A Leo born in the year of the rat, I have a passion for living and most things serial. In addition to that, I try to write a lot but apparently I do not write enough to compose the book I have always wanted to write.

I am a Jordanian-Circassian woman living in Amman, Jordan. My parents came from totally different backgrounds to produce me, and living up to that hybrid status has always been a concern of mine. You have to bring something new to the equation, you know? I like to think that I have done that.

Books, antiques, animals, food, orange juice, dance, music, spirituality, life, culture, people, mythology, art, and languages all interest me in varying degrees. I was a Modern Languages student and now I am an American Studies ‘expert in the making’. I once worked in a concentration camp in Shmesani with a fellow who thought he was a vampire and for a bunch of drunken old Germans. I worked in other places as well, but none as interesting as that so you don’t get to know about them.

I don’t enjoy loud people, stupid people, sexist people, and narrow-minded people. I don’t jive with control freaks because I probably am one underneath my calm girly voice. I’ve had people call me a condescending bitch, high maintenance, feminist, liberal, playful, paranoid, too serious, whimsical, best friend, sophisticated, introvert, nerd, shy, depressing, fun, weird, bipolar, domineering, ohmygod, exotic, morbid, funny, witty, and angel. I don’t think any of that is necessarily true, but I do have some dramatic mood swings.

I love intelligent conversations, cream soda, absorbing books, things horrorish and unusual, exotic items, piercings and tattoos, alone time, and speeding. I champion women’s causes and I like to ridicule social and religious nonsense. On a good day, I range from insolent to aggressive. However, I am in general a tolerable person and I can be talkative and amusing.

I started blogging in January 2004, and ever since then I blog-jumped two sites, this being the third. When I started, I used to blog in between lectures and for my eyes only. A year or so later, I took blogging more seriously, and here I am today. If you read my blog, you will notice I have changed my mind about a lot of issues over time. That is called growing up. Enjoy Tololy’s Box.