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- Name:
- Jennifer Rachel Baumer
- Sex:
- F
- Home:
- Reno, NV - tried Oregon for a while but it didn't work at all for us. I'm a desert rat.
- Height:
- 5'4"
- Eyes
- blue, gray, bloodshot
- Hair Color:
- red
- Nicknames:
- none - oh, Gerbil sometimes, from my initials
- Pen Names:
- Not famous enough!!
- Favorite TV Show:
- Who's Line is It, Buffy - very Buffy. Not much else.
- Favorite Board Game:
- Never play them. Did play Balderdash when getting drunk, but believed everything.
- Favorite Magazine:
- Realms of Fantasy, Muscle & Fitness tie
- Favorite Smell:
- Rain in the desert
- Favorite Salad Dressing:
- Ugh! Avoid green foods!
- Worst Feeling in the World:
- Having just put my foot deep into my mouth and trying to backtrack before I hurt somebody's feelings
- Biggest Fear:
- Used to be public speaking. Losing my husband is #1 fear.
- Best Feeling in the World:
- Ummm... being with Rick, selling a story, finishing a story
- Favorite Things to do on Weekends:
- NOTHING! reading, movies, being non-active
- Favorite Soundtrack:
- The Crow
- What is the first thing you think of when you wake in the morning?:
- Who turned on that bird??? Where are the cats? Why is it light out?
- You can't start the day until you:
- Drink lots of caffeine
- Do you get motion sickness?:
- Yes, even while driving, which is supposed to be impossible
- Have you ever gone skinny dipping?:
- Long time ago. Let's not go there.
- Do you make fun of people?:
- Trying to stop. And never if they'll find out about it.
- Roller Coasters --Deadly or Exciting?:
- Deadly.
- Pen or Pencil:
- Pen, frequently missing.
- How many rings before you answer the phone?:
- First I panic for no reason. Then I trip over the cats who are convinced the telephone is the announcement they're going to be
fed. Then I answer just before the machine does.
- Future son's name:
- None. Future cats maybe.
- Future daughter's name:
- Ditto son.
- Favorite foods:
- Pizza.
- Do you get along with your parents?:
- 100% estranged.
- Have you ever been convicted of a crime?
- Nope.
- Favorite Ice Cream:
- Cherry Garcia
- Croutons or Bacon Bits:
- Bacon anything
- Do you like to drive?:
- Not really - like to be there, not get there.
- Thunderstorms -- Cool or Scary:
- Cool
- What kind of car was your first car?:
- A Ford Maverick possessed by the devil. Trust me. It died in a snow storm and I never saw it again.
- If you could meet one person, dead or alive, who would it be?:
- James Thurber. Jean Kerr.
- Favorite Alcoholic Drink:
- margaritas
- Who is your favorite poet/author?:
- As in one? Stephen King, Clive Barker, Charles deLint, Sean Stewart, Elizabeth Hand, Connie Willis, James Thurber, Lewis Carroll, the list goes on
- Do you eat the stems of broccoli?:
- Avoid green foods at all costs.
- One pillow or two?:
- One, lengthwise
- Favorite Color:
- Pink?
- If you could have any job you wanted, what would it be?
- Novelist
- If you could dye your hair any color, what would it be?:
- Electric blue or pink
- If you could have a tattoo, what and where would it be?:
- A pentacle on my ankle but husband HATES tattoos and hasn't
recovered from my navel ring or tragus (sp?) piercings (that weird piece of
cartilage on the ear that attaches to the cheek). I'd pierce my eyebrow if it wouldn't send him
over the edge.
- Have you ever been in love?:
- Madly; still am
- What is on the walls in your room?:
- Photos of my orange cat, pithy sayings, sculptings of nymphs, a framed first short story sale, big banner from my writer's group, cards,
numerous calendars, the 7 steps of writing a short story, cobwebs.
- What's on your mouse pad?:
- Mickey Mouse
- What's on your monitor?:
- a bean bag lizard, a bean bag fish the power company was giving away last summer for no apparent reason, a dragon, numerous stickies whose meanings have been lost
- Is the glass half empty or half full?:
- Probably knocked over by a cat
- What is your favorite Snapple?:
- Sobe!
- Favorite Movies:
- Oh, man. The Crow, Playing God, Mary Poppins, Hellraiser, Strange Days, Witches of Eastwikc, the Matrix, Marilyn Monroe comedies, Star Trek IV, the Birdcage, the Craft, Fantasia, it goes on and on
- Are you a Righty, a Lefty, or Ambidextrous?:
- Right.
- Do you type with your fingers on the right keys?
- Rarely.
- Pets:
- 7 oversized cats
- Favorite Type of Music:
- Heavy metal
- If you could be one gardening tool, what would you be?:
- lost, probably
- If asked nicely, you'd admit to knowing about:
- not much
- You can probably be bribed with:
- caffeine in the a.m., pizza otherwise
- What is under your bed?:
- Don't even want to speculate.
- What is your favorite number?:
- Don't have one
- What is your dream car?:
- My 280ZX
- Hobbies:
- Housecleaning? :) I do it rarely enoug
- Toothpaste:
- Something red and clear
- Favorite town to chill in:
- San Francisco
- Favorite Drink (Non-Alcoholic):
- tea
- Adidas, Nike, or Reebok:
- Nikes to run (when that happens), Reeboks for day to day
- Favorite perfume/cologne:
- None
- Favorite Web Site:
- None
- Favorite Subject in School:
- Ha! none, cut a LOT. Liked creative writing.
- Least Favorite Subject:
- Math. Math. Augh, anything to do with numbers.
- What do you look for in the opposite sex?:
- Brains.
- What is your favorite sport to watch?:
- Don't, really.
- You would most like to be adopted by which Clarion instructor?:
- Sean Stewart
- In the Clarion yearbook, you will probably be voted the boy/girl most
like to:
- write copiously at Clarion and then have writers block for a year
- If you could bring only one reference book to Clarion it would be:
- Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott for when I'm feeling paranoid and like the only person in the world thinking my type of thoughts.
- No one would guess that you had written:
- Anything kind and non-violent. Anything without a speculative aspect.
- When folks get to Clarion, they should look for you. You will be the
one:
- Still trying to figure out how I got on the plane that went to Cuba. Please do look for me!
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