JOY CRONJE

                                                               Recently I was asked to give twenty                                                                        random facts about myself. (you know                                                                    those spammy anoying things most                                                                        people ignore or despise). Turns out I                                                                      happen to enjoy them (however                                                                                ashamed I am of the fact) as long as                                                                        they are ambiguous enough.

 

                                                               I'm not really in the mood to ramble                                                                        on about myself and all the facts of my                                                                  life, so here that post is, if you were                                                                          really curious.

 

 

Oh, fine! I'll give you a little info. I'm an Mommy, Wife, Avid Fantasy Fan, Photographer, Graphic Artist, and an Author who is in the throes of writing her first Fantasy Trilogy. You may have heard of me *chuckles*. I just wanted to say that. If you're curious about it, check out the draft version on my Wattpad Page called 'Emeline and the Forest Mage'.

 

Alright, nuff said, on to that silly twenty questions thing.

 

1. I have a past many people would not envy. That being said, I know      

    there are stories ten million times worse than mine. It's not really that

    bad... just not that good either.

 

2. I've decided to write about that past in a memoir four chapters deep,

    and each time I finish wirting more than ten minutes' worth I'm in

    tears. Maybe that means I'm a bit dramatic too.

 

3. You may or may not ever get to read this memoir, depending on how I

    feel about the thing and whether I actually ever finish it.

 

4. I am very passionate about things that are important to me, and can

    thus royally annoy those closest to me with obsessive behaviour.

 

5. I love to travel, and I've got my eyes set on every continent on earth.

 

6. I like change. Apparently that's rare.

 

7. I hated my name until age fifteen when Jesus found me.

 

8. Oh, and on that note, I am a Jesus follower who hates religion, but  

    loves Him.

 

9. You think that's crazy? Well, my experiences with Him have been too

    real to deny, and he is the best answer I can find for the craziness of

    life.

 

10. I'm married to a pastor who loves to study apologetics at all hours of

      the day and night, and the result is that I can tell you how the big

      bang proves God's existence.

 

11. I think being an atheist takes too much faith, and that truth is not

     relative or subjective.

 

12. I am obsessed with writing and reading fantastic fantasy or delicious

     prose (or combinations of the two). Joe Abercrombie *drools* Patrick

     Rothfuss *slavers and pants* Mark Lawrence *faints*....

 

13. If you've ever heard of DISC profiling, I'm ID. That means I like parties,

     and I don't mind telling you what to do to.

 

14. If you've ever heard of the Myer Briggs Personality profiling thing,

     then I'm ENFJ, which to me means I'm constantly misunderstood and

     driven by helping people.

 

15. I love cats, and have loved them since I can remember. 

 

16. I love sweet stuff, and by that I don't mean romance and flowers, but

     candy. Jelly babies, especially sour ones *drooling again*.

 

17. Art and music are in my blood, probably inherited from my granddad.

     Guitar, singing,  photography, and graphic design are favourite

     expressions of this taint in me.

 

18. Give me what's real above what's convenient. 

 

19. I'm around 70% anti-system. Look it up.

 

20. Okay, so for the last one let's have something weird. I like blood. Not

      to drink (sheesh it's not THAT weird). I mean that  I like to have the    

     stuff pumping in me, I like to write and read about it being shed, I like

     what it symbolizes, I like its colour, and of course I like that Jesus shed

     his for me a long time ago.