- My name is Renee.
- I'm 36.
- I'm black.
- I have a B.A. from the Unviersity of Washington. It's either in my filing cabinet or a photo album in storage.
- I don't visit this forum very often -- when I get the urge for forum visiting, it's usually pretty quiet here.
- I've lived exclusively in Seattle, except for a technicality and that month in SE India.
- Even though I have five half-siblings, I was raised as an only-child.
- My dad died in 1989 at age 72. My other is pushing 80 now. I may have met my paternal grandfather once, but I can't remember.
- I've been told that I write very well. In Spring of 2004 I won a contest based on my writing and went to England for entirely too short an amount of time.
- After two years of completely failing to, I submitted my application for The Academy of Alternative Journalism in Chicago. Even if I don't get in this year, at least I'll have tried.
- For those who follow such things: Libra sun, Cancer moon, Scorpio rising.
- Ron Perlman, Forest Whitacker and Vin Diesel would have to eat a lot of crackers to get thrown out of my bed.
- The first time I seriously contemplated suicide was in college -- I was an outcast who was best friends with a highly depressed kid and he kinda rubbed off on me. I knew where my dad's gun was, knew I was a complete disappointment to my parents (still do) and couldn't picture a future worth living through. A sappy song on the radio snapped me out of it.
- I've been voluntarily sterile since Summer of 1998. I have no children and have never been pregnant.
- The last time I seriously considered suicide was the Spring of 1998, during my first pregnancy scare. I was getting divorced and had never liked children. Despite the fact that my situtation was completely understandable (I think that being pregnant before the divorce papers go in isn't looked down upon by anyone I'd be willing to talk to), I was so ashamed and mortified that I considered everything from poison to natural abortificants to keeping the baby just so I'd have someone around who loved me. It took about two more weeks and two more tests to confirm that it had been a false positive.
- I have a tattoo of Anubis on my upper right arm.
- I think I first heard PM Dawn in the Summer of '93, when Reality Used to be a Friend of Mine came on the local alternative radio station. I've never been to a PM Dawn concert and don't know if they've ever made it to Seattle.
- I just realized that the last time I dated someone of my own race was before I hit puberty.
- My last Improv 101 class is this coming Tuesday.
- The last book I read was Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay by Mira Kirshenbaum.
- I'm currently reading Night Watch by Terry Prachett.
- I want to learn to crochet so that I can repair my favorite sweater.
- I came out as bi and polyamorous during my very brief marriage.
- I'm an introvert, but socialize to keep from going completely peculiar.
- Songs that make my cry include The Life by Wendy and Lisa, That's Me by Tara MacLean and Brenda Stubbert by Ashley MacIssac. They tend to involve life either being cut short or not used fully.
- I also tend to cry during movies or books about deposed or doomed Chinese imperialists: Dragon Lady by Sterling Redgrave, Kundun and The Last Emperor.
- Orange was my favorite color when I was growing up: it's the color all the really good sunrises and sunsets, and no one else liked it so there was always plenty of cool construction paper around.