Blue Moon

[susanstinson]

I'm taking questions. If anyone's got any, ask away.

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[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

When I was about seven, I had a list that I would give anyone who asked.

I wanted to be

• a teacher


• a gardener (because I had grown morning glories, seen them shut at night and open in the morning, and found them to be very wonderful)


• a ballerina

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/42382643@N00/357131998/)



• and a writer.

I never let go of wanting to be a writer.

[beccawrites.livejournal.com]

yay. :) cool picture!!!

and what inspired you to take questions?

that's neat. i never wanted to be a ballerina, i think i knew very young that i was too fat for that (it's just hitting me now what this puerto rican guy meant when he said that kids know early if they're going to college or not).... but anyway, i did love dancing.

i wanted to be a chemist because i had a chemistry set and it was fun to play with. but i keep coming up with new answers to that question.

[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

I think I'm taking questions because I'm in this pretty brief moment between working on drafts when I'm looking up and looking around and checking in in general. Also, because of some of the conversations you and I have had about this new book and making sure that I bring fat queers -- um, in addition to myself -- (and, also, everybody else who's been interested to this point) along with me for the adventure of it and its mysterious and various possible fates, so I thought I'd see if anybody had anything they wanted to ask me about it.

Or anything. I just feel willing to engage if there's something somebody's always kind of wanted to ask. I know I won't have the energy for long, but thought I'd offer.

[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

I didn't know enough about ballerinas to know that I was too fat. Also, I was good at backbends, and very proud of it. But a chemistry set? Very cool!