Introduction

Greetings! I’m your humble gun-toting blogger, Laurel. If you’re new to my blog and looking for some information on what this is all about, you’ve found the right page. Follow these links to get acquainted:

• What to expect from this blog
• Why I’m blogging

Additionally, the Archives link (which you will also find in the sidebar to the left) will take you to a list of my posts sorted by recent entries, category, and by month. Don’t miss the Blogroll in my sidebar - I’m doing my best to keep it up-to-date with all the great stuff I read.

Last but not least, feel free to contact me at any point - to say hi, provide a suggestion, ask a question, or anything else that comes to mind!

Biography

I’m 22 years old, live in north Idaho, and am an on-again, off-again student studying a little of everything.

I currently work as the operations manager of an ice rink. Yes, I get to drive the Zamboni!

Politically, I’m a small-L libertarian. The über-condensed version of my political ideology: I believe in extremely limited government and extensive personal responsibility. I think our current system is the result of laziness and cowardice; citizens stopped wanting to deal with their fellow man, so they gave more and more power to the government to deal with more and more of our daily lives. If I were in charge… Well, I’ll save that for my posts. Suffice it to say things would be far different.

Of the issues I’m passionate about, gun rights are at the top of the list. I am a proud gun owner and avid shooter, and have finally begun to buck up and train regardless of the oft-ridiculous north Idaho weather. I believe the Second Amendment exists to ensure the citizens of this great nation will always have the means to overthrow a tyrannical government. The AR-15s of today are the Brown Besses of 1776.

I consider myself to be an odd sort of deist-leaning-Christian, not really fitting into any denomination I’ve found thus far. I may chronicle my theology on the blog eventually.

My other interests are varied and a bit eclectic. I drive an older truck (1981 Chevy K10 Silverado) I’ll be working on indefinitely, and I also own a pink Tank scooter I ride around town. It’s hard to miss!

I don’t read as much as I should, but I’m trying to return to the avid reading habits of my childhood. I spend a considerable amount of time each day mucking about on the internet, doing this and that - hence why I figured I might as well do something productive, and blog! I’m currently learning more about CSS and Unix, though it’s an uphill battle for those trying to teach me. In other nerd news, I play World of Warcraft on the Dethecus and Gorgonnash servers.

Last but not least, on August 4th, 2007 I married the love of my life, Mike. We live with our cat, Gipper, and dogs, Joey and Artemis. Gipper is a big orange tabby with multiple personalities (two of which are named named “Destructo” and “Insaneo”), Joey is a small black and tan Chihuahua who weighs exactly half as much as Gipper, and Artemis is our black lab pup. Theoretically, she’s going to grow up to be our bird dog. Theoretically.