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Water Owl's Movements
Thida's journal
Permanent Account, Created on 31 May 2005 (#7281715), Last updated on 26 March 2011
- Name:
- Thida
- Location:
- California, United States
- External Services:
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- waterowl@livejournal.com
- thida
- available on request
- tcornes@gmail.com
- thidac
- Schools:
- Davis High School - Davis, CA (1982 - 1985)Bryn Mawr College - Bryn Mawr, PA (1986 - 1990)University of California - Berkeley, Haas School of Business - Berkeley, CA (1999 - 2001)
- Interests: (60)
- 80's music, assistance dogs, aung san suu kyi, bagan, biology, books, bryn mawr, burma, burmese, canine companions for independence, casablanca, david attenborough, disabilities, disability rights, disabled, disabled women, feminism, freya, g-tube, haas, hiking, jeanette winterson, kasabach merritt syndrome, medical, movement disorders, museums, myanmar, myoclonic dystonia, nats, nature, neuroscience, new wave music, nicu, occupational therapy, opera, organic food, oscar wilde, owls, parenting, physical therapy, politics, science fiction, service dog, service dogs, shakespeare, special needs, tanya huff, tea, the daily show, the economist, theraputic riding, they might be giants, tivo, travel, walking, wine, world of warcraft, writing, writing children's books, writing non-fiction
- Bio
- Hi!
I began LJ in 2001 as an attempt to chronicle my pregnancy. Two kids and a service dog later, it's undergone several changes including a change in LJ username from
freyafire. It will probably undergo more, but the username is here to stay.
My real name is Thida which means water in Burmese. Before I discovered this, I also happened to pick "Water" as the fourth element on TooMUSH, a social MUSH which I hung out on long ago when I had time aka before I was married and had kids.
Thida and water were already taken when I came to LJ back in 2002, so I picked waterowl. Owl comes from Athena, the patron goddess of Bryn Mawr. I collect owls. Whether I'm wise or not is left up to the reader.
I'm a writer. I'm the mother of a healthy daughter Special K and a special needs kid Little T. Little T was born with Kasabach Merritt Syndrome, a incredibly rare blood disorder. Basically he had a giant vascular tumor that caused his entire left arm to swell up like Popeye's. Yes, he's always been a fighter! The first eighteen months of his life were spent in and out of the hospital battling a life-threatening tumor. Fortunately his tumor has shrunk dramatically, but we're still dealing with the collateral damage. He's also the most joyful person I know. He's growing in health and strength most days.
I have a rare variation of dystonia, a movement disorder. In February 2008, I received my magical service dog Hermione from Canine Companions for Independence.
I have a mixture of public, friends-locked and filtered entries. I tend to regard an LJ friend as a loose term -- someone who wants to read my journal or whose journal I want to read.