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A Little About Me
Jan. 7th, 2023 08:56 pmSome photos of myself and my partner/S.O./boyfriend, Jameson.
We've been together for nine years.
This was during the "band gag" for Ringling Bros, where we would hide in the audience and be "randomly selected" to play instruments, so the sweater I'm wearing is actually a costume piece to hide my circus costume. A friend was in the crowd and took this picture, and I think it encapsulates our relationship perfectly haha.
Name: Megan O'Malley or Megan OMalley because apostrophes ruin everything.
Age: 38 (39 in a month)
Location: on tour, and/or a suburb of Orlando
Occupation: Currently on tour as trombonist with Tootsie the Musical. When I'm not getting to be a musician, I unfortunately end up working low-paying data entry or service jobs because me and my skills are not valued in the work force.
Significant Other: Jameson, 41, online instructor for LA Film School, keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist and music tech specialist who is frequently called upon to program audio or write tracks for popular musicians. He loves gaming and puzzles of all kinds, and is currently working on reinventing himself professionally, earning a masters degree and applying for all kinds of opportunities. He's super hot also :D
Kids: Neither of us wants kids. Jameson doesn't want them because he has several genetic conditions that he does not want to burden a child with. I don't want them because I've never wanted kids in my whole life and "social expectations" in that department mean absolutely nothing to me.
Parents: Both dead. My mom died of pancreatic cancer in 2001; my dad died of covid in 2021 due to refusal to vaccinate. I was very close with my mom and miss her terribly every day. Not so much with my dad, but it still hurts that he's gone. Both died before the age of 65.
Brothers/Sisters: Ok buckle up, this is complicated. I have three sisters and a brother. My parents had me and my sister Kate before they divorced. After they divorced they both remarried. My stepmom brought a daughter from a previous marriage, that's my stepsister Kayle (pronounced KAY-luh). My mom and my stepdad had two children together, Jonah and Raven, who are my half-brother and sister. That make sense?
Pets: None at the moment. I've had several beta fish over the years, and feral cats that we took in from time to time. Never really got on well with dogs, but Jameson had them growing up and is partial to Bernese Mountain Dogs and Samoyeds. When I was little I won a goldfish from the fair and named him Twiddle, he lived to be at least 18 and grew as big as my hand, then was released into the Susquehanna River, where I like to imagine he rules the underwater world to this day.
List the 3 biggest things going on in your life:
1. Being on tour through June.
2. Trying to get moving professionally again after covid...another tour? Local gigs? ANYTHING that pays a living wage? Learning a new skill?
3. Just trying to go day by day. Since the pandemic it's like I can't trust anything anymore. How can anyone make solid plans for their life when it could all be pulled out from under them at any minute? With my mom's untimely death at 42 and my dad's death at 62, I'm trying to be selfish, and do what I want, as much as possible, because that's the only control I have.
Where and for what did you go to school for?:
UNC School of the Arts, Music Performance on trombone. IUP, same.
What are your hobbies?
I'm a foodie, so trying new foods, cooking and baking, and exploring flavors is a hobby for me. Being on tour means I get to really exercise this hobby, which is great! I also like walking in nature, just being quiet and letting my senses be filled with the weather and terrain and whatnot. Reading, watching anime, relaxing with Jameson. A little gardening and curiosity about plants and animals in general.
Who are some of your closest friends?
I have very few close friends, because I'm abrasive and blunt and condescending. Plus I'm not a "good hang"...I don't like the social expectation that you have to go out late and drink to have friends, so that excludes like 90% of people I could have been friends with, if they'd interact with me sober. Oh-fucking-well! My closest friends are Jameson and some people from my time on the circus.
Random Facts About Me:
- I'm left-handed.
- My mom was half-Japanese, so I am 1/4 Japanese. Also my Obaa-chan had a lot of Ainu or Jomon heritage according to DNA tests (Ainu/Jomon are some of the native populations of Japan).
- I was born in Scranton, PA of "The Office" fame. It's not nearly as cool as on tv, sorry, it's a depressed coal town.
- I was born at home with a midwife.
- I have a dark and thick limbal ring, and "nuclear dot opacity", which are always the subject of much discussion at the eye doctor's.
- I have lived on a train, a boat, in a car, in apartments, and in houses.
- I was a circus musician for five years and would have gladly continued doing that job for the rest of my life if the circus hadn't closed.
- I'm an INTJ, which means personality-wise I am difficult to get along with, super blunt and logical, and tend not to want to coddle emotions, which is why I have very few friends. I've tried to be "more like everyone else", but then I'm just being fake, so it doesn't last long. It's just the way I am.
- I consider myself to be centrist...progressive, but CENTRIST. There are good and bad conservative AND democratic stances, and I agree with many things on both sides.
- I waste money on silly things more and more as I get older. Perhaps because I'm approaching 40, and in the context of how my parents died, money has become more and more arbitrary.
We've been together for nine years.
This was during the "band gag" for Ringling Bros, where we would hide in the audience and be "randomly selected" to play instruments, so the sweater I'm wearing is actually a costume piece to hide my circus costume. A friend was in the crowd and took this picture, and I think it encapsulates our relationship perfectly haha.
Name: Megan O'Malley or Megan OMalley because apostrophes ruin everything.
Age: 38 (39 in a month)
Location: on tour, and/or a suburb of Orlando
Occupation: Currently on tour as trombonist with Tootsie the Musical. When I'm not getting to be a musician, I unfortunately end up working low-paying data entry or service jobs because me and my skills are not valued in the work force.
Significant Other: Jameson, 41, online instructor for LA Film School, keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist and music tech specialist who is frequently called upon to program audio or write tracks for popular musicians. He loves gaming and puzzles of all kinds, and is currently working on reinventing himself professionally, earning a masters degree and applying for all kinds of opportunities. He's super hot also :D
Kids: Neither of us wants kids. Jameson doesn't want them because he has several genetic conditions that he does not want to burden a child with. I don't want them because I've never wanted kids in my whole life and "social expectations" in that department mean absolutely nothing to me.
Parents: Both dead. My mom died of pancreatic cancer in 2001; my dad died of covid in 2021 due to refusal to vaccinate. I was very close with my mom and miss her terribly every day. Not so much with my dad, but it still hurts that he's gone. Both died before the age of 65.
Brothers/Sisters: Ok buckle up, this is complicated. I have three sisters and a brother. My parents had me and my sister Kate before they divorced. After they divorced they both remarried. My stepmom brought a daughter from a previous marriage, that's my stepsister Kayle (pronounced KAY-luh). My mom and my stepdad had two children together, Jonah and Raven, who are my half-brother and sister. That make sense?
Pets: None at the moment. I've had several beta fish over the years, and feral cats that we took in from time to time. Never really got on well with dogs, but Jameson had them growing up and is partial to Bernese Mountain Dogs and Samoyeds. When I was little I won a goldfish from the fair and named him Twiddle, he lived to be at least 18 and grew as big as my hand, then was released into the Susquehanna River, where I like to imagine he rules the underwater world to this day.
List the 3 biggest things going on in your life:
1. Being on tour through June.
2. Trying to get moving professionally again after covid...another tour? Local gigs? ANYTHING that pays a living wage? Learning a new skill?
3. Just trying to go day by day. Since the pandemic it's like I can't trust anything anymore. How can anyone make solid plans for their life when it could all be pulled out from under them at any minute? With my mom's untimely death at 42 and my dad's death at 62, I'm trying to be selfish, and do what I want, as much as possible, because that's the only control I have.
Where and for what did you go to school for?:
UNC School of the Arts, Music Performance on trombone. IUP, same.
What are your hobbies?
I'm a foodie, so trying new foods, cooking and baking, and exploring flavors is a hobby for me. Being on tour means I get to really exercise this hobby, which is great! I also like walking in nature, just being quiet and letting my senses be filled with the weather and terrain and whatnot. Reading, watching anime, relaxing with Jameson. A little gardening and curiosity about plants and animals in general.
Who are some of your closest friends?
I have very few close friends, because I'm abrasive and blunt and condescending. Plus I'm not a "good hang"...I don't like the social expectation that you have to go out late and drink to have friends, so that excludes like 90% of people I could have been friends with, if they'd interact with me sober. Oh-fucking-well! My closest friends are Jameson and some people from my time on the circus.
Random Facts About Me:
- I'm left-handed.
- My mom was half-Japanese, so I am 1/4 Japanese. Also my Obaa-chan had a lot of Ainu or Jomon heritage according to DNA tests (Ainu/Jomon are some of the native populations of Japan).
- I was born in Scranton, PA of "The Office" fame. It's not nearly as cool as on tv, sorry, it's a depressed coal town.
- I was born at home with a midwife.
- I have a dark and thick limbal ring, and "nuclear dot opacity", which are always the subject of much discussion at the eye doctor's.
- I have lived on a train, a boat, in a car, in apartments, and in houses.
- I was a circus musician for five years and would have gladly continued doing that job for the rest of my life if the circus hadn't closed.
- I'm an INTJ, which means personality-wise I am difficult to get along with, super blunt and logical, and tend not to want to coddle emotions, which is why I have very few friends. I've tried to be "more like everyone else", but then I'm just being fake, so it doesn't last long. It's just the way I am.
- I consider myself to be centrist...progressive, but CENTRIST. There are good and bad conservative AND democratic stances, and I agree with many things on both sides.
- I waste money on silly things more and more as I get older. Perhaps because I'm approaching 40, and in the context of how my parents died, money has become more and more arbitrary.
