-my name is alyssa.
-i have bi-polar disorder and social anxiety disorder, although the both disorders are greatly improved as of now.
-i am a FORMER self-injurer, and have not for more than a 2 years now.
-i have beaten an addiction to cocaine and alcohol as well.
-i have successfully held down a job for 1 year(a record for me!).
-i have a son, julian...born on march 21st, 2008.
-i work at the forked river,nj associated humane society, and popcorn park zoo. http://www.ahscares.org
-i answer phones, aid customers, do paperwork for incoming and outgoing animals, and take care of 8 exotic birds as well as 2 parakeets, 2 cockateils, and 8 finches twice a week.
-so far i am doing a fairly good job of pretending to be a people-person.
-i don't exactly know who i am or what to do with myself. yet.
-i love animals.
-i have two cats, syd vicious-black domestic short hair-3 yrs old, and marla-calico/tortie domestic long hair-8 mths old.
-i may or may not be a crazy cat person.
-i enjoy reading favorite books over and over and over again.
-i sometimes just tell people what they want to hear.
-i am paranoid.
-i will do anything for a stranger.
-i love music.
-i like alot of strange things that might offend or shock most people.
-i enjoy listening.
-i can usually make friends easily, but i can never keep them.
-i watch far too much television.
-i am not religious, and i do not support any organized religion of any kind, as i have found in my life that religion can breed hatred and close-mindedness (wars over religion, anyone?). i do find theology interesting, though farce. i prefer to support darwinism.
-i don't have anything against people who are religious, in case you were wondering.
-i get obsessed with things easily, but only for a short time.
-i enjoy being alone.
-i like to look at and create art.
-for some reason i am very drawn to, interested in, and personally invested in equal rights.
-i love to explore different minds than my own.
-my moods are extremely erratic.
-i am liberal...as left as left can possibly go, on all issues.

