• I grew up in a town that used to be a boy's ranch, commandeered by the government during World War II and renamed only as "Post Office Box 1663". 
• I once appeared on a reality show.
• My parents told the elementary school counselor they were concerned about me because I read too much.
• I rafted the Grand Canyon for 18 days with my father.
• I lived in Quebec City for 3 months in high school.
• I have a dog (Ridge Runner), and two cats (Sparefoot Jack and Penny Dreadful [RIP]). Two of them are from West Virginia, where there are a lot of strays and a lot of roadkill. 
• I have been both the best and the worst dancer in the room. But way more often the worst.
• Some of my alternative career paths might have been engineering, breastfeeding counselor, and technical theatre, though an early career assessment recommended liquid fertilizer transportation.
• I learned how to snowboard when I moved to Duluth.

Here is some stuff I've enjoyed reading, for different reasons, mostly fiction, in no particular order:

• The complete stories of Zora Neale Hurston
• Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling
• The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
• Damned If I Do, Percival Everett
• Fun Home, Alison Bechdel
• Tearoom Trade, Laud Humphreys
• The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat, Oliver Sacks
• The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
• Matilda, Roald Dahl
• House of Leaves, Mark Danielewski
• The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro
• Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey
• Dictionary of Symbols, Carl Liungman
• A Discovery of Witches, Deborah Harkness
• A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin
• Outlander series, Diana Gabaldon