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Helen  CA
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Good Day Sunshine

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She's So Very ... 10

Name: sam green-eggs
Zine(s) you write: chickeney & chronic

Share a fun fact about yourself.
in high school i wanted to be a physicist when i grew up.

What is your favorite quote?
i don't have one

Do you collect anything?
over the years i have collected frogs, bells, stamps, and coins. i don't feel like i have official collections anymore, but there are certain things i have a lot of like old cameras and other photo equipment, handmade pottery, zines, pretty & unusual chicken egg shells, and tons of art supplies.

What is your favorite childhood book?
i was awfully fond of "the three robbers" when i was young, and looking back i still think its message is pretty awesome. 

What are you afraid of?
being on a bridge in an earthquake

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Amy  NE
Cindy  OH
DJ Frederick  NH
Elena  Germany
Izzi  NC
Lisa  WA

Name: Meredith Wallace
Zine(s) you write: Life, Death, Love & "All of the Above" 

Share a fun fact about yourself.
My first pet was a guinea pig named Crystal Light Amethyst Alka Seltzer Plus. I watched a lot of TV as a kid. 

What is your favorite quote? 
“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large -- I contain multitudes.” -- Walt Whitman, from "Song of Myself"

Do you collect anything?
Oh man, I collect TONS of things. Obviously, I collect zines. It's getting to the point now where I'm practically a zine hoarder! I'm a huge fan of collecting vintage, especially from the 1930's - 1960's, and so I have large collections of vintage photography and clothing. I also used to collect prescriptive literature for women from 1850 - 1950. I have a bunch of charm/personality books, style guides, and even medical books specifically geared towards all that ails women and their crazy ovaries. It's fascinating to be able to see how the concept of acceptable femininity has changed over the years. 

What is your favorite childhood book?
I was a total introvert and LOVED reading as a kid. No surprise there! I had tons and tons of favorite books, so it's hard to narrow it down, but one that stands out is Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit. I had my mom's old copy from when she was a kid, and it might have been the first old book I fell in love with.

What are you afraid of?
I grew up as a very, very anxious kid. I've gotten over most of my fears, but I'd still say that developing close bonds with people is still something that scares me. Social situations were always the biggest issue for me, but I've gotten pretty adept at navigating your everyday interactions. Some people probably mistakenly think I'm some outgoing extrovert! But I'm still a loner, and it's hard for me to develop intimate friendships and relationships without some degree of anxiety. I still crave that kind of understanding though. I think ultimately that's why I got so into zines -- it's a way for me to express myself without tripping over my words, or worrying about whether or not I'm entertaining enough. Having that outlet probably is what has kept me at the very least semi-sane all these years!

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Fat Girl #11

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I Keep Interrupting Myself #17
She's Not a Morning Person #9

Name: Loran
Zine(s) you write: I change the title of my zine almost every issue. My latest is entitled I Keep Interrupting Myself and the one I’m currently writing is going to be called The Occasional Journal of Pointless Meanderings, which is a title I like enough that I may keep for a few issues.
 
Share a fun fact about yourself.
When I discover a new restaurant that I like, I will systematically order each item on the menu, until I’ve eaten everything they serve, before deciding what my “usual” is going to be.
 
What is your favorite quote?
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
Do you collect anything?
I love collecting, but exactly what I collect changes fairly regularly (with the sole exception of sales tax tokens). I like to collect something and learn about it, and when I have acquired a decent collection, I get rid of it and start collecting something new that I don’t know anything about. It’s the act of collecting that I enjoy more than the collection itself, plus this just makes it easier to move when I relocate. Perhaps one day if I own a house my future collections will find a permanent home.
 
What is your favorite childhood book?
It was about dinosaurs, but I don’t remember the name of it. I read it so much that I had the book memorized, and I would wander around the house reciting it out loud to myself. It was that book that caused me to decide at an early age that my favorite dinosaur was the Ankylosaurus, possibly because it was short and fat and low to the ground, like our English bulldog.
 
What are you afraid of?
Dying alone. That and old people who think that you want to hear all of their medical procedures described in great detail.
 

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Adare  WA
Charity  OK
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Loran  CO

Name: Kara Comegys
Zine(s) you write: Bake and Destroy Everyone Around You, Smash the Pastryarchy, and Clumsy. I also collaborated on Fast Food Vegan.

Share a fun fact about yourself. 
When I was seven I crashed my bike and got asphalt stuck in my four front teeth. The trauma killed the roots and someday they will turn green and fall out. That's fun, right?

What is your favorite quote? 
"Life is awesome, but also it never really gets better." Anthony Poynter

Do you collect anything? 
Religious pamphlets and propaganda, like Jack Chick tracts. People leave them all over the place! My favorites are the "Hell Locator" business card and a pamphlet called, "The Gospel According to Karate".

What is your favorite childhood book? 
Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle. I liked it so much that I gave it to my teacher, and she liked it and read it to the class. The class HATED it and hated me for what I had subjected them to.

What are you afraid of? 
Change.

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Alaina  NY
Celia  IL (trade)
Celia  TX
Sarah  KS
Sarah  PA (zine fest donations)
Shelby  MI
Stacey  MI