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Valentina: Through the Years

Me at age 3 (already a ham for the camera)

at age 2 handling a snake at the Milwaukee Zoo (I love snakes and always will)

at age 12, forced to wear a hand-me-down blouse!

at age 16, 1986 wearing my favorite T-shirt featuring Duran Duran's lead singer Simon le Bon

age 19, from an old ID photo

age 23, holding Nightshade, a wonderful cat I will forever love and miss!

Me today, age 37

Who is this mysterious creature staring out at you from the darkness?  Is she a vampire?  A ghost?  Or just another goth princess prancing around in the amber street light just before dawn?  Call me a down-to-earth Witch, a practical magician, an artist chasing her dreams, and consistantly dreaming out loud, obsessed with finding true love and finding more glitter than gold. 

Before you get to know me, I may seem quiet or prim, I may seem to speak in riddles and cryptic rhyme, but I'm something beyond the horror show-and-tell. I have a large, welcome laugh, I will keep you up all night giving you Tarot readings or watching horror movies, and, as my plus size figure will make me confess, I love good food and live for pleasure.

I suppose I'm not your typical 37 year old.  Perhaps it's my baby face.  Most people think I am still in my early twenties.  Blame it on good genes.  My father is in his mid 80's, but he still acts like he's only 20 and is still kicking the shit.  My mother?  Well, she's a Zelda Rubenstein look-a-like; a short and sweet church lady whose personality clashes with my more Bohemian one.  I come from a very conservative family, was raised in a strict Christian home, and have escaped that stifling atmosphere to embrace a much more open minded lifestyle.

What I am most passionate about is art, beauty, writing, literature, filmmaking, 18th century history, antique photography, historical fashion, fairy tales, mythic folklore, alternative religion (such as: Paganism, Witchcraft, & transcendental Satanism). I love poetry, can usually be caught in the middle of creating a new masterpiece, and I'm obsessed with fictional and mythic characters only I seem to care about.  But someday you might be just as interested in them, too. 

You can ask me anything you want. Nothing shocks me. Just don't ask me to conform to the mundane!

All you ever wanted to know about me*

_{*yet didn't ask for!}

Ethnic Origin: Menominee, Chippewa, Austrian, Yugoslav

Age: 38
Height: 5' 1"
Eyes: Hazel brown with green flecks (depends on the light in the room, some think I've got green peepers, others will argue that I'm stictly a brown eyed woman)
Hair: very long dark Brown, starting to turn silver especially all along the edges of my cheeks and forehead
Date of Birth: December 30, 1970
Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
Resides: in the wild ice cold tundra of Stevens Point, WI USA

Astrological information: Capricorn with Leo rising, Moon in Aquarius, Mercury in Capricorn, Venus in Scorpio, Mars in Scorpio, Jupiter in Scorpio, Saturn in Taurus, Uranus in Libra, Neptune in Sagittarius, Pluto in Virgo, Midheaven in Taurus 

Meaning of my names: Derived from the Latin Valentes, participle of valeo, and means "strong, sturdy, vigorous, healthy." I was named after Valentina Tereshkova, a Russian cosmonaut who was the first woman in space. My father heard about her on TV during my birth and decided it was a very important name to give to a girl. My middle name "Marie" was given to me by my mother in honor of the French queen, Marie Antionette who is also an ancestor of mine.  My mother originally was going to name me Veronica Marie Antionette but my father argued that it would be bad luck to name me after a dead queen.  My last name Kaquatosh is Menominee for "Little Hawk" or "Small Hawk in the Wind." 

Religion:  Dianic Wiccan, Native American Spiritualist
Magickal Tradition I trained for:  Italian Witchcraft (3rd degree initiate) 
Patron Gods: Lugh, Aradia, Isis, Papa Ghede
Interested in: I am rediscovering the ancient traditions of my ancestors; I aim to preserve and protect the magickal and spiritual traditions of all indigenous peoples; I would like to restore the pre-Christian traditions of cultures; I love to do investigations into haunted places; I want to become more involved in the comic book industry

What I'm doing with my life right now:

I am a freelance book illustrator working on a comic book in collaboration with the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa that will be published as part of a Ojibwe language preservation project. If this book is a success, it will be used to help preserve other Anishinaabe spoken languages. My goal is to do more than just create brilliant artwork; I want to serve a purpose, do something that's bigger or that will last long after I am gone, and make the people who love me proud. I've had a lot of heartache in my life and have spent many tears on those who didn't deserve me, yet I survive. No matter how hard I hit the ground, I seem to bounce back. You'd love to see my paintings and read my stories. I love being the center of your attention!

What you'd notice most about me if we were to meet face-to-face:

My long dark hair (it falls down to the end of my back, almost long enough to sit on!), well kept and polished nails, big hazel brown eyes, round chubby cheeks, and sterling silver rings (the large amber ring on my right hand gets stares). I look very young for my age and hope to keep it that way. I never wear blue jeans, I'm usually seen in a dress, sarong ponchos, trousers or goucho pants. I wear imported clothing, scarves, jewels, silk and rayon blouses some with Celtic patterns. I don't often need to wear make-up, but when I do I just line my eyes with eggplant kohl and smear on the lip gloss.
I don't usually warm up to new people right away and this sometimes sends others a "bad vibe" but don't let that discourage you. I'm not as aloof as I seem. I'm a typical Capricorn; cold on the outside, but very warm on the inside, you just have to get past my icy barrier and pretty soon you'll realize I don't shut-up much! I have some trust issues, but mostly it's just I'm not yet familiar with someone who just comes out of the blue to meet me! Once past the quiet pauses, you'll find I'm the kind of friend who shares maybe too much information and my sense of humor really falls into the crude and sexual range. Even though I'm very open with my sexuality, I'm not into the whole nightclub kind of dating scene, am a prude when it comes to "swinging" and I don't seek out random fellas to get it on with, so to speak. I'm open to give someone new a chance, but that chance isn't a spontaneous thing. Just because I'm a very sexual being don't mean I'm looking for one night stands. I'm a one man woman, baby, and expect to be treated with respect.