Well, what do you want to know? I am me. I am a mother, girl friend, sister, daughter, teacher, writer, dreamer, and a lot of other roles. I am what I am. I am me. But for those of you who want all the other details, I'll be silly and post one of those MySpace type profile editor things that give you way more information about me than you need to know. And you know exactly what I mean... the "20 questions about you" and the "No For Real You've Never Answered These Questions Before" surveys.

Name: Amanda Hilliard Chase (born Amanda Ann Hilliard)
Screen Names: Over the years I've used (from the most recent)... LadyJedi, Lady Jaye, Sykora, PenanceX, Et`Kal, Iana Et`Kal, Starchaser, Shadowstar, Tagen, Aenigma68, MagikAX
Nicknames: Manda, Manda Panda, Mandy, Mander, Wednesday, LJ
Birthday: July 21
Age: Old enough to know better
Location: Somewhere in Pittsburgh
Family: My kids: Noelle (born in '03) and Livia (born in '06). My boyfriend: Jason. My step-daughter: Hadley (13-ish).
Pets: Two cats: Yin & Nomi.
Education: Master of Science in Education, emphasis in Educational Technology
Occupation: Full time Product Communications Specialist for a software company (builds patient management systems and voice surveys for companies), and an adjunct instructor for Boise State University's Education Technology graduate program.
What I Really Want to Be: A published writer, comic book store owner

Hobbies: Aside from spending time with my family, I enjoy Pittsburgh Penguins hockey, writing, comic books, action figure collecting, and whatever else I'm interested in at the moment. I am also slowly learning how to play Magic: The Gathering and Heroclix.
Favorite Colors: Dark Red, Dark Green, and Royal Purple
Favorite TV shows (current): Heroes, Lost, ECW, Eureka, Scrubs, My Name is Earl, and The Office
Favorite TV shows (not being made): Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Quantum Leap, The Tick, She-Ra, Jem, Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack
Favorite Movies: Star Wars, Galaxy Quest, and Mallrats
Other Movies I recommend highly: Inventing the Abbots, Walk the Line, Unbreakable, X-Men 2, Moulin Rogue
Favorite Music on my Playlists: Stone Sour, Three Days Grace, Trivium, Mastadon, Dragonforce, Nickelback, Daughtry, Breaking Benjamin, Foo Fighters, and Kelly Clarkson
Favorite Oldy but Goody music: Aerosmith, U2, Alanis Morrisette, the Beatles, Soundgarden, Johnny Cash, Pearl Jam, Bush, Nirvana
Favorite Books: "Dune" by Frank Herbert, "Nine Princes in Amber" by Roger Zelazny, and "Ender's Shadow" by Orson Scott Card (Bean & Petra forever!)
Favorite Superhero: I'm a classic Wolverine nerd, but I also enjoy Batman, Elektra, Phoenix (Classic Jean & Rachael), and Shadowcat.
Favorite Supervillain: Dark Phoenix and White Queen (I love to hate her)
Favorite Comic: Excalibur (original version with Nightcrawler, Kitty, and Rachael), Sandman (Neil Gaiman), and Astonishing X-Men (by Joss Whedon) Favorite Things: My light sabre (I have a Mace Windu Master Replica one thanks to Jason & Christmas), my Boise State and/or Penguins hoodies, my comfy Penguin PJs, Reese Cups, Livia and Noelle being goofy, laughing with my family.

Things I miss: I miss a lot of my old RPing buddies that I have lost contact with along the way. Many of them came from the Federation Sim Group or FSG from about ten or so years ago. So if any of y'all come across this page: EMAIL ME.... *cough* Flicker (Josh), Mouse, Moriarty (Clayton), Tal Breno, Chang, Char, Renee (Agent Lilly)... see, I write these things hoping Google spiders the page and folks who get bored like me and look for instances of people and things that they used to know... maybe, just maybe they'll find this page and say "Hey, I know that girl. Maybe I should email her." Eh, maybe I'm a bit of an attention whore, but hey, it's worth a shot.
Personality: I hate this question so I have no idea why I even wrote it. My personality is a wide range of things. I think the prime thing I think of is that I want to take care of everybody and be everybody's mom. It's the Cancerian part of me. I can be moody and stubborn, but I can also be patient and compromising. I am a vast mix.
A good day is... Having nothing on my plate and just hanging out with my family.
Life philosophy: Since the loss of my husband last year, I have been trying to learn from it and live with a: today first type of attitude... I also try not to dwell on what I can't change and learn to take things one step at a time. Now, I try to do this... I'm not always successful.
What I value most: I'm sure you're shocked to read that it's my family. I am also thankful that my boyfriend is also my best friend and has been for three or four years. I value friendship, trust, loyalty, and total communication.

Anyway, that's enough about me. Go read things and comment and such.