Monday January 22, 2007

I've been tagged...

Five things you don't know about me.

I suppose now that Kathy has posted her five things, I have to do mine...

1. Many years ago I and two comic book artists published the comic book Four Fisted Tales. This was in the days before computer based publishing. I had a degree in graphic design with a minor in offset printing technology so I knew about getting stuff printed. But this was still an adventure. We had to find a small newspaper publisher to do the insides and someone else to do the covers.

2. I was raised on five acres in Santa Cruz County, California out in the country. One night, someone shot a bullet through our house. I was probably about 6 years old and will never forget how terrified we all were. My father had us laying on the floor of the family room while he got a shotgun and went out to see what was up. Turned out that someone up the hill from us had let a teenager try out a new gun and it kicked him so hard the bullet went way up and then down the hill into our house, through two walls to land 3 inches to the left of my father's foot. Made me wonder how different my life might have been if it had not landed there.

3. Pink has not always been my favorite color. As a teenager I painted my bedroom orange because I was determined to not be pink. The room has pink shag carpet. Needless to say the combo was BRILLIANT. Took three coats of white to cover it when my mom had it painted after I left for college.

4. When I was a little kid we had a party-line phone and a black and white TV that only got two channels.

5. I write myths, mostly for kids. Comes from a thread throughout my life of wanting to know about goddesses and gods, mythology, symbology, and what effect all of that has on our culture.

Ok, now I get to tag some folks! Yoojin H, Patrick C., Stuart M., Nezumiko, Eran D. [evil laugh]

( Jan 22 2007, 11:28:10 AM PST ) Permalink