Somewhere I read that the first place people go to at a site is the section that talks about the author. That's where I go, too. It helps to have some kind of idea of who you're dealing with. Plus, it fulfills any voyeuristic tendencies.

People have asked why this page is called Out of Order. I couldn't think of a decent name, and then I saw one of those ubiquitious signs that read 'out of order.' I figure you can interpret the name two ways: something's disorderly, or something is a result from order. This page is both.

I'm twenty years old, and I've lived the last three years as a vegetarian. I live in the midwest and am pursuing a degree in English. The English BA: your easiest way to a prestigious and high-paying job.

Someone at at a pizza place once said to me, "Girl, are you a figure skater? No? You look like one! You look like you should be a figure skater!" The whole experience was rather absurd, but I can define my appearance by saying that I don't look like a figure skater.

I like to cook and eat good food. Yet it's still hard to go past 115 pounds. Some people would love to have that problem; I don't think it's a haunting one, but it does get annoying to have to defend yourself against people who say, "Do you eat?" So I'm stuck in the land where kid clothes still fit.