I am a Colorado-born current Brooklynite who drinks gin and plays Taboo with the fanaticism of a Frenchman at the World Cup finals.

I graduated with honors from Tulane University in New Orleans, where I studied theatre and creative writing, a near-irrelevant education in the arts for which I maintain deep and ferocious love.

I have worked in education, software development, children's television production, intellectual property management, theatre, a bar on Bourbon Street, and for one long, lonely summer in the repairs department of Pentax Corporation.

I know too much about ...

Cockroaches and The West Wing

My parents always told me ...

quit whining and share with your sister for Christ's sake

My childhood ambition ...

win an Academy Award

Why I write ...

If I didn't write, I'd be just another potato baking slowly in the glow of a monitor. Writing is rebellion against expense reports, against form letters, against the millions of regulated words I have to plunk down.

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

Simon & Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell

Relationships & Family > Wedding Planning Testimonies: My wedding disaster

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For me, parties have always been more of a military operation than a fun time. At my own 11th birthday party, I spent the day stalking around the petting zoo ensuring that everyone had exactly the same amount of grain for the goats, pigs, and chickens. I did not have fun that day, nor at any party I have thrown since then. I resolved that my wedding would be different: I would plan the event perfectly, and then I would actually enjoy it.

An intimate, family ceremony would occur in my parents' beautiful orchard, followed by a reception under large white tents with a dance floor, bar, cate...

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