Hi, my name’s Michelle but everybody calls me Mush (rhymes with lush, not bush). I’m 41 really old. I live in the US and am of Irish/Germanic decent. I’m from the left coast, but I spent 15 years in rural Iowa being a roo before coming home.
I’m legally separated, but probably won’t bother getting divorced until The Ex decides he wants to remarry and needs the paperwork. I live with my awesome 87-year-old grandmother in Walla Walla, Washington. (I usedt to live in Batavia, IA in the big old farm house on 27 acres that I quit-claimed over to The Ex when I left the marriage because I don’t want to have anything to do with that damned house ever again so help me God what a freakin’ debacle.)
In college I majored in classical voice and later literature and then history, but now I’m in my ninth year of doing call center tech support. I’m currently employed by a fourth ISP. I know a shitload about how the Internet works, and have in my time had root on a great many Linux boxen.
I’m a vegetarian. I’m also left-handed, Hindu, extroverted, and I adore reading and taking naps and sci-fi and singing and coffee.
My hobbies are collecting small electronic devices, maintaining this web site, making music, vintage cameras, knitting, writing, bento, and cooking. I do not like cleaning house, being broke, foods with weird textures, car crashes, or incisions (even though I had a really good time getting my wisdom teeth extracted, what with the intravenous Valium and all). My talent is swimsuit and I want to be a veterinarian because I love children.
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happy to hear about u. wish to be in contact. i write some poetry. i decline to reveal my age. it is too young and will not exceed 60. why don’t u revive u’r talents in literature?
I’ve been meaning to write a book for, oh, my whole life or so. Maybe it’ll happen someday! -m
omg this is so wierd im soma the soma from people they came and i only found this by looking my name up on the internet! lol so hey mush and give my regards to buzz the coolest cat in America!
Hi, Soma! -m
Hi Mush,
Thanks for suggesting me of Bombay Dub Orchestra. Try to find it here in Jakarta, Indonesia. Otherwise, will try to order it from Amazon.
Read your story bout your work. Wish you all the best. Will stop by …
Did you celebrate Deepavali ? Anyway, Shubh Deepawali Mush….
You’ll love Bombay Dub; it’s a great album. Sometimes I go to the ashram for Deepavali, but I don’t do anything at home for it. Nice to meet you! -m
I used to know Mush when she went by Shelley; years ago in Oregon. She was the best friend of the love of my life and my soul mate. Of course, as is usually the case when you are 22yrs old, I didn’t realize 1) how cool Mush was and 2) that I had met my soul mate. So, I lost contact with both. Now I have found both; again. ‘Chelle was and probably still is a total “Woman-head.” IN fact, she is an original “Woman-head.” I will let you explain what that is, Miss Michelle.
Hey, Dave! I emailed you. -m
This is random in placement because I have been jumping around your site looking at your interesting things. Anyway, I saw something about a rash you had last yar. I suspect very strongly that it was what is called Dishydrotic Excema. Treatmetn is cortisone, yes it will often go away by itself, it is a stress-related condition. It can however get very bad and painful. I had it off and on a lot after a car accidenet, still get it occasionally, my daughter got a rip-roaring case of it when she was about 16, took over both hands and both feet. Ended up getting a cortisone injection in her rear and it was gone in about 2 days. Just watch out for it if it happens again. =D
Thanks for the info! It went away and never came back. It could have very easily been stress-related, since my marriage was going down the tubes at the time. I ended up thinking it was a reaction to the varnish on the new guitar I’d just gotten around that time and was handling a lot. -m