As this is my first foray into blogging I'm not quite sure what to write or who will be reading (if anyone). After doing quite a bit of lurking on other people's blogs - with vegetarian food blogs and living-abroad blogs being my favorite ones - I've decided to start my own. Why? I suppose, like many others, I feel the need for a creative outlet. I have learned quite a bit from blogs, from recipe's to gossip to new books to read. I hope, in my small way, that I can attempt to offer the same.
A little bit about me. As the title of my blog indicates, I am a sci-fi loving vegan. Although the vegan part is somewhat of a misnomer - I am trying to be a vegan. I have been vegetarian for six years and have decided over the course of the past six months that I would like to phase most eggs and dairy out of my diet (I owe part of this change to some of the fantastic foods I have seen prepared on vegan blogs). So part of this blog will serve to document my attempts at new vegan cooking, restaurants that I like and my somewhat regular lapses into plain ol' lacto-ovo vegetarianism.
I love science fiction, yes I am a geek and proud of it. I have been an avid science fiction reader for the past 12 years and I average about one book a week....look for some reviews of some of the most notable books I have read. I also read other books, just not as often as sci-fi. I dream of some day writing a novel - but I think that the inspiration is still years ahead of me.
I live in Norman, Oklahoma - the home of the University of Oklahoma. I have lived here for the past 5 years. I moved here for grad school (anthropology and psychology) and now work full time at the university as a lab manager. It is an interesting job and I love academia - but I hope to work as a academic librarian within the next couple of years - I am currently working on a MLIS degree part time and hope to finish within 3 or 4 semesters. So you will probably see some library blogging as well. What can I say, I'm a bookworm.
I've been married to wonderful man, Micah, for almost one year. He is also a vegetarian (but not a vegan) and an excellent cook - so he may be posting some cooking related items as well.
That's it for now - let's see how this thing works!
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