: About Me

P.I. Barrington has worked as a journalist, radio air talent, a record company professional, an artist. Barrington has currently returned to her original career as a creative writer as well as writing for Helium.com about her entertainment industry experience. She has several short stories slated for an anthology in 2009.
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My passion is ...

Singing

I know too much about ...

Hollywood

My parents always told me ...

I did not raise you to be a domestic!

My childhood ambition ...

To be a back-up singer

My favorite memory ...

the smell of cut grass, orange blossoms, pines and sand.

Why I write ...

Everyone has urges-this is mine

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

The October Horse by Colleen McCullough, Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Amy Winehouse's "Back To Black" CD; CreationScapes videos on DayStar

My first job ...

artist-mural painter

My best moment ...

Any time I sacrifice something for someone else

My inspiration ...

Catholicism/my famliy/the kindness of strangers

Creative Writing > Satire Satire: Loss of innocence

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Satire: Loss of Innocence Unlike many people, my loss of innocence' did not occur with a first sexual experience, it came with an algebraic realization. For the first third of my life, I was rewarded for my mathematical attempts with huge red "F's" slashed across my homework pages by teachers whom I can only assume were expressing their frustration with my total lack of comprehension. Of course, if that were to happen nowadays, there would be an enormous psychological abuse' lawsuit against the entire California school system, unlucky me! For years, I struggled with mathematics, driving tu...

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