R.A.

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Military
Occupation US MARINE CORPS RESERVE/Borders Books
Location Columbia, Maryland, United States
Introduction I am a proud US Marine and aspiring novelist. My heros include SgtMjr Bradley Kasal, Lance Armstrong and Anderson Cooper. I will read anything that doesn't insult my intelligence and listen to (almost) any music you put in front of me. I grew up in the Central Valley California Punk/Metal underground and loved every moment of it. Music is life. Coffee is also crucial.
Interests reading, music, movies, writing, ferrets, US Marine Corps, dogs, hiking, mountain biking/cycling, fitness, guns and knives, home improvement, arts and crafts, cooking, etc.
Favorite Movies Reservoir Dogs, 4 Rooms, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill vol 1&2, Its a Wonderful Life, The Burbs, Stripes, The Wedding Crashers, Dodgeball, Casablanca, Harvey, Casino, Requiem For A Dream, Pi, Dawn of the Dead, Rebel Without A Cause, East of Eden, The Evil Dead Trilogy
Favorite Music Reel Big Fish, The Descendents, Josh Turner, Motion City Soundtrack, Rascall Flatts, 3 Doors Down, The Beatles, New York Dolls, TSOL, Kenny Chesney, PM5K, Motorhead, Tool, Save Ferris, Jefferson Starship, Frank Sinatra, Miranda Lambert, Dead Kennedys, The Ataris, more punk, more metal, more classic rock, more country, I'm electic, deal with it.
Favorite Books Stephen King, Chuck Palahniuck, The Orchid Theif by Susan Orlean, Dispatches From the Edge by Anderson Cooper, Its Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong, WEB Griffin, The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, USMC History, WWII historical novels and texts, John Stienbeck, On Walden Pond by Thoreau

You've broken up with your old band and are about to release your first solo album. Please write the liner notes:

Thanks to my old band for sucking enough to inspire me to go out and do this on my own. Honestly, you were the worst musicians on Earth.