I just got my Ph.D. in Women's Studies at UCLA and ended up in Athens on kind of a whim. I love working and living in Athens. I'm very active, I'm on the Appalachian Hell Betties roller derby team. I love hiking with my dog, bonfires, and live music. I'm from Los Angeles but adore Athens, its community, and its people.

I'm a feminist and a bit of a hippie. I love being outdoors and try really hard to reduce my carbon footprint but am not very good at it. I'm trying though!

I love to travel and take road trips with my dog. I tend to be kind of impulsive and really enjoy when cool stuff happens randomly.

My goals in life are to be happy, have fun, and own a kayak!

I'm sort of a professor right now at OU, but spend a lot of time just screwing off and having a good time. I try to enjoy life to the fullest - figure I can sleep when I'm dead!

I've gotten really obsessed with roller derby so I do that a lot. It's pretty hardcore and involved and the women on the team are totally amazing. There are not enough full-contact sports for women in my opinion and I love the chance to get rowdy and aggressive. Plus add cool names and slutty outfits, how is that not friggin awesome? It's still getting off the ground in Athens so I spend a lot of time at practices, on the bike path, and just hanging out with the other women on the team.

Our first home bout was June 23rd last year and we are gearing up for a big season this year so most of my life is spent practicing and planning right now - it takes a lot of dedication and time, but I love it. I've also started rollerskating in the skatepark in Athens, but the black eye I got there is telling me to back off until off season :)

cooking, softball, roller derby, hiking, building huge fires, playing with dogs, getting dirty.

my wild curly hair, my multiple large random tattoos, and my laugh.

The Colbert Report, Wizard of Oz, Tinman, Kill Bill, Jane Austen, M.I.A., Belle and Sebastian, MojoFlo, Elemental Groove Theory, The Porters, Mexican food, Sushi, Casa Cantina.

My dog, roller derby, softball, trail mix, wine, lip gloss.

the endless pursuit of meaningless prestige and how much better it is/would be to just chill in Athens, work on a farm, and live out the rest of my days happy and doing the things I love.

out in Athens - usually at Tony's (they sponsor my softball team so I end up there a lot), Casa, The Union, and/or Jackie O's - wherever has a good band playing!

I'm really not that private or secretive so I don't know what to put here...maybe the craziest thing i think about is that part of me hopes for economic collapse to wipe out my student loans and force the U.S. back into a subsistence economy where I can live on a commune, farm, raise dogs and chickens, and just live.

you live near or hang out in Athens and like the same things I do. If you have a dog and want to go hiking, I'm down.