About the wishlists:

- the links do work, but are futzy as clicked above; ask me about them if you're interested in getting me something off of them.
- Most of the Amazon list is things for wam; the Torrid list is my regular clothes... and I use it for shopping for me, too! I do throw some duplicates on there of things I think would be more of interest in a photo set for here, or to replace things easily destroyed (looking at you, boots!)

Hai - I'm Mina, a life-long wammer. I had an account on here years ago (okay, decades... well... 15-20 years, anyway!) and I gave myself a birthday present this year by creating a new account!

Last time, I stayed to the chat rooms (and browsed the forums, as I did before and since) but didn't post any photos or other content.

This time, though, there's pictures!

Happy to really be contributing, even if it's just solo phone photos at this time! One hand on the phone, one on the mess, and concentration bitch face more often than I'd like!

When I first came up with the name Tsarmina for Wetshoe's forums back in the day, it was a play on Tsarina (although I don't have Russian ancestry, to my knowledge) and it sounded kinda dommy, which was the role I was sort of playing back then. (It was first and foremost doing things I love, but also an escape valve from a struggling marriage.)

It turns out I'm not really interested in being a dommy mommy, and I don't really stick with a sub thing either. I suppose that makes me a switch, but... I never quite felt like owning that role either.

Similarly, I don't always feel comfortable picking favorites in most things. I'm happy to babble about things I like, things I might be more interested in at that moment, but there's not much of an internal ranking system for anything I like (music, movies, or materials to wam with, for example).

I've been a metal chick forever, with goth tendencies, and my fashion sense tends towards there: dark, spooky, and a bit slutty.

I was asked what kind of roles I like to play, and I liked my answer, so I'm including it here:

I'm pretty terrible at acting...

So I view it as setting up a (probably) improbable situation, and... being me.

Most of my life I played the roles others wanted for me (ballerina, breadwinner, stay-at-home wife, whatever) and not... just me. So I kinda just wanna be me.

Which is still ridiculous multi-faceted all-of-the-things...

But I'm the one deciding.

And, because it can be fun, choosing who gets to decide for me for certain things.

If that makes sense.