I'm a worn-denim wearin' lass, electric-ukulele strumming lumimary, maker of fantastic egg-salad, lover of loud-ish laughter; in possession of Revolutionary pie-in-the-sky optimism curtailed by a sickly sense of impending doom; huge fan of the Marx Brothers, Fanny Brice and May West; honorary degree in sociology (read: bartender); fascinated, obsessed (and most recently DISGUSTED) by the political landscape; staunch believer in separation between Church and State, and becoming an even stronger believer in the separation between Church and Me; Beatles fanatic; New Yorker; vodka-drinker; author; cartoonist; stand-up comic (regionally stunted--much funnier in New York); Disaster and Crisis Management volunteer; admirer of Union Carpenters (local 608--you're my man); I like scallops; fiercely loyal in friendship; insomniac (too much info-tainment); I don't believe in cars; I DO believe in Super String Theory and soapy bubbles.

I love it when people fall out of chairs. Especially backwards. I talk with a slight drawl but very fast so no one can tell where I'm from.
Just because I'm clever doesn't mean I'm not stupid. I like to dog-paddle, but not paddling dogs. Tidal waves scare me. So do white boys in pick-up trucks. You can never have too much cheese.

I'm just your average hard core gal-next-door, really

The METS, Charlie Chaplain, Coney Island, Jager-blading, George Byron, Vaudeville, Jonathan Swift, the 1920's, Curiosity, words and where they come from (or "entimonopoly" for you scholars), street-theater, ponies (we never really out-grow ponies), reading the newspaper and weeping accordingly, smart regions (a dying science), cartooning, hand-written letters, probing the validity of late-night info-mercials (especially ones with midgets)and pop-tarts.

Stolen Elections, Corporatocracy, Sarah Palin, Las Vegas, Stolen Elections, Barbra Walters, George Stephanopolis, Torture in my name without my consent, the suspension of Habeaus Corpus, rendition, and this latest SCOTUS decision that made me want to move to Appalachia and herd goats.

Stand-up comedy, comedy writing, political cartooning, video-taping lying election officials, and playing the ukulele with gusto.

The Hudsucker Proxy, I (Heart) Huckabees, Harold and Maude, Adaptation, Field of Dreams, Raising Arizona, Singin' in the Rain, Dumb and Dumber, Good Night and Good Luck, Tootsie, Silkwood, The Color Purple, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Lord of the Rings, The Adventures of Mark Twain, Little Shop of Horrors, It Happened One Night, The Kid, Singin' in the Rain, Big Fish, Choke, Hamlet 2,

The Beatles, The Asylum Street Spankers, Spinal Tap, Blood Sweat and Tears, Steve Espinola, Aimee Mann, OUTKAST, Dolly Parton, Ween, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Amy Mann, Macy Grey, Little River Band, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Indigo Girls, Cat Stevens, They Might Be Giants, Free to Be You and Me, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Bobby Mitchell, Toy Dolls, of Montreal, Tom Waits

The Princess Bride, The Great and Secret Show, Postcards from the Edge, Armed Madhouse, Fanny Kemel: A Passionate Victorian, Douglas Adams HITCHIKER's GUIDE TO THE GALAXY series, Dear Companion, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Chaplin, Harpo Speaks!, Mists of Avalon, Anything by Tom Robbins.