A few things about me:

-Nina is not my real name. :O It is actually taken from Nina Simone the jazz singer. She was for a long time the biggest inspiration in my life. I am not who I am today if it weren't for her music -- well, in part. Naturally her name has to go somewhere stamped in my life. ;)

-Jade is because I love the stone Jade; it's symbolism, and color. I was once told by my dearest friend Sigrid that if I didn't have "Jade" attached to any of the names I use on the web, then it wasn't me. She is right. You will find me always where the Jade is. ^ ^

You don't get to know a person by reading their own self description. You get to know them by engaging with them in conversations about drama. It's all in the lines. ;)

[i]"Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, so do our minutes hasten to their end." -- Shakespeare[/i]

"How life is strange and changeful, and the crystal is in the steel at the point of fracture, and the toad bears a jewel in its forehead, and the meaning of moments passes like the breeze that scarcely ruffles the leaf of the willow."

ROBERT PENN WARREN, All the King's Men

"Live to the point of tears." -- Albert Camus