Sway - Introduction

And...we are live! Hello out there to all of the everyone {well, currently no one} who reads or will read our blog. I am Sway. My beautiful and fabulous co-blogger Ace will come in here at some point and introduce herself. For now, I'll tell you a little about me and our blog.

About Sway...

I'm 25 years old {which is so depressingly near the end of my mid-twenties that I can scarcely bear to think about it}. I've been married for 5 years to the love of my life, and have an adorable 10 month old little boy - Oliver. I work for eBay Inc. as boss lady and all around chancellor of the Live Auctions section of the site {http://www.ebayliveauctions.com}. Since the advent of baby Oliver, they've allowed me to work from home, and that makes me one busy-bee work-at-home-mommy. There's always a point every day where I'm wanting to tear my hair out, but I'm endlessly grateful for this unique opportunity to keep my career and still be a stay-at-home-mom. I'm a giant literary nerd, so it should come as no surprise that I studied English in college and I'm debating going back, for no other reason than I love to learn.

And, the standard pretentious introductory fair:

Dreadfully sarcastic, but a philanthropist at heart. In awe of the world. Enamored with people that use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation. A musician. A writer. A binge-reader. I'm very nearly sure that there's something about me that's interesting, but I can't for the life of me think of what it is at the moment. I play video games incessantly. I'm a geek in general. I live with my headphones on. I wear glasses that are the wrong prescription because I can't stand to see the world clearly. I used to change my hair color with my mood. I'm terribly unimpressed with life, but I hear that's quite in fashion nowadays. I've wanted to fly away to other planets for as long as I can remember. {I dream of spaceships and midnight flights.}

Things I LOVE:
. indie rock
. bad 80s movies/indie films/cult classics/dumb guy action movies
. Lego {esp. of the Star Wars variety}
. video games, like woah
. binge reading
. computery things
. cooking
. writing
. cleaning
. organizing
. dinosaurs
. spaceships
. finance
. Rubik's Cubes
. caffeine
. strawberries
. cold cereal

And I suppose that is me, in my textual entirety.

Sway's Take on the Blog...

Ace and I wanted a place to ramble about our lives, our cooking endeavors, politics, the media, and the universe in general. You will probably find a little bit of everything here. I personally am in the middle of writing a cookbook, so there will probably be LOTS of cooking updates from me. I know Ace loves to cook too, but I'll let her introduce her ideas for what she's going to post here in her own introductory post.

So again, welcome! I hope you enjoy what you find here.

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