Alex
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Showing teenagers that the natural world is freaky-wack cool. And teaching various life skills as needed. And I get to play with great toys and walk on the tables in the process. |
| Location | United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | I teach kids science for a living, which is life-force sucking yet insanely fun. I work on restoring my '71 VW camper. I take my own kids to art museums, science museums, history museums, I cover them with shaving cream, and we listen to Def Leppard and KISS and have no shame whatsoever. And sometime for dinner, we play, "Guess the Species!" Been known to read voraciously, think deeply, drink margaritas enthusiastically and play a wicked game of kickball. ----------------------------------- Techincally, I'm a responsible middle-aged, divorced mother of two with a degree in advertising and a masters, a mortgage and a responsible job with health care benefits. Technically.... |
| Interests | Exotic minerals, news of the weird, airplane takeoffs, VW campers (bay window type), spending a day getting lost and unlost in a new major city, hearing my kids laughing together, being out on the water - preferable sailing, learning new things about how the world works, sushi, |
| Favorite movies | Master and Commander, Hellboy, Practical Magic, Dogma, Ever After, The Bourne Identity and the rest of Bourne series. Seen all the Barbie, Veggie Tales, Thomas the Tank Engine videos as well. |
| Favorite music | The soundtrack from Curious George movie, Evanescence, Harry Connick Jr., Aerosmith, Frou Frou, The Shins, Nickelback, Capercaille |
| Favorite books | Pride and Prejudice, the Honor Harrington series, Pumpkinhead, (It's a kids' book but it's very sweet and twisted.), The Power of Myth, Frenchman's Creek, Recollections and Letter sof General Lee, Reading the Rocks - The Autobiography of the Earth |
You forgot your mom's birthday! What can you make out of super glue and olive pits?
A representation of all the subatomic componets of the Standard Model, which my CPA with a specialty in tax mom will look at and ask, are you sure you are from my gene pool?