I write poems in the margins of my math homework...

Well, what is there to say?

Name: My pen name means Greek Flower, but my real name is Lea.

Age: too old to keep my head in the sand, too young to have the weight of the world on my shoulders

Gender: if you haven't figured this out by now I suggest you seek help

I am: insane. sarcastic. stubborn. quirky. eccentric. clumsy. friendly. a horrible procrastinator. a romantic. an expert at BSing. somewhat of a nerd. random. perpetually tired...

Hobbies: Greek dancing. singing my heart out. scribbling down stories and poems. getting lost in good books. volunteering at the zoo. listening to music. being with my family and friends. arguing. wasting countless hours on my computer. taking pictures. acting.

Likes: writing. reading. snakes. roses. dancing. singing. music. laughing. green tea. languages. good vocabulary. going off on tangents. the ocean. hugs. books. photography. arguments. Thai food. animals. accents. theatre. European culture. makeup. cookies. much more.

Dislikes: spiders. racists. sexists. eggplant. homework. stupid movies. inconsiderate people. close-minded people. 'gangsta' rap. people who act stupid on purpose. war. seeing people cry. horror movies. hypocrites. that pick thing dentists use.

I'm not going to list my favorite books or musicians or movies here, because this profile will literally become a mile long if I do. I will however list my...

Favorite Authors and Poets: (just a few all-time favorites) J.K. Rowling. Holly Black. Meg Cabot. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Yolen. Sue Monk Kidd. Emily Dickinson. Robert Burns. Charles Baudelaire. Robert Frost.

I will not promise to review you if you review me, but I will try.

On writing:

"It is in the margins that poems are found" -Osip Mandelstam

This is one of the most true statements I have ever heard. Poetry does not come from being assigned a topic or sitting down to write about a specific thing. It comes from being inspired at a random, spontaneous moment, and jotting your thoughts down in the margin.

Favorite Quotes:

"All writers spend great drifts of time staring into space - a habit not tolerated easily by those who aren't writers" -Rose Tremain

" We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that's all" -The Breakfast Club

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players" -William Shakespeare

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind" - Dr. Seuss

"...from now on, I don't care if my tea leaves spell 'die, Ron, die,' I'm chucking them in the bin where they belong" -Ron Weasley

"If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies." -Unknown

“When you get a great idea for a lyric, just push people out the way, throw yourself on the floor and write it down, because it only makes sense in the moment” –Joe Strummer

"We're not just doing this for money. We're doing this for a shitload of money" -Spaceballs

"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!" -The Princess Bride

"If anyone ever saw me dance, they'd have trouble taking me seriously" -Christina Ricci

"Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education: they grow there as firm as weeds among stones" -Charlotte Brontë

" I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not" -Unknown

I think if people see this footage, they'll say Oh, my God, that's horrible. And then they'll go on eating their dinners" -Hotel Rwanda

"Strange town, San Francisco. When I purchased the pumps, they asked if I wanted them wrapped or if I was going to wear them" -Joe in The Princess Diaries

"If you fit into my pants I will kill myself" -While You Were Sleeping