well... meet the author.

knowing "about" me is all relative. let's get down to fundamentals.

choosing not to capitalize is an aesthetic choice. do not confuse this with my (in)ability to negotiate grammar.

i started my blog rather unceremoniously in march 2003 at the urging of my best friend. i have since been fired for my blog, but have not let that deterr me. blogging has, without a doubt, changed my life. i also firmly believe that everything happens for a reason.

i was born three days after christmas, 1976, in vancouver, canada. i loathe being a "christmas" or "hannukah" baby, and have been known to celebrate my half-birthday. one of my least favorite saying is: "it's a combo gift!" to make matters worse, i am an only child. i grew up in toronto, and am eternally grateful for the privlege of living in such an amazing city and having an unparallel elementary education. i moved to los angeles over thirteen years ago, and with the exception of a brief but pivotal stint living in new york city with my best friend, i have lived here this whole time. i am deeply involved in a love/hate relationship with los angeles. this city is like a bad habit that i just can't quit, though my heart yearns to take another bite of the big apple, or to try san francisco, seattle, or even hartford, connecticut.

i share a pretty big townhouse-style apartment with two really amazing women. we hang out fairly regularly, but not so much that we get sick of each other. every now and then i would like to have a place to myself, which has nothing to do with my housemates. i am least pleased when someone eats my food without asking. it took me a long time in my adult life to learn how to share; i don't mind sharing, i just need a heads up about it. we actually have a really happy household.

i will be finished with my bachelor's degree in english in march 2004. it's been a long journey to get there, with plenty of stops, starts and highs and lows. right now i'm looking to going to grad school for writing--where i wind up relies on variants such as: where will i get accepted? how much financial aid is available? can i afford to move cities? ask me on a day when i'm looking at things realistically, and i will tell you that i'm going to stay on at the same school and go in to the masters' program, and probably eat all my words and teach freshman comp in order to get by. stranger things have happened.

i have the most amazing bad luck with jobs. companies i work for wind up facing dire financial problems as soon as i'm on board, or they just save themselves some sort of agony and let me go. i have worked at a clothing store in mid-town manhattan, canvassed door to door for greenpeace, worked my way up to store manager at a now-extinct chain of book super-stores, run the gift shops at los angeles musical landmark, done accounting for a movie advertising agency, worked at an educational supply store, handled customer service calls for a dot com, and most recently done everything imaginable for a ceramics retail studio company. my shortest stint was a job i had for one day--the situation was so shady i didn't bother to return the next day. but if you ask me: what do you do? i will tell you i am a writer and an actress.

i have never felt a "calling" to any professions other than in the creative or entertainment fields. i actually spent my childhood wanting to be a ballerina. it is painfully obvious that i do not have the body for that. it has taken me most of my adult life to accept that a career in the arts is okay. it's hard to go about doing what you love and what you're good at when so many people tell you it's wrong.

i credit my character, integrity and strong will to my mother and step-father, and to my maternal grandparents. they have, in various ways, taught me what life, love, happiness and success are about. conversely, there are a number of people in my life that i can credit for teaching me what life is not about. those are the harder lessons to learn.

despite the fact that i am often bubbly, witty, clever, ascerbic and vocal, i am actually quite shy. i can easily step on a stage and do improv or a play, but i'm usually pretty lousy at party small talk.

the history of my love life reads in a similar fashion to my work history. i'm so used to having the rug pulled out from under me that lately i've just decided to stand my bare feet on a hardwood floor. i'm happy to crush on the unattainble: kevin spacey or my hunky college professor. i am, however, open to being wooed. that would be nice for a change.

i'm kind of a nerd, i watch way too much television, i'm addicted to the internet, i am passionate about the written word, i procrastinate, and i consider myself to be an individualist.

my life is profoundly influenced by the life of katharine hepburn. she would hate me for saying that.

if you ask me what my favorite food is, i will reply without hesitation: "coleslaw."

i have been talked about by david duchovny while he was a guest on late night with david letterman.

i have never liked the word "normal". my favorite word is "imagine."

someone once told me: "stay sassy, it keeps 'em guessing." so, that's what i aim to do.