Monica Jackson

Kilgore H S, Attended 1995 - 1997, Class of 1999

TAMS 1997-1999

Tyler Junior College, Attended 2003 - Present, Other
University of North Texas, Attended 1997 - Present, Class of 2007, Bachelor's Degree, Psychology

professional student

PSD, IAADP, Delta Society

animal rights, art tutorials, assistance dogs, bards, black and white pictures, books, brobdingnagian bards, cats, chainmail, chivalry, chocolate, civil rights, computer games, computer hardware, computer modding, computers, counterstrike, crime scene investigation, criminology, crochet, csi, cuddling, dog training, dogs, dragons, druidry, fantasy, forensics, fps computer games, genetics, german shepherds, graphic design, half-life, heinlein, honesty, honor, humor, intelligence, karate, knitting, laurell k. hamilton, lava lamps, logic puzzles, macaroni and cheese, meditation, mercedes lackey, moon, moose, music, my furkids, nature, night, norfolk terriers, operant conditioning, pen and ink, psychology, public speaking, rain, reading, ren fairs, robert heinlein, sca, sci-fi, service dogs, sketching, smoothies, tams, tattoos, thinking, thunderstorms, tsunami puzzles

all of them. especially anything by heinlein

anything with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, esp. See No Evil, Hear No Evil

anything and everything, with the exception of tejano and some rap

CSI (all of 'em), Law and Order: SVU, that new medical investigation show (seeing a theme yet?), ER, and all of the stuff on the discovery and history channels that i'm missing because i don't have cable

Cancer

hmm, let's see.. graduated tams class of 99 and now i'm on the VERY long-term degree plan for a bachelor's in psych with minors in chem and math (decided against finishing my crim justice minor). but only lack three classes at this point, so it shouldn't be too long before i walk the stage. too bad my service dog's a white german shepherd...the hairs are so going to clash with the robe.

been taking a hiatus from working and only doing one class a semester or so in order to get through the training on xiomar. he's coming along incredibly well. (i swear, that dog already knows everything, but boy am i hard to train!)

after a couple of years on some really nasty meds, finally found a decent doc so i'm actually starting to feel better. looking back, i've come one hell of a long way in just the last year.

being back in small-town east texas after so many years in the dfw area was hard, but i'm adjusting. things are slower here in a way...people are much less high-strung and much more easygoing. it's nice, but i have occasionally been known to miss some of the hustle of the city.

still heavy into computers...working (as ever) on upgrading and modding mine as we speak. doing a lot of artsy stuff nowadays too. i've gotten back into sketching and pen&ink. even learned how to knit and embroider...never thought i'd be doing such a typically feminine thing! but i think i've found my new calling recently with my discovery of the joys of chainmail (specifically micromaille as used in jewelry). and yes, i do take custom orders, any pattern, any size, any material.

doing a lot of public speaking stuff on behalf of service dogs...i've done seminars in schools for kids ages 10 and up, i've spoken to kiwanis clubs, even helping put together a website resource for folks looking for more info. may be doing seminars for a TCU sorority and/or a local chamber of commerce sometime in the next couple of months.

anyone who appreciates my interests and enjoys sharing their own (very general, no?).

(theoretically, this person must also be accepting of constant presence of white dog fur that follows me around)