I'm Dragostae. You may call me Drago, Miss D, DragoSpice, or anything else. I'm really pretty cool about things like that. I'm a twenty-two year old American of Irish, German, Burgundian, and Norwegian descent (and quite some more!). I'm what's called a whiter shade of pale (anyone catch the musical pun?) 'round these parts (a lifelong Missourian - remember, everything's up to date in Kansas City!). I also share Harry Potter's birthdate (July 31st, 1983). I am an on-and-off college student (it's a long story), majoring in social studies education.
Yes, you got it.
I want to teach history. It is my passion. After all, history is much more than names, places, and dates. It's who we are, why we're here, what we listen to, how we talk, why we dress the way we do, and even where we're going. I've also felt the call to vocational ministry in the Episcopal Church, and hopefully will enter seminary after I'm done with college.
I even dress up in funny costumes and beat the crap out of my friends. No, I'm not one of those crazy LARPers (not saying that LARPers by default are nutso), but I am a mediaevalist. In fact, I belong to the
Society for Creative Anachronism, and there, I'm known as Constantia, an Eastern Roman (Byzantinian) woman of the sixth century from Constantinople (she'd tell you that she's Roman, though, not Turkish and Armenian).
No, I'm not passionate about it at all, now am I?
In addition to history, I am a classically-trained musician (flute, piccolo, French horn, miscellaneous percussion instruments, some piano); a vocalist (my range is seriously from a
Falcon soprano all the way down to tenor, though I'm most comfortable singing alto (go dark vocal qualities!); an artist (go former art major me!); thespian (I've been doing theatre since elementary school); and a dancer. Arts aren't just in my blood, they are my blood.
I was also a disc jockey for
Gaian Radio. At this writing, the radio is down, and I don't know if I'll be invited back. I also have past broadcasts, should you feel the need to listen. Just let me know, and I'll get those sent off to you!
I play Dungeons and Dragons, as well. In fact, I'm just digging myself even deeper into the geek hole. I cut my teeth on D&D 3.0 my freshman year of college (2002-2003), and I'm learning (slowly) the other versions.
In short, that's Dragostae, for ya.