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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

I'm an artist in her forties. I used to work in the animation industry but nowadays I live in Seattle and draw for myself. Mostly a graphic novel at the moment.

The username is an anagram of an older pen name.

And I miss the days when the Internet was just for freaks. GET OFF MY LAWN AND TAKE YOUR FA.CETWIDD.LR WITH YOU! *caneshake*