What is your current occupation? Do you enjoy it?
I'm a stay-at-home mom (altho that's not a label I like to use since I don't really stay at home a lot!)
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What is your educational background? Are you currently in school?
No, I dropped out of law school in my last year to become a journalist. I wrote tech journalism for 11 years, and became an editor of a video game magazine for seven!
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Describe your lifestyle and current relationship status:
Pretty adventurous since I'm in a new country and everything with my family. Making new friends, seeing new places - that's what we live for. I'm happily married but love to meet new people!
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Do you have any vices (smoking/drinking/etc)? Describe:
I am addicted to video games!
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Do you have any "heroes" in your life or your work? Describe:
My husband. He is smart and loving and a great dad. I am very lucky.
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Do you have a favorite quotation? Enter it here:
How do you get your kids to eat?!
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What makes you happy? Why?
My children. My husband. Writing. Blogging. Reading. Now that some TV series can be watched over the Internet!
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What makes you sad? Why?
Child abuse. Abandoned children. Unlove. Hunger. Irresponsible parents. War. Sacrifice. I'm a wimp mostly, that's why.
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Name five (5) items you can't live without:
My computer, the Internet, my video games, my camera, my car.
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Describe your most "humbling" moment:
When my second daughter was born 10 weeks premature. I was completely helpless. Hopeless. I could do nothing. She had patent ductus artereosis and caught pneumonia, and had to stay on the ventilator for three weeks. She stayed in the hospital for 53 days. It was horrid. She pulled through and is now a healthy, active 2.5 yr old.
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Do you have favorite type of music? Favorite bands or singers?
I love the old kind of jazz and also some of the new stuff. Five for Fighting. John Mayer. Frou Frou.
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What type of films do you enjoy? Please give some examples:
Drama. Certain types of comedy. Period movies. I love Sense and Sensibility. Pride and Prejudice. Legend of 1900.
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Do you enjoy television? Which programs?
Yes! Brothers and Sisters, Lost, CSI, Desp Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, House, Heroes, Star Trek.
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Do you like to read? If so, what books have you enjoyed recently?
Yes, I just finished Ron McLarty's The Memory of Running, Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Now halfway into Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones and gonna start my book club book Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper.
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Do you follow sports? Which teams are you interested in?
Nope. I don't really understand most of the games lol.
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Do you have any hobbies or other interests? Describe:
Blogging! My blog is at - you guessed it - www.theimperfectmom.com.
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Where are your favorite places? Where would you like to go most?
I liked Amsterdam, which I visited once. I would love to visit Montenegro.
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