Sharon was born, and raised, deep in the heart of Texas.
"Where abouts in Texas?" you ask? Well, if you must know, in a little town called Burleson, south of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Probably best known as the home of American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson, and known less as the former Crepe Myrtle Capitol of North Central Texas, Burleson is located in a dry county. No, that isn't referring to the fact that Texas is in a drought right now. "Dry" as in no alcohol is sold in the county. Yeah, no kidding.
After 18 years in the buckle of the bible belt, it seemed like the only logical solution would be to move to sin city, so after a brief stop in Oklahoma where she was lucky enough to find a man who shared her need to wander, Sharon moved to Las Vegas for a while. Now Vegas ain't so great when you want to go for a walk in the woods, so they moved on to the Garden of Eden of the Cascade Mountains, Puget Sound, and Olympic peaks.
Funny the way things turn out though. You find Eden, and then you leave it. Why stay when you can move? Sharon moved to Davis in 2000 to attempt gra..., make that attend graduate school. One word of advice — you should probably know why you want to go to graduate school before you apply, get accepted, and take out the loans to pay for it. And just going to graduate school to keep learning is not a good excuse. ...even if you do get a degree out of it.
Sharon's daughter, Cassidy, and her husband, Ryan
During the day Sharon now happily works as a desk jockey at the UC Davis John Muir Institute of the Environment. At night she transforms into a vapor and floats above the roof tops of Davis to haunt swamp coolers. no, wait, that's not right. Sharon is a reverse vampire and if she goes out during the night she'll vaporize. no, that's not right either. Why isn't Sharon seen past dark? Oh yeah, it probably has something to do with a wonderful, but exhausting toddler which Sharon and her husband, Ryan, invited into this world.
Sharon finds it very hard to consider wandering away from Davis due to the weather, the ability to commute easily by bicycle, the Wiki, and the housing (which is so unbelievably unaffordable that most of the time Sharon doesn't believe she's here and thinks she is in a 5-year dream). She can often be found at the Davis Food Co-op where her husband, Ryan, is a part time produce monkey. She also really digs the Davis Farmers Market, anything from Taqueria Guadalajara, crispy calamari at Fuzio, potatoes et al at Delta of Venus, weekend breakfast at Cafe Italia and happy hour at Little Prague.
Sharon's Rebellion Against Social Norms: It should be noted that Sharon has something of a problem with social graces. In fact, calling it a symptom of the over-educated, Sharon often ignores the rules of our culture. For example, at the table, Sharon almost always has her elbows on the table, often reaches across other people's plates, and may be caught talking with her mouth full. However, in the interest of being a true hypocrite, Sharon also gets really annoyed when people walk on the left side of the sidewalk.
Sharon's Big Question: When is someone an "adult"?
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