Gender	Female
Occupation	unemployed due to disability
Location	Charleston, West Virginia, United States
Introduction	When I was 19 I developed a disabling nerve disease called CRPS (formerly RSD). For the last seven years I have been steadily getting worse and became unable to work even the barest part time. I enjoy baking, knitting, embroidery and other needleworks, and I read constantly. I sell embroidery patterns in my Etsy shop, Hardcore Stitchcorps.
Interests	cooking, baking, pastries, books, crafting, pullips, art, fashion, 1940s culture, embroidery, cross stitch, blackwork, needlwork
Favorite movies	Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Strictly Ballroom, Help!, The Blues Brothers, Young Einstein, Benny and Joon, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Roman Holiday, Charade, Arsenic and Old Lace, Kiss Me Deadly, I Remember Mama, Strange Brew, The African Queen, Bringing Up Baby
Favorite music	All kinds! Madeline Adams, The Beatles, Zebrahead, Ed's Redeeming Qualities, Grateful Dead, Violent Femmes, Indigo Girls, The Weepies, Dropkick Murphys, The Beastie Boys, Cocksparrer, The Proclaimers, The Clancy Brothers, The Pogues, Soul Coughing, The Besties, Pony Up!, classical music, opera
Favorite books	Anything by Daniel Pinkwater, Donald E. Westlake, Damon Runyon, John Steinbeck, Rex Stout, Dorothy L. Sayers, PG Wodehouse, Jaclyn Moriarty, Lauren Slater, Lindsey Davis, John Bellairs, Audrey Niffenegger, Willa Cather, Juliet Marillier, Sharon Shinn, Morgan Llywellyn, etc etc... (I really like books)

Your hand has been replaced by a rubber stamp. What does it say?

It says "Suck it."