Laurie Downing
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| Gender | Female |
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| Occupation | None. |
| Location | Ypsilanti, MI, United States |
| Introduction | An academic-minded, fiction-loving half-Mexican feminist and beginner crocheter with hippie tendencies who enjoys playing the ukulele. Also it should be said that I do not take the word "nerd" as an insult. :] |
| Interests | I love books, writing animals, green technology, innovation, exploration, creativity. I like eccentricity, vivacity, passion, excitement, adventure, unpredictability. I like gooey romance, fantasy and sci-fi stories. I love movies and superheroes (and especially movies ABOUT superheroes!) |
| Favorite movies | Moulin Rouge, Cold Mountain, Pride & Prejudice. The Prestige, Freedom Writers, Chocolat. Death Race, Wall-E, The Dark Knight. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Spirited Away, Chicago, Hairspray. |
| Favorite music | The Fray, Sick Puppies, Safetysuit, Panic At The Disco. Florence and the Machine, Lady Gaga, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Brandi Carlile, Owl City. Oh, and musicals like Rent, Chicago, Hairspray, Disney movies (the old GOOD ones), Avenue Q, The Corpse Bride, etc. |
| Favorite books | Trickster's Choice, Trickster's Queen (and almost anything by Tamora Pierce), Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, Paper Towns, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Wake, The Host, Twilight Series, Harry Potter Series, etc. etc. |
If you could peer far enough into the night sky, you'd see a star in any direction you looked. When would you sleep?
During the day. I sleep better then anyway.