Real Name: Well, let's just say, most people say it wrong anyway.

Age: Student age.

Gender: Female

Country: The one and only (52 actually -- wait -- did I actually type 52? I meant 50, don't know where I got the extra 2 from... I must be insane. Well, sanity is overrated anyway) United States

Pets: 2 lovebirds (small parrots not known for talking) and 1 caique (bigger parrot, also not known for talking, but is a real sweetheart.)

Hobbies: Reading, playing my lovely clarinet, writing, annoying my siblings, playing with the birdies, watching movies, reading, writing, um...

Favorite Color: Hmmmm...wouldn't say no to red, but blue's at the top of the list, particularly midnight blue.

Favorite Book: Good question. Um...which one? There are all the Tamora Pierce books; The Lord of the Rings; Harry Potter; The Chronicles of Narnia; The Scarlet Pimpernel; The Phantom of the Opera; the Dragonriders of Pern; Temeraire: In the Service of the King... need I list more?

Favorite Author: Um... Anne McCaffrey, J.K. Rowling, Emmuska Orczy, J.R.R. Tolkien, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Favorite Character in a Book: Uh, probably Alanna or Frodo, maybe Faithful...

Favorite Pairings:

Tamora Pierce:

Alanna/Jon

Daine/Numair

Kel/Dom (sorry K/N fans... there are a couple really sweet K/Ns though!)

Harry Potter:

Snape/Hermione (Ok, we all know that this would never work, but -- it's oddly addicting...)

Phantom of the Opera:

Erik/Christine (These are just really really good.There are some excellent authors for these!)

Favorite Broadway Show: Well, could be either Wicked, The Phantom of the Opera or The Scarlet Pimpernel.

Favorite Quotes:

"Living is an art. It's not bookkeeping. It takes an awful lot of rehearsal for a man (or in this case, woman) to get to be himself (or herself)." ~William Saroyan, The Time Of Your Life. No, I have not seen the show, but one of my friends used this quote as his senior yearbook quote, and I thought it was awesome.

"Does the player exist In any human endeavour who's been known to resist sirens of fame and possessions? They will destroy you--not rivals, not age, not success." ~Florence, Chess. Another show that I haven't seen (the show was a complete failure). But I do have the concept album for this one! But still, the sentiment expressed here is just so true!

"Who's the more foolish: the fool, or the fool who follows him?" ~Obi Wan Kenobi, Star Wars: A New Hope. Okay, who hasn't seen this movie?

"Eccentricity is only for the wealthy. If you're not rich, you're just plain old weird." ~My mother... She tells me this EVERY DAY!

“I feel that after you’ve done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you might as well go out and have a good time.” -- Benny Goodman

Currently Reading:

Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik

Currently Re-reading:

Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

Thank you to all of my wonderful reviewers! Keep it up -- even if it only serves to inflate my ego...and please keep faith that I will eventually update my stories.