Personal Facts

some facts about my life:

born in wv in 1965. lived there until 1993.
moved to virginia in 1993.
moved to ohio in 1996.
moved to new york in 1999.
moved to minnesota in 2002.
moved back to new york in 2005.
i'm sensitive, loyal to friends and enjoy an even temperament unless crossed.
was the first girl to play on the all boys little league team in my hometown.
i sometimes entered talent shows in grade schools where i would sing carpenter's songs.
i loathe politically correct feminists.
i have two brothers and three sisters.
i have a fascination with burma, or what is now called myanmar but know i will never be able to visit there unless the current military dictatorship (which sanctions slavery) is overthrown.
i like to dance.
red is my favorite color.
politically, i'm left of liberal.
i think laura bush is sexy.
my favorite poem remains "daddy" by sylvia plath.
i enjoy burning cds for friends.
i grew up in a working-class family where my dad worked as a coal miner, and my mother was a domestic goddess.
i currently enjoy a comfortable middle-class lifestyle, but my sensibilities remain working-class.
i'm interested in treks to mt. everest, and read john krakauer's Into Thin Air with pathological intensity.
i'm currently studying buddhism, trying to become a practitioner.
i'm sickened by identity politics which is still embraced in academe.
i once dressed as jesus for a halloween party.
i don't take shit from anyone. i can't. especially from men, pretentious academics,and upper-middle class people.
i would love to meet roseanne.
i have a fear of flying.
i once believed that jackalopes were real animals.
i'm dyslexic with numbers.
i think bears are the coolest animals on the planet.
i long to own a 1970's camaro.
i'm now enjoying a real health insurance plan for the first time in my adult life.
i don't like frogs.
i have a strong fear of carbon monoxide poisoning.
the last book i bought was *absinthe: a cultural history.*
i think hard, physical labor is cleansing.