the Heretic by Katherine Kurtz
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - Salvor Hardin, Foundation by Isaac Asimov
"Of all the sorcerors in the forest, we have to get a smart ass." - Rev. Damian Vryce, Black Sun Rising by C. S. Friedman
"The truth will attend to itself." - Ambassador Delenn, Babylon 5, The Summoning by JMS
"I've been afflicted, not anointed." - President Jack Ryan, Executive Orders, by Tom Clancy
"It is good to find oneself in agreement with the gods. It shows the gods have wisdom." - Sethra Lavode, The Viscound of Adrilankha, by Steven Brust
"It always seems that way with the really good ones, doesn't it? They're not like us. They're invincible, somehow - immortal. The magic will keep them safe, bring them back to us, because it has to. Because they're too important for us to lose. But the truth is that they aren't invincible ... or immortal. No one is, and when they go down, the rest of us will have to find some way to take up the slack." - Admiral Sorbanne, In Enemy Hands, by David Weber
More to follow as I track them down.
I've worked as an chemist since 1997, and have been in environmental laboratories since 1998. Most of the time I've done organic work, doing extractions, and operating GC-FID, GC-PID, and GC-MS instruments. I've also run a lot of conventional stuff like nitrates, chlorides, TKN, ammonia, cyanide, sulfide, etc. I also know a bit about metals extraction and mercury analysis by CVAA. I've picked up a fair amount about atmospheric chemistry, transition metals, and organometallics in school as well.
Music
I've played Celtic music since 1992 or so, predominantly on the hammered dulcimer, but also including vocals, pennywhistle, autoharp, and bowed psaltery. I was part of the Dryland Scots, a family Celtic group then based out of Richland, WA. I'm now in a group called the Unfortunate Rogues. I play at the NW Folklife Festival in Seattle doing band scrambles for fun, and really need to get a demo recording together for a full stage appearance.
Online Gaming
I started playing City of Heroes and City of Villains with
aladriana a while back. I have too many characters to list, but my global handle is @xzerrion.Personal
I'm polyamorous, currently dating one person. I'm interested in RPGs, my current favorites being D&D 3rd Edition and Mage. I was first board for my high school chess team, though I'm a bit out of practice now. I'm a registered minister, and have performed a wedding. I'm pagan, and probably closer to Wiccan than any other tradition, though not exactly a member of any. I attend shamanic rituals regularly. I'm interested in both fantasy and sci-fi literature and artwork.
A few interesting quotes :
"He who does good in the name of another god, does it for Vkandis, He said, and he who does ill in the name of Vkandis does it for the darkest demons in hell. Let those of good will bring succor to one another, and dispense with the naming of Names."
- Karal, Storm Warning but Mercedes Lackey
"The humans kill what they do not understand." - Dom Emrys, Camber the Heretic by Katherine Kurtz
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - Salvor Hardin, Foundation by Isaac Asimov
"Of all the sorcerors in the forest, we have to get a smart ass." - Rev. Damian Vryce, Black Sun Rising by C. S. Friedman
"The truth will attend to itself." - Ambassador Delenn, Babylon 5, The Summoning by JMS
"I've been afflicted, not anointed." - President Jack Ryan, Executive Orders, by Tom Clancy
"It is good to find oneself in agreement with the gods. It shows the gods have wisdom." - Sethra Lavode, The Viscound of Adrilankha, by Steven Brust
"It always seems that way with the really good ones, doesn't it? They're not like us. They're invincible, somehow - immortal. The magic will keep them safe, bring them back to us, because it has to. Because they're too important for us to lose. But the truth is that they aren't invincible ... or immortal. No one is, and when they go down, the rest of us will have to find some way to take up the slack." - Admiral Sorbanne, In Enemy Hands, by David Weber
More to follow as I track them down.
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