About the author:
Probably more than you ever wanted to know! :)

Name: Liz
Astrological sign: Cancer
Age: 31
Occupation: Technical Support Engineer.
Birthplace: Smithfield, North Carolina.
Marital status: Married since September 5, 2003.
Do you drink (alcohol): Occasionally.
Do you smoke: Only when I'm on fire.
Favorite type of music: Yes. Just no rap, please.
Favorite musical groups/performers: Def Leppard, Creed, Toby Keith, Indigo Girls, Moody Blues. I'll stop before the list takes over the page--and it could.
Favorite soundtracks: Anything Lord of the Rings, and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Favorite song at the moment: 'Now' from Def Leppard's X.
What's in your home CD/Casette player right now: Heh. All our CDs up through artist letter M. Woo, 400 disc changer.
What's in you car CD/Casette player right now: Steve Lukather's 'Luke.'
Do you play an instrument: Not anymore, but I took accordian lessons for 8 years when I was a kid. Shut up. :)
One pillow or two: Two.
Have you ever had your appendix or tonsils removed: Nope.
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up: A large animal vet, or a translator at the United Nations.
What would be your dream job now: To own my own business selling my beadwork, candles, soaps, and painted glass.
Places you'd most like to visit: Ireland. And my mom's house. And my grandpa's grave.
Your first car: 1980 Toyota Corolla liftback.
Dream car: BMW 3 series, right now the 325Ci.
Favorite season: Summer.
Favorite holiday: Fourth of July and Christmas.
Favorite board/card game: Gin.
Favorite sport to watch: Hockey.
Least favorite sport to watch: Baseball.
Do you have any siblings: One younger brother.
Do you get along with your parents: I get along very well with my mother, and am slowly rebuilding a relationship with my stepdad, I think.
Favorite perfume or cologne: Inis.
Favorite scent of candle: Cinnamon.
Favorite flower/plant: Tiger lilies.
Favorite subject in school: English, French.
Least favorite subject in school: Math.
Favorite authors: Stephen King, Robert Jordan, Anne Bishop, Jacqueline Carey, Nora Roberts, Julia Quinn.
Favorite book genre: Mostly fantasy.
Favorite book: This varies a lot, but right now, Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy.
Current book I'm reading: Er, which one? 'Queen of the Darkness,' 'Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister,' and 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.' All of them are ones I've read before.
Favorite movie you have seen recently: Pirates of the Caribbean.
Favorite movie of all time: The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.
Other favorite movies: Identity. The Green Mile. The Lion King. The Aristocats. The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Armageddon. I could go on. :)
Favorite actors/actresses: Viggo Mortensen, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Duvall, Billy Bob Thornton, Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd.
Favorite TV programs: ER, While You Were Out, What Not To Wear.
Favorite food: Fettucini Alfredo. Or cheese ravioli.
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate.
Favorite ice cream: Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie.
Favorite alcoholic Drink: Tropico.
What is your bedtime: 9:00 PM, right now.
Interesting fact about your childhood: When I was about four years old and we lived in what was then rural North Carolina, there was a graveyard behind our house. In that graveyard was the grave of a girl who had died a month after she was born. By that time, I could read, so I knew how old she was when she died. I appointed myself the caretaker of her headstone, and went out there quite a bit until we moved. Years later, I went back, and found that they replaced the upright headstone with one that lays flush with the ground.
The first thing you think of in the morning: Go to the gym.
Worst feeling in the world: Being teased maliciously, or being deliberately snubbed. That sinking feeling like someone's sucker punched you in the gut sucks.
Best feeling in the world: Being in love, which I am, every day.
Do you get motion sickness: Yes, selectively. Dramamine is my friend.
Roller Coasters - Deadly or Exciting: Deadly, but sometimes exciting.
Thunderstorms - Cool or Scary: Awesome.
Pen or Pencil: Pen.
Do you like to drive: I love to drive. I love my car.
Do you sleep with stuffed animals: Yep. Several.
Did you have imaginary friends or a blanket as a child: Imaginary friends.
What is on the walls of your room: Two William Neill prints, a Delight print, and a print I bought for Brett when we were at Dragoncon in 2001.
What words or phrases do you overuse: Obscenities. And 'Whatever.'
Coolest things anyone ever gave you: For Christmas one year, my friend Clay gave me a 'curse words' box, where you'd shout in a curse word, and it would sing it back at you to various tunes (ie, 10 little indians, three blind mice, etc). Again, for Christmas one year, my mom gave me a print from the Labyrinth movie. For my birthday (or was it just because?) one year, my friend Matt gave me a pair of earrings with the chalice well cover from Glastonbury Tor on them. It's been sort of a personal symbol since then.
How would you characterize your political leanings: Absent? No, okay. Keeping in mind the fact that I don't have a detailed description of the various parties (and please don't offer to find me one, as I might have to hurt you--nope, not kidding), and also keeping in mind that I'm going from what I know, I guess I'm sort of libertarian. Mostly, I find that government is rather huge and it shouldn't be. I don't identify with any one particular political group, because they all do fucktarded things that they shouldn't. For example. Fuck you, if I want an abortion, it's my own goddamn body, I don't need the government telling me what to do with it. And, tipping my hat to the other side, screw you, if I want to own a gun and obtain a concealed carry permit, if I take courses firearm safety, and if I'm an otherwise responsible citizen (which I am), then piss off, you also have no fucking right to tell me what to do with my private life. I'm an adult, treat me like one. Ahem. Sorry. :)
If you could pick one super-human power, what would you choose: Control over the weather.

Favorite Quotes/Lyrics/Poems:

"If the good lord had intended us to walk, he wouldn't have invented roller skates." Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

"Seems easier to push than to let go and trust, but it's all right." Emily Saliers, from It's Alright.

"Don't know what you're waitin' for, don't need a reservation just to live. You might be expectin' more, but you won't get more than you have to give. That's just the way it is." Steve Lukather, from The Way It Is.

"Remember our sun
is not the most noteworthy star
only the nearest.
Audre Lorde, from For Each Of You