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About Me

In 1980 I was 4 and a republican because the president was a republican and he was nice. My teeth were starting to look like I might need dental work.In 1983 I was 7 and I wanted Punky Brewster to be my best friend, and my Dad gave me a copy of Ayn Rand's Anthem and jelly shoes for my birthday.In 1984 I was 8 and afraid because I had just read 1984 and cheek-eating rats haunted my dreams.In 1987 we moved to a new town and I became the weird girl with stonehenge in her mouth who claimed to be related to the gymnast on the poster on the wall in Mrs. Smith's 6th grade classroom. (wooh, marshall!)In 1989 I became a Heather and I got braces.In 1990 I was 14 and I became *the* Heather. i learned how to fuck with the eagles and fly. wasn't all it was cracked up to be.In 1992 we moved and I became a cornchip. I started reading Stephen King and timothy leary, heard tori amos and nine inch nails for the first time, and could probably have taught perry ferrell a few things about lost weekends.In 1994 I was 16 and wrecked Derek Perry's car, blew my Wesleyan interview and had my first party worthy of a funny teen movie. I started smoking on May 14.In 1995 I bailed on Oxford. I smoked three packs a day. I started hanging out at the river. Duct tape was not my friend. I wore a size 4. my hair was rougly the size of texas. so i moved there.In 1996 I had a reality check.In 1997 I met my husband at a party at college. He looked like Garth. I liked his smile.In 2000 we moved to Chicago. I listened to traffic reports and cried because the words made no sense to me. I smoked a lot.In 2002 we got married. ah, paris.In 2004 I was 28 and we bought Humphrey House.In 2005 I decided I wanted to sing again.In 2007 I am 30. I'm not a republican anymore. I have braces again. The Hillside Strangler doesn't frighten me at all, and 20 minutes to the post office means I can make it in 10. "Garth" is still my husband, but his hair is shorter now. I'm not really a cornchip anymore. But neither am I a heather. I'm headstrong and funny, even without three glasses of wine. I like to dance and make a spectacle. Two days a week, I have good hair. And since I quit smoking, I can sing again.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

myself fifteen years ago. was in serious need of a clue ...and the good people at freckle studios. this is ... words escape me. thanks to the posh-lovin michael for sending it my way.

Music:

is what keeps me going.

Movies:

i like movies. can i be in your movie? check that, can I keep my clothes on and still be in your movie?

Television:

Buffy. Always Buffy. TV rots your brain. I have cable, so my brain is becoming the swiss-cheesiest!

Books:

stephen king. anita shreve. zadie smith. asimov, poe, shakespeare. alice hoffman. all scifi. not fantasy, sci fi. there's a difference. if it's creepy and haunting and not full of typos, i will love it. i hardly ever read non-fiction, but am making my way through reading lolita in tehran right now. my friend ceece has a book club. i don't go, but i read the books.

Heroes:

save the cheerleader, save the world. coz there are never enough cheerleaders.

My Blog

Feelin 30 ...

This past weekend really took a toll on me. Friday was a fantastic Bad Nurse show, and I got to sing and be on stage and wear Julie's dress and my cowboy hat and look all bad-ass and sexy and be in gr...
Posted by Sugarplum Fairy on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:40:00 PST

Help with songs! Calling all sci-fi and fantasy folk ...

So I'm doing some work on a kids dance showcase thing and I need ideas from my sci-fi/fantasy oriented friends for songs that have anything to do with the theme of fantasy/dreams/otherworlds, etc. The...
Posted by Sugarplum Fairy on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:27:00 PST

A fashion dilemma

So for those of you who are unawares, I had a mishap a week ago and broke my poor widdle pinky toe on my left foot. And most all of you are awares I have a mild shoe fetish. So out of concern for bein...
Posted by Sugarplum Fairy on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:19:00 PST

effin monsoon season

I've decided I don't much care for Chicago's new monsoon season, despite the fact it seems to be resurrecting my dead azalea bushes and my herb garden has never looked more lush. And I have a few reas...
Posted by Sugarplum Fairy on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:43:00 PST

Lady Jayne and her Kittens

Well, my brother neglected to spay his cat and guess what - I've got kittens again! However, this time we're also fostering mama cat (Lady Jayne) and having her spayed before she goes to a new home. T...
Posted by Sugarplum Fairy on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:38:00 PST

invaded

my home has been invaded (at my invitation) by four kittens and a momma cat named Lady Jane. They even have their own room, commandeering my new office upstairs and turning it into a den of, well, kit...
Posted by Sugarplum Fairy on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 11:25:00 PST

Feelin Squirrelly ....

poor little squirrelstray cats are SO not your friendclaw marks made you fall you died in the yardnot how you played and squawkedbut quiet and soft nobody noticedtill i almost stepped on youhangi...
Posted by Sugarplum Fairy on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:27:00 PST

Skinned

Ouch! I am a wimp. I skinned my elbow this weekend. And it HURTS. I don't remember a skinned knee or whatnot from childhood hurting like this. It actually made me wake up last night four times, my who...
Posted by Sugarplum Fairy on Mon, 21 May 2007 07:57:00 PST

Is It A Full Moon?

Today I broke in my new (to me) patent-leather black pumps by running down the block to stop a nutjob in a camouflage jacket flashing some sort of badge from dragging a teenager into traffic.I'm surro...
Posted by Sugarplum Fairy on Wed, 16 May 2007 03:43:00 PST

love the lovely ...

I woke up this morning to trees and sunlight out my new window. It was amazing. After over a year of filtered half light in a purple basement bedroom, it was so nice to see trees and actual sunlight a...
Posted by Sugarplum Fairy on Fri, 04 May 2007 12:12:00 PST