About the Owner

Hi there! I'm Ashley. That's me to the right. I'm a 23-year-old from Connecticut, currently living back at home while on leave from my studies at a private women's college in Western Massachusetts. I love my adopted home north of the border and look forward to returning, but I will always be a proud Nutmegger.

I'm a little non-traditional – I earned my Associate's from my community college at 22 and will get my Bachelor's at 26 – but I like things that way. My Associate's is in Liberal Arts with a focus on English and Political Science, and my Bachelor's will be in an interdisciplinary field that involves philosophy, literature, and the social sciences. Since I'm on leave at the moment, I'm only taking some "for-fun" classes back at my community college, though I plan to eventually earn my Ph.D. and teach.

I am the youngest of seven children. My father is from Vermont and my mother is from the Bahamas. I am the only redhead in my family, although my father was a redhead until his color changed as an adult. I am tall and happily curvy. I wear sensible shoes and have no idea how to apply makeup. You can usually find me in jeans and a comfortable (and preferably green) sweater.

I live for books, winter, writing, aimless drives, New England, travel, dreams of backpacking across Europe, volunteer work, civic service, folk music, current events and commentary, friends, philosophy, and hanging out with my dad on weekends. I am also a Troubles-Checker for The Fanlistings Network (Literature and Places categories) and The Namelistings Network (General).

Some other random things...I have celiac disease, so I have to follow a ridiculously strict diet that basically means I can't eat anything that tastes good. My favorite book is The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. I've visited 35 American states, the District of Columbia, two Canadian provinces, two Mexican states, and several Bahamian islands and cays. I love penguins, the color green, manatees, cats, history, comfy blankets, and rural areas. My favorite cities are Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia. That's about all I can think of to say about myself. :)

In terms of fanlistings, I joined my very first (for Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken") way back in March 2005, but I didn't really get involved in the fanlistings community as another other than a member until fall 2007, when I had my first approval (for my beloved Antigone). Since then, I've become really active on the boards and beyond. Although I do have quite a few listings at this point, I am very selective when it comes to applying and will only apply for subjects that I genuinely love and ones I feel like are worthy to me of the intensive time commitment to them. Most of my listings are very, very small and would only appeal to a few similarly nerdy people, but that's okay. :) My "fandoms" are usually over books and ideas, not films and stars, and I like it that way. :)