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Name:

Stacey Kathleen Wenkel

Sex:

F

Home:

Erie, CO (About halfway between Denver and Ft. Collins) ... for now. This is probably subject to change with little warning over the next six months (I just hope it doesn't happen before I get back from Clarion.)

Height:

6'1.5" 

Eyes

hazel (mostly -- sometimes grey, sometimes vivid green)

Hair Color:

Yes ... Well, it's sort of a mousy reddish-brown naturally. Don't count on it being that color when I get to Clarion, though.

Nicknames:

Aynjel, Fallen Angel, Peppermint, Amina (long story on most of those...)

Pen Names:

None .. yet.

Favorite TV Show:

A-team, Wonder Woman, Forever Knight, Highlander, Brimstone

Favorite Board Game:

Scrabble (even though I suck at it), Monopoly (even though I suck at it), Balderdash (even though I suck at it).

Favorite Magazine:

Speculations, F&SF, Weird Tales (even though my stories are 'too much a wallow in woe' for them to buy *grin*)

Favorite Smell:

sandalwood, cinnamon, cloves

Favorite Salad Dressing:

creamy pesto

Worst Feeling in the World:

freefall and vertigo and helplessness

Biggest Fear:

ruining someone's life (and/or my own) -- and then there's the fear of falling, too... oh, and that I'll turn into my mother... Geez, I'm just one big neurosis, eh?

Best Feeling in the World:

snuggletime! And finishing a story that felt like it wrote itself

Favorite Things to do on Weekends:

write (assuming I can), play Gauntlet Legends, mall crawl with Boo

Favorite Soundtrack:

Pump Up the Volume, Blues Brothers, Blues Brothers 2000, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sneakers (still don't own that one yet..)

What is the first thing you think of when you wake in the morning?:

Make the hurting stop. Can't I just go back to sleep for a little longer? Or... Awww, mom!

You can't start the day until you:

have a Diet Dr Pepper

Do you get motion sickness?:

not very often

Have you ever gone skinny dipping?:

yep

Do you make fun of people?:

*ping* (Sound of halo lighting up)

Roller Coasters --Deadly or Exciting?:

Yes.

Pen or Pencil:

Keyboard

How many rings before you answer the phone?:

Yes. (At least 2. Then the caller ID kicks in and I can decide if I wanna answer it or if I wanna let Booo or Jonah get it, or if I wanna let the machine get it.)

Future son's name:

Do I have to have one?

Future daughter's name:

Haven't given it much thought... not planning on having one for a little while longer

Favorite foods:

Chocolate Raspberry Fool (from Rimskey's), matzoh ball soup, potato pancakes, blintzes ... good thing I've got me a nice Jewish boy who likes to cook (and is good at it!)

Do you get along with your parents?:

maybe (much better now that I'm not living with them)

Have you ever been convicted of a crime?

nope

Favorite Ice Cream:

Cherry Garcia, Java Chip, and whatever the Ben & Jerry's one is that has Dilbert on the carton (and the one that has Nutella in it.)

Croutons or Bacon Bits:

yes (crunchy salad!)

Do you like to drive?:

sometimes (I hate rush hour traffic, though)

Thunderstorms -- Cool or Scary:

way cool (especially summer t-storms)

What kind of car was your first car?:

a used Hundai Excel 4-door hatchback .... I loved it when I got it... I hated it by the time I got rid of it

If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be?:

Anubis! Er, does he count?

Favorite Alcoholic Drink:

Oatmeal cookie! (Followed closely by an Almond Joy ... I like to get girl-drink-drunk)

Who is your favorite poet/author?:

Mmmm.. Poe, Tanith Lee, Melissa Scott, and I think Sean Stewart is working his way into the ranks (Started reading Resurrection Man last night when my Powell's shipment got in ... *wow*.)

Do you eat the stems of broccoli?:

yeppers

One pillow or two?:

fifteen

Favorite Color:

black ... burgundy ... I'm a good goffgirl 

If you could have any job you wanted, what would it be?

Independently wealthy eccentric freak, or maybe a Pro Wrestler!

If you could dye your hair any color, what would it be?:

Yes. Actually, if I could get away with it, it'd be screaming purple. Hmmm, maybe for Clarion....

If you could have a tattoo, what and where would it be?:

Besides the little starburst on my wrist... I want the intertwined celtic dragons on the small of my back, and a yin/yang type deal only with two angels, one with feathery white wings, the other with black leathery ones

Have you ever been in love?:

yes 

What is on the walls in your room?:

Bookshelves. Not much free wall space. There is an angel watercolor on the bookshelf on top of my desk. And my cube has a bunch of gothie postcards and some stickers (one that says "Dark Angel", and one that says "Fallen Angel", and one that says, "Fear me for I have the power to destroy you" and one that says... Okay, okay... I'll stop now!

What's on your mouse pad?:

a Dali painting (I loev that mousepad)

What's on your monitor?:

Dust... and little happy-meal toys

Is the glass half empty or half full?:

yes

What is your favorite Snapple?:

I haven't had a Snapple in forever. I like Sobe better, now. It's got pity comments under th caps!

Favorite Movies:

Red Sonja, Sixth Sense, Matrix, Real Genius, Blade, Fox and the Hound, Fantaisia, Vampire Hunter D, Battle Angel, Pulp Fiction... Should I stop now?

Are you a Righty, a Lefty, or Ambidextrous?:

righty

Do you type with your fingers on the right keys?

Not exactly... though I do touch-type.

Pets:

three ferrets (a sable -- MeToo, an albino -- Madame Mischief, and a rottie/black lab -- Shilo ... what'd'ya mean he's not a ferret?)

Favorite Type of Music:

yes. (It'd be shorter to list what I won't listen to... most country, most rap, most death metal)

If you could be one gardening tool, what would you be?:

Uhhhhh....

If asked nicely, you'd admit to knowing about:

Virgin White Balloon Handcuffs

You can probably be bribed with:

Godiva chocolate, truffles, Nutella....

What is under your bed?:

You don't wanna know (and it's a waterbed!)

What is your favorite number?:

7

What is your dream car?:

Realistically? I think I've got it now (Honda CRV) ... until Honda makes a big SUV of its own (not the Passport/Isuzu Rodeo) 

Hobbies:

reading, writing, doodling, computer crap

Toothpaste:

Tom's of Maine Cinnamint

Favorite town to chill in:

Portland, OR and Seattle, WA

Favorite Drink (Non-Alcoholic):

Diet Dr. Pepper... Diet Coke

Adidas, Nike, or Reebok:

Dr. Marten's, comfy hiking boots

Favorite perfume/cologne:

something that smells of Sandalwood

Favorite Web Site:

The Rumor Mill, Jackhammer, byz.org, Yerf

Favorite Subject in School:

Uhhhhhhh.... college lit/writing classes

Least Favorite Subject:

Chemistry (*ugh* *ptewy* *yuck*)

What do you look for in the opposite sex?:

The same thing I look for in people of the same sex? (A head, a personality, a pulse)

What is your favorite sport to watch?:

Soccer, figure skating, ice dancing and (the official not-really-a-sport-but-still-athletic event ... Pro wrestling)

You would most like to be adopted by which Clarion instructor?: 

Uhhhhhhhh.... I don't want more parents.. honest! No matter how cool they are...

In the Clarion yearbook, you will probably be voted the boy/girl most like to:

hide from the sun

If you could bring only one reference book to Clarion it would be:

Uhhhhhh.... The 10% solution? No, ummm, Damon's book on writing short stories? No, ummm, Le Guin's Steering the Craft? Ummmmmm... Do I really have to pick one?

No one would guess that you had written:

poetry

When folks get to Clarion, they should look for you. You will be the one:

wearing black