I was born in Laramie, WY and we lived in Maryland, Texas, Illinois and Florida.
When I was a senior at UCF, my parents moved away from home. After graduation, I followed them to Dallas for my first 'real' job.
In 1986, in Dallas, I began to meet fen and get involved in fandom. 1986-1994 I was living on BBSs; attending the Dallas Fantasy Fair and Scarborough Renaissance Faire every year; and involved in the comic book, Dr Who, and Furry fandoms. In '94 my interest in Dr Who dropped away as I and Fuzzy Fox (my second husband) got onto the internet and had more contact with the Furry fandom, including several trips to LA for Confurence.
Shortly after Fuzzy Fox and I separated and I moved to Raleigh, NC, I did a 'net search for Kirk/Spock -- a term I'd heard whispered at DFF several times in the past. I got a few hits and thus started my obsession with slash.
My religious beliefs are most closely categorized as 'agnostic pagan for Jesus.' I don't claim to know everything. I do believe that whatever 'god' is, it is too formless to be anthropomorphized. I don't believe that Jesus is the son of god any more than any person, plant or animal is. However, that doesn't detract from his messages of love and peace.
I rather vaguely believe in both an afterlife and reincarnation. I think that we continue to exist, and that when we leave our physical forms we have access to greater knowledge of existence and each other.
I believe in the death penalty in theory. I think that a lifetime of confinement is more cruel than release into the afterlife, and that whatever defect causes evil is cured at death. In practice, even with DNA testing I think that there are very few cases that are 100% without doubt.
Politically -- I'd like to form my own country with a minimum common-sense requirement for entrance.
Since 1990 I've written Blood Bank and Medical Laboratory software, in Mumps, VB and Java.