Howdy, my name is Pamela. This is the part of the site where you get to know more than you need to about me.

The short version, by the boyfriend:

34. arteest. bohemian. crazy cat lady. fashionista. gardener. gothic. gamer. lfg kara pst. netropolitan*. vegetarian.

The long (boring) version, by me.

Being Me: I was born in November, 1973 in Manila, Philippines and arrived in Canada at the age of two. I grew up in Etobicoke and Mississauga respectively. I did the angst teenager thing, then went goth during and after college, before just settling into the mid-thirties neo-hippy geekette that I am now.

Being a Nerd: I’m an alumni of the Sheridan College Classical Animation class of 1996. I’ve worked as a freelance animation artist and layout artist in Toronto before I made my way to my present location in St. Catharines where I work as a computer animator. So basically, I’m payed to be a nerd.  I played WoW for the better part of 2006-07, where I played a human warrior, a night elf druid and a dwarf hunter. I spent a few months as a guildmaster of a high end raiding guild before stress and drama killed that completely. I don’t play WoW so much anymore, but I’m still amazed at how much time it took of my life.  My one game addiction is Sims 2, however. I also own an Xbox 360 and a Wii.  I primarily read Sci-Fi and Fantasy fiction and my favourite movies involve some kind of eye-candy.  My favourite novel(s) of all time is the Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Being a hippy: I am a treehugger.  Ever since I was young, I wanted to save the whales and protect the forest and stuff like that.  I’ve taken a bit more of a realist approach to things now that I’m older, but I’m still intrigued in new (and old) technologies that help individuals lower their impact on the planet. I’m a vegetarian, I try to buy local produce as much as I could, and I also ride my Kona Paddywagon fixed gear bike daily and year-round to work (except on those days when snow is on the ground… nuh uh, forget that!).

Being a consumer: Given an unlimited supply of funds, I’d totally love to be surrounded by different, nifty gadgets. I know, this sort of goes against my non-impact philosophy, but the toys I want would be specific and useful.  I currently own a Motorola KRazr (RED), a first generation Nintendo DS, an iPod Nano, and a Canon A570 IS Powershot.  Stuff on my wishlist include a new laptop, an LCD monitor, a digital SLR camera, a smartphone (looking at a Blackberry), and a digital reader like Kindle.  and maybe one of the new iPods that play videos.  I’m also a wannabe fashionista, though nowadays I try to put together hipster/goth looks from what I can find at thrift stores and discount fashion outlets.  My one guilty fashion indulgence is perfume. My favourite big label scents are Thierry Mugler’s Angel, Dolly Girl by Anna Sui, Obsession by Calvin Klein and Hypnotic Poison by Dior.

Being Domestic: I’m not much of a domestic maven, though I’d like to be.  I have a house, a mortgage, a backyard and 3 cats (Thaddeus, Aya and Niko). I love home decor (i have home deco crushes on Colin and Justin), and I even attempted to do some gardening this year. So far, I’ve harvested gooseberries, tomatoes, lettuce, basil and mint.  I’ve decided i do not have the patience to be a gardener, but having delicious cherry tomatoes when they’re fresh and ripe is really nice.

Being on the Internet: I’ve been a presence on the internet in some form since about 1994, and back then it was just chat rooms and old school Doom.  My first site went up about 1997, through my ISP webspace. I must have owned a geocities or tripod site at some point, but I can’t remember where I parked. As a bit of embarassing history, my first site was called “Octavia’s Spiderweb Garden”… I was trying to keep up with the goth Joneses.  The site was gothic flower themed and my art gallery portion was called “Black Daisies grow here”. I couldn’t take myself seriously with that site and the next incarnation of my web presence was simply “Black Daisies Grow Here” which gave me the online handle “Blackdaisies”.  It worked and I’ve stuck with it for this long. I bought my domain on Dreamhost in 2000. It started off as an art site, and evolved to incorporate my personal blog from Livejournal.  My blog is mostly a personal diary, updates about my artwork and my life.  I have a current obsession with all things Web 2.0 now.
*“It’s like you’re metropolitan, but you’re on the internet” ~ boyfriend