Fave Comic Book

Astonishing X-Men

Fave Horror Movie

Scream

Fave Sci-Fi Movie

The Matrix

Fave TV Show

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Fave Book

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane

1# Fangirlie Crush of All Time

Ioan Gruffudd

Short Bio

Native North Carolinian, Pisces, avid Anglophile, former spelling bee champion, aspiring artist, and caretaker to two cats, Mina and Mr. B.

Likes: chocolate chip cookies, 80s music, Impressionist painters, European history, ACC basketball, the sound of crickets, the smell of lavendar, muscadine wine, autumn in NC, men with accents

Dislikes: traffic, pollen, that plastic wrapper on new CDs, rude people, commercials, my innate ability to pick the one dried-out pen from a holder full of pens, stereotyping, religious fundamentalism

What made you realize you were a Fangirl?

I think I realized I was a Fangirl when I went to the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Expo-Fest-A-Rama in 1994.

Just the year before, I had attended a huge Doctor Who convention in Chicago, and while it was fun, I still felt like an outsider. But the next year, at a hotel outside Minneapolis, I found my people. MSTies, hundreds and hundreds of them. We watched old episodes together in packed conference rooms, we waited for hours to get autographs from the cast and writers, and we had the joy of seeing “This Island Earth” performed live at a downtown theater. I’ve always struggled with shyness but that weekend, conversation with strangers was easy because we already had an established common interest (and believe me, once you get a MSTie talking about MST, they won’t stop). During the very surreal Masquerade Ball on Saturday night, I stood there in my Creepy Girl costume chatting with Kevin Murphy while Mike Nelson and Jim Mallon were within arm’s reach, Frank Conniff was just a few feet away, and Trace Beaulieu and Paul Chaplin were in my sight lines. That was when I knew I was a Fangirl.

If you could be any character in any movie or TV show ever made, who would it be and why?

Aeryn Sun of Farscape. When viewers first met Aeryn, she was a soldier, living her life completely by the Peacekeeper rulebook. But when she was discharged from the Peacekeepers, Aeryn found herself adrift and confused. But not alone. Her compassion for her crewmates on Moya, as well as her love for astronaut John Crichton, made Aeryn one of the most complex and compelling female characters ever on a sci-fi television show. I would love to have her resourcefulness, her skill with a Pulse pistol and a PK Prowler, her compulsion to keep herself and others calm in stressful situations, and her ability to look that good in tight black leather. Plus, all the making-out with Ben Browder would be a nice bonus.