Mamalayne
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Assistant Professor of English |
| Location | Wisconsin |
| Introduction | I am a full-time college professor and mom of two. I love teaching and I work very hard to get my students to what I call the "light-bulb" moment where they suddenly understand the concept I've been talking about. Lately I'm beginning to suspect that some of the bulbs are burned out, but I keep flicking the switch anyway. |
| Interests | steampunk, cyberpunk, reading, writing, poetry, science fiction, fiction, non-fiction, memoir, swimming, artificial intelligence, robotics, organic food, gardening, bird-watching, blood-orange martinis |
| Favorite movies | Blade Runner, My Neighbor Totoro, Serenity, Office Space, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, 12 Monkeys, Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, The Matrix, The Incredibles, The Maltese Falcon, Key Largo, To Have and To Have Not, His Girl Friday, Auntie Mame, On the Town, Porco Rosso, Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog |
| Favorite music | Tom Waits, Massive Attack, Death Cab for Cutie, Cake, Groove Armada, Willy Porter, Son House, Bukka White, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Iron & Wine |
| Favorite books | Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Virtual Light, Idoru, All Tomorrow's Parties, Pattern Recognition, Spook Country, Flow My Tears The Policeman Said, Ubik, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, A Scanner Darkly, The Man in the High Castle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, A Man Without a Country, The Sirens of Titan, Slaughterhouse Five, Bluebeard, Cat's Cradle, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King, The Hobbit, Harry Potter, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, The Affinity Bridge, The Anubis Gates, The Stress of Her Regard, Neverwhere, Stardust, Anansi Boys, American Gods, The Diamond Age, The Parasol Protectorate, Fool on the Hill, Shogun, Future Shock, The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food, The Caves of Steel, The Robots of Dawn, I Robot |