hello, all, both old friends and new acquaintances.

I'm Gillian, 28 (6 December, 1976), currently in Olympia, WA, born in LA county, CA. I call myself a freelance writer. in the words of the sax player from The Commitments, it feels so much better to be an unemployed musician than an unemployed pipe fitter.

I was an English major in college, inasmuch as my alma mater had majors, so I'll know when all of you are wrong. however, I won't generally tell you; I'm nice that way. usually. I also cheerfully accept correction about that whole science thing, when I'm wrong there. (generally, though, I won't venture an opinion unless I'm pretty sure I'm right, which means I don't venture a lot of opinions about science.)

erm . . . I have arthritis, scoliosis, and manic depression, which probably makes my posting style a little erratic depending on my medical state at the time I post. I'm an informational jackdaw, collecting all sorts of trivia. however, I will not reliably remember where I found it most of the time.

I'm a musician, a cook, a seamstress, and a Ren Faire worker. and I'm really, really annoyed that I went from being a Bad Master to a mere Senior Member; I was so looking forward to that Bad PhD, since the real one's on hold for a while.

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"