user6949

I am a late-thirties eclectic woman…purely Southern…born in Tennessee, raised in Georgia and living in Alabama. I’m married to a techie, also a Southerner. We live with our 23 year old son and a toy poodle named Doodle. (I know, the math doesn’t exactly add up on the ages. Biologically, he’s our nephew; he moved in with us when he was 16, and we adopted him. …and, we couldn’t be more proud of him if we had “birthed��? him. :-)

Raised by my math teaching Mama and my Sci-Fi reading Dad, when I went to school, I majored in Education/Language Arts, then English in grad school, but I was never quite flakey enough to be a typical English major. (…not that I mean “flakey��? in an ugly way. I’ve just always been more Vulcan than Hippie…if that makes sense.)

I taught English (7-12 and college) for years and loved it. After an unexpected geographical move, however, (family obligations) I started working in technical support. Surprisingly, but logically, the two fields merged well. Now, I’m a corporate technical trainer and technical writer. I get to read, research and write for a living every day producing highly technical procedural and educational materials (print and multimedia).

I love the English language, literature and even (amazingly) grammar. I can carry a tune in a bucket, play keyboard and brass instruments with some basic skill and enjoy every aspect of the language arts, but I never felt strong attraction to tactile arts or crafts until my math teaching Mama showed me a clock made of geometrically arranged CDs. I was hooked, and if I can ever find the commercial again, or find a pattern, I fully intend to make the AOL CD fish/wall sculpture.

eclectic taste...mostly stuff with a beat...Harry Connick, Jr, Cowboy Mouth, Beach Boys, and lots of soundtracks - especially Disney

Actually, (since it is listed under "Music" on an ipod) I listen to a lot of podcasts and audiobooks.

Desk Set, Star Wars, Grease, most musicals, most Disney

Law and Order, House, Criminal Minds, Big Bang Theory, Bones, Numbers, CSI, and most anything Disney...Thank goodness for TIVO

polymer clay, machine stitch/embroidery, wood crafts, computer based crafts