Statement:
Hello, world! One or two...or three...things you should know about me: 1) I am a Jesus Freak and a pastor's daughter as well as a dork, and darn proud of all three titles. I refuse to be branded by our stupid, second-hand-sexified pop-culture, and I try not to let the labels people give me and judge me by stick on me...with the exception of the three I just mentioned. Oh yeah...I'm homeschooled. (HOMESCHOOLING ROCKS!!) 2) I am a generally kind person. I am willing to befriend and reach out to ANYONE but I'm not stupid. I have wise, loving parents who have taught me how to be careful with what kinds of friends I hang out with (and how to have an "open mind" without letting my brains fall out). ;-) I try hard to see the best in everyone, no matter who they are. I strive to have a heart that is pure, compassionate and full of the unconditional love that my Savior showed to me. I am generally slow to anger and quick to forgive. I never back-stab and I HATE gossip. I'm the type of girl who'd rather be a nerdy bookworm with one or two loyal, intelligent, TRUE-HEARTED friends who love me for who I am than a popular social queen with boys drooling all over me and my "hip" *coughIMMODEST!!cough* clothes and a bunch of dumb, giggly, shallow people trailing after me who CALL themselves my "friends". I can be very lazy and day-dreamy sometimes and I'd much rather be curled up with a good book or doing something creative than doing my chores or schoolwork (geometry proofs are EVIL!!). 3) DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE NAME "DEARHEART". Yes, I am talking to YOU, fangirl writers of slash, incest and Mary Sues. Though I usually have a long fuse, BEWARE. As a reader, writer and reviewer, I can EASILY transform into a fierce and fearsome Lioness and be A VERY HARSH REVIEWER. HEAR ME ROAR. I try hard to give both encouragement and constructive criticism in my reviews to help you grow and improve. And generally, I just like to be blunt, honest, and give praise where praise is due when I comment. Don't like that? Seething over an "OMG liek rude!!" review/comment I wrote you? TOUGH. You should've been more prepared for negative feedback when you posted your story in the first place. BTW, feel free to yell at me anytime you want. Everyone needs to vent sometimes, and people's rants are most amusing to read. Just be forewarned - I might write back to you. ;-) Okay, I think that's covered it. Thanks for stopping by, feel free to comment on my stories (I LOVE getting constructive reviews, just so you know) and have a nice day!

Fandoms:
Lord of the Rings, Narnia and The Dark Is Rising Sequence are the BEST BOOKS/MOVIES EVER!!!! With the exception of Dark Is Rising (aka The Seeker) as a movie. I want to KILL the people who shredded Susan Cooper's masterpiece to bits with their dumb "Seeker" movie so they could spoon-feed it to "a younger audience". GRRRRRRRRR... I also love: BOOKS: Anne of Green Gables, Little Women, A Little Princess, The Lost Prince, The Railway Children, Tales of the Kingdom, The Boggert, King of Shadows, Dancing Shoes, Eragon, A Wrinkle In Time. MOVIES: Amazing Grace, Once, Bella, Enchanted, Bridge to Terabithia, The Water Horse, Spiderman 1 and 2, Peter Pan (the new version), Batman Begins, Little Women (the newest version) and all the Pixar movies

Music:
Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Harry Gregson-Williams, Howard Shore (among many other great composers), Newsboys, Superchick, Steven Curtis Chapman, Chris Rice, TobyMac, Chris Tomlin, Rebecca St. James, Mark Shultz (and lots of other great Christian bands). I also love Celtic Woman, High Kings and anything Celtic.