: About Me

I'm a teacher and aspiring writer who lives in Denver, CO. I also coach speech and debate.

My dream was always to become a successful poet. I've learned to modify that dream somewhat. Now I want to be a poet who eats.

My passion is ...

the perpetual quest for brain food.

I know too much about ...

Irish poets.

My parents always told me ...

to remove my brother's head from the toilet.

My childhood ambition ...

was to become an actresswritersingerdoctorlaywerteacherPresident of the United States.

My favorite memory ...

is documented and locked away in my old Judy Blume diary.

Why I write ...

is a mystery to me.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

reading: *Anagrams* by Lorrie Moore, *The Well-Fed Writer* by Peter Bowerman; listening: Muse, Kings of Leon, Van Morrison, Devotchka, archived Podcasts of *This American Life*; teaching: *Into the Wild* by John Krakauer, *Of Mice and Men* by John Steinbeck

My first job ...

was cleaning floors and tables in my dad's quiche restaurant.

My best moment ...

was when I woke up and asked for what I wanted: rightness and success in my livelihood.

My inspiration ...

looks back at me from the mirror. Somedays.

Style & Beauty > Fashion Trends & Styles Hoochie wear: Assessing the trend of revealing clothing for young girls

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The adage once was: "The worse the economy, the shorter the hemline." An economist I am not, but judging from the hemlines I see on teenage girls walking the hallways of the high school where I teach, we are a broke, broke nation. If you throw in the spaghetti straps, push-up bras, and painted-on jeans, I'd say our economy must be beyond recovery at this point. I graduated during the "Grunge" era, so I'm apt to shock when it comes to current fashions. A girl was "hot" if she wore combat boots, tights, pleated skirt, beat-up Alice in Chains concert tee, and a flannel tied around the waist. ...

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