Caressing the Tiger

Full Name: Debrah Erickson; Prefer to be called Mylia though.

Nicknames or "Pet" Names: Mylia, Seraph, Shadowcat, Phoenix, Psylocke, Betsy, Phynyxx Roase, Lia (only a select few are allowed to call me Lia), Myls, Cat, Koshka, Embercat, Kirynii, Vampcat, Bitchkitten (well-earned), and Stormcrow calls me Chere...

Age: Old enough to know better; young enough not to care.

Eye Color: Depends on my mood; but generally blue or blue gray.  My eyes have been known to turn dark gray or dark purple on occassion.  When my eyes turn purple, best head for the hills.

Hair Color:Any color I want it to be.  However, my natural color is red.  I have been known to have black hair, purple hair, blue hair.  When I get too bored, I tend to change the color of my hair. Currently I have a fushia color on my hair that was supposed to be Vampire Red.  Talen said it's pink because it wasn't made with real vampires...

Siblings: Well, I have a few blood siblings, but I seem to be closer to my soul siblings than my actual blood:

                         Callista
                    Boreal
                    Excaliber
                    Sara
                    Russ/Calek
                    Stormcrow/Ben
                    Tirani
 

Current Interests/Relationships: I am not dead, nor am I blind and I will honestly admit that I have several interests.  Let's not delve any deeper into my personal life, shall we?

Pets: I have several fish and a dog: Ares.  One of my fish is a Siamese Fighting fish (a.k.a. Betta) named ValJean after the main character in the story, "Les Miserables."  I also spend a lot of time out at the Az Ren Fest at the Greyhound Guild playing with all of their babies.  (Hi Bossman, Mischief, Cian and Garak).

Children: Yep, I have a beautiful three-year old daughter.  Her name is Cheyenne and she is a complete and utter doll that makes friends wherever she goes.

Likes: I love different types of art and artists and spend a lot of my time with computer graphics programs trying to create my own works of art.  I am a writer who will hopefully have a book sent out to a printer/publisher soon.  I write in all types of genres, but my favorite is supernatural fiction and stuff like that.  I love most animals but my favorites are wolves and large felines, hence my choosing of this set from Moyra to use on this page.  I like to spend whatever time I can with my friends, both my cyber ones and the ones that live nearby.  I also am involved in several different role-playing games, my most current being Warhammer and AD&D.  I am also a play-tester/ character-creator for the game a friend of mine is writing and producing.  (Hi Brendan)

Dislikes: Hatred or cruelty of any kind.  I hate bogotry with a passion, but the thing that gets me even more riled up than that is cruelty to animals.  I am an animal rights activist and I try to help any animal in need that I find.  If you want to get on my bad side really quick, be mean to an animal.  By the way, if you feel as strongly as I do about this subject, go to this site:  http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/3074/will.html .  This is a sight created by the Long Island Golden Retriever Rescue for a poor baby that was mistreated and seriously abused.

Favorite Music:I like alternative, classical, celtic, and musicals, but by far my favorite group is Concrete Blonde.  I have very eclectic musical tastes and am willing to give almost any type a music a chance.  I like some heavy metal music and almost any alternative or goth band I hear (Marilyn Manson is NOT Goth).  I also love 80's music (hey I grew up then).  I will listen to any song at least once unless it is rap or whining set to music.

Favorite Groups: Concrete Blonde, Dead Can Dance, House of Lords, Wolgemut, Shakespear's Sister, Metallica, Alanis Morrisette,Sarah MacLachlan

Favorite Movie:I'm not sure I have a favorite movie since I do like all kinds and have a large video library.  However I like tons of Japanese Anime and almost any vampire movie.  Some of my most watched movies in my library include:

        "The Stand by Stephen King"
        "The Craft"
        "Pratical Magic"
        "The Prophecy"
        "Heathers"
        "The Man in the Iron Mask"
        "Independence Day"
 

Favorite Book:"Of Saints and Shadows" trilogy by Christopher Golden.  In addition, I love any book written by Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder, Christopher Pike or L.J. Smith.  William Shakespeare also has his area on my library shelves, as does anything written by Wendy or Richard Pini.

Favorite T.V. Shows:"Buffy the Vampire Slayer the series" and "Charmed".  I also like Star Trek the Next Generation reruns, Seven Days, Xena, Hercules, Stargate SG-1 and South Park.

Hobbies: Writing, reading, singing, dancing, spending time with my friends whether in person or on-line.  I am a cast member in the Arizona Renaissance Festival, and I like to participate in live action games and gaming conventions.  I also like doing web page design.  I have recently taken up embroidery as when I get sick, I get bored and do not do what the doctor often wants me to do.  So Ivan's mom is teaching me embroidery so I can have something to do when I am supposed to be in bed...