Hi!

I am Dawn. aka DawnOwar. aka The Legendary Almighty DawnOwar.

I used to be the world's most famous internet Manowar fan, but now I'm just your average Rock and Roll cat lady who loves computers, ice cream and Chinese food.

This site is a place to keep things that don't fit on my tumblelog which is a sort of short form blog that I update constantly.

If I were you, I'd go there right now.

I just moved from Cincinnati to Columbus, Ohio. Not a huge move in distance but the two cities are totally different in character and I'm hoping to love my new city and my new life, whatever it might turn out to be.

Mostly I needed the adventure. I pretty much did everything I ever wanted to do and then some in Cincinnati, and since I got laid off due to the current economic downturn it seemed like a good time to migrate to somewhere where I can at least have a better social life.

Columbus has a metal scene! After years of living without one and making do by hanging out with Gay men and Goths rather than stay in by myself, I come to find out that it's only a 2 hr drive to a city with a bunch of metal people to hang with. If only I'd known years ago.

I make websites for extra cash and I conserve my resources by being a cheapskate. I've always been like that, but I think that's where everyone's head is at right now.

There or on LOST. Because it's the most awesome groundbreaking show ever on TV. I think. Well actually I have no idea what the hell its about but I love it, I watch it, I talk about it, I listen to the podcasts and sometimes I blog my thoughts which is mostly commentary on their outfits.

I love clothes.

That's all there is to know about me for the moment because I just started my new life in Columbus and I've not really figured out exactly what that is just yet. But I'm working on it.

Somehow I got a job after looking for exactly a week and a half. A good job too. I'd love to tell you it was more than luck combined with a strange but useful skill set but it probably wasn't. My advice to you if you're job hunting now... don't be afraid to make a career change now. It may be the only way to stay alive. Hell, don't be afraid of anything. It can only hold you back.

I read once, on some web page about how to move to NYC, the advice that you should concentrate on your career for the first year, because you won't have any friends yet anyway, and get good at what you do in order to afford to live in such an expensive city. The friends will come naturally later once you've been around awhile.

That seems to be good advice, even if Columbus isn't that expensive.

I work for a large financial institution in the bankruptcy department. Plenty of work there. In fact we're doing mandatory overtime, which is great for my wallet but not so good for my social life. Which was sort of the reason I moved here in the first place...

A wise friend once said to me you work on trying to get the balance of work and fun right for pretty much your whole life.

That sounds about right.