MEMBER SINCE: June 2006

occupation: Disabled corporate CEO (I'm the one disabled, not the corporation); aspiring starving artist.

crush: Orange.

sign: LIVE! NUDE GIRLS!

fantasy: Living happily ever after with the first boy I ever French-kissed when I was 11 years old.

most humbling moment: Being diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and finding out that I wasn't, after all, immortal.

i lost my virginity: somewhere between the sofa cushions, along with a $20 bill and my size H crochet hook.

gets me hot: Passion bordering on the pathological. Self-confidence without manipulation. Manic adventures on the Balkan Penninsula during wartime. Acceptance of the darkness within. Fearlessness.

heroes: Vaclav Havel, Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bobby Kennedy, and the passengers and crew of United Flight 93.

makes me happy: Good things happening to those I love. The sight of the Buppies sleeping peacefully. A politician with some actual moral fortitude getting elected. Being the recipient of a totally unexpected kindness. Really good tiramisu.

makes me sad: Lost loves. Bigotry. Most of my family. Cruelty to animals. Rejection. The suffering of others. Regrets. Falling out of touch with treasured friends. Feeling unworthy. The state of the world.

into: The Buppies. Visual arts. Tibetan Buddhism. Indie music. Deep ecology. Hockey. Orphan diseases. Art journals. Emily Strange. Animal welfare. Cosmology. Very small things. Disability issues. Mineral makeup. Literature. Mammalian intelligence. Podcasting. Language and linguistics. Neurotically Yours. Found objects. The history of science. Nightmares. Minerology. Creating enlightened society.