all the gory details.

all the gory details
(updated 03/01/07)

I was born in Delta, Colorado on July 9, 1972, a date which is also shared by the Argentinian Independence Day.

My mother was a teenager, and my father was an Argentinian citizen that my mother met while a foreign exchange student there.

"Just this once won't hurt," is a line that I don't believe.

I have lived in many places. Delta, CO, Huntington Beach, CA, Norway, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA, Toddville, IA, Iowa City, IA, West Branch, IA, Coralville, IA, Bandon, OR, North Bend, OR, and Chicago, IL, are a few of them.

My mom got married and divorced a few times in there somewhere.

I attended 8 different schools before high school, and somehow managed to finish all four years of my pre-collegiate education in a single nice, private Catholic high school.

Kurt Warner, of Superbowl fame, and I shared a high school for 3 years, but we never spoke to each other, ever. Classmates.com tried to buy my yearbook with his senior picture in it for $75.

Most of the people at my 10-year reunion didn't remember me, but I remembered them. 99% of the people I actually wanted to see were smart and skipped out on it. The catered steaks were good, though.

I am not Catholic. I consider myself spiritual, but claim to be a member of no particular organized religion or belief system. Call me a heathen if you will.

I make a concerted effort to live by the Golden Rule, but often fail.

I have two sisters and one brother: Short-Round (19 years younger than me), Stinkerbell (10.5 years younger than me), and the one we don't talk about (3 or so years younger than me).

At various times I have: sung in school choirs all over this great nation, taken violin lessons, played the flute, been a nursing major enrolled in AFROTC changed my major to Communications, changed my major to Art, had a nervous breakdown, gone to beauty school, cut +/or colored +/or permed +/or waxed a lot of different people, graduated with a BA in Studio Art from the University of Iowa, and kissed a lot of boys.

I like to forge metal more than I like to work clay.

I like to cut and color, but I really don't like perming or doing updos. I can do all four very well, though, thank you.

Sometime my hair is red, and sometimes it is blonde.

I turned my mom onto edamame after I tried it at Sushi Popo, and she liked it so much that she grew some for herself. Now it's a culinary staple in my family's homestead.

Until moving to Chicago in May 2003, I spent close to a year living at home with my mom and dad, my youngest sister, a dog, two koi, a couple snails, an algae-eater, many many cats, and more fleas than you can shake a stick at.

I now live alone in a charming studio apartment in Edgewater Beach with 2 cats, Cricket "NoBadKitty!" Martin and Posey "BunnyButt" Martin, and an array of fine furnishings largely purchased at IKEA and Target.

I would rather stay at home and read a book, or watch a movie than go out to a loud, stinky bar.

I was celibate for over 5 years until a few months ago. I'll probably start considering now as the beginning of my next dry spell.

I work for a national chain of almost 1000 privately owned salons, as a salon leader (manager). I used to work for somewhere else, but they are teh suck.
I collect Tinker Bell, Pucca, and Hello Kitty!
I super dig Santa Monica, but I don't think I would want to live there. At least not for more than a couple of months or so.
My favorite colors are pink, orange, pale greens (celadon, celery, mint, sage), and light blue.
My favorite flowers are lilies and gerbera daisies.
I could never go on the Atkins diet because I live for carbohydrates.
There's more, but I think that's enough for now.

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