One Young Woman's Bizarre Outlook

Hi! My name is Meredith (but my friends call me Meri ). This past May I turned 20. I'm originally from Milwaukee, WI, where I lived the first 18˝ years of my life. Oh.....my life....Ummm...well, so far my life hasn't been the most stable element of my being. Anyway. I have many interests that I'd like to share, but I can only fit so many things onto my home page. So...here it goes!

This will probably be slightly confusing. Read slow and you should be ok. :) All right, first, there's my Mom and Dad. My Mom, Brenda, is the sweetest, most loving and caring woman a daughter could ever wish for. My Dad, Craig, a very comical character (and to me looks a LOT like John Ritter) plays a large roll in my life, even still. However, my parents divorced some 10 years ago. Both of my parents remarried. My Mom first, marrying my now stepfather, Mike. It is common knowledge that he and I dislike each other STRONGLY and DO NOT (I repeat DO NOT) get along! My Dad married my step mom,Laura, a total bear lover (don't ask to see her collection...one word: HUGE). Now Laura and I get along, but I contribute this to our lack of living together under the same roof for any extended length of time. Why? Because Laura needs (not wants...not likes...not prefers...NEEDS) everything to be clean and orderly. I, on the other hand, am a COMPLETE SLOB ( until I get so fed up with my own disorder that I finally clean up).

Siblings you ask? Yes, I have 3, well actually 4. First, there's my biological sister Jessica, daughter of Craig (dad) and Brenda (mom). We like to look upon her strangely because she's the only one in our immediate family with blonde hair. But we love her just the same. Jessica turns 17 this October. Second, there is my half-sister Therese, daughter of Brenda (mom) and Mike (step). Therese is the typical annoying younger sibling, but she has her "cute" moments. Therese turns 9 this August. Third is Tracy, my step-sister, daughter of Laura (step) in a previous relationship to my Dad.Tracy is 23 or 24 and I feel really bad that I don't know her exact age or birth month. (sorry Tracy :( ) The 4th...I'm told that I have a brother named Brendan who is 2 years older than me somewhere out there. I hope to someday find and meet him.

I am a huge fan of Animaniacs. I have been since the show first came out over 4 years ago. I must say, my favorite of the Warners is the, blue-hatted, tongue-always-stickin'-out, always-eating-everything-in-sight, bag-of-endless-props-having-self...the greatest...the cutest...the most wonderful, huggable, lovable, WAKKO WARNER! However, of the Animaniacs Crew itself, I have to declare that my favorite character is the most sarcastic squirrel I've ever laid eyes on, Slappy "the Slap Happy" Squirrel (Now that's comedy!). Did you ever notice the most annoying characters? (I hope you all agree with me on these.) That stupid SUPPOSED teenager Katie KaBoom. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't even see the point of the cartoon. She's female...gets one of the "teenage-type" problems...gets totally pissed off...turns into a monster...then blows up, thus turning back into her former self. They're about as pointless as the Chicken Boo cartoons (however, I find the Chicken Boo cartoons to be at least SLIGHTLY entertaining). The other character I get irritated with is Mindy. Her cutesie attitude and annoying voice make my skin crawl, and Buttons, that POOR dog!!! If I were Buttons, I would have dug a hole so damn deep and buried her ass after the first 3 episodes!!! Problem solved. (Rita and Runt make a close 3rd, but I like Rita's sarcasm and Runt's stupidness...hate the singing....the singing could go.)

As I said before, I am a huge fan. I have: collective figures, CD's, dolls, video tapes, books, posters and not to mention all of the hours happily wasted staring at the television screen while drooling and laughing at the wacky humor in their cartoons. I have found, what I preceive, to be one of the most interesting Animaniacs sites that I have stumbled across. The P.O.I.T. site (yes, it's also what Pinky says) which points out insignificant technicalities within the Animaniacs cartoons themselves. As many as I've seen, as many times as I've seen the episodes, this site always causes my jaw to drop and then makes me laugh with all of the things it points out. Be sure to check it out.

(I'd like to start this section by saying this is probably the most boring section on my homepage.) The high school I attended and graduated from (6/96) is an arts school. Milwaukee High School of the Arts is a school that has its students major in one of the 4 art areas: Visual Art, Instrumental and Vocal Music, Dance and Theatre.(I'd like to take a "time out" to say hi to all my M.H.S.A. friends Brian, Kevin, Holly, Gadge, Sarah, Davette, Mikey J, Gary, Peter, Jessica and all her cronies, and the rest of the "crew") I was an instrumental major, I play the clarinet. I've been playing for about 7 years now and I'm currently not performing with any groups (so if you know of one that needs a B flat saprano clarinet, PLEASE contact me!!! *g*) This has given me a great appreciation for classical music. But, being the red-blooded American teenager I am, I'm also into alternative music (still wondering "alternative to WHAT???"). Such groups as Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam (I like SOME of their songs, but I'm NOT a fan), Smashing Pumpkins (Billy Corgan is a BABE!), Ani DiFranco (I know you've probably never heard of her, check her out,she's great), White Zombie, Rancid, No Doubt, and Blur just to name a few.

Being female, I find that I'm a semi-rare breed in liking comics and DragonLance novels. I collect some cards such as Marvel Masterpieces and the Marvel trade cards and some comics. Not as collectors items, but because I like the storylines and art. My favorite X-Men Characters are Rogue [I love her quirky Southern attitude] and Gambit [he's hot even if he IS a comic character]. One of my most recent (okay, not THAT recent) discoveries was of a character named the Tick and his sidekick Arthur. I've watched the cartoons since they first popped on T.V., but have yet to sit down and read one of the original comics.

As for the DragonLance novels, I've been reading them since I was 15. I've gone through the Cronicles, Legends, Defenders of Magic, Kaz the Minotaur, The Legend of Huma, and the first Tales trilogy just to name a few. I have currently started on the Lost Histories Sextet. I'd have to say, my favorite characters were Raistlin and Tasslehof Burrfoot. Raistlin because of his enchanting and secretive ways and Tas because of his peeking curiousity. Another character I got a soft spot for was the human form of Paladine know only to the group of friends as the absent-minded mage Fizban. He always made me laugh. The best trilogy I came across that didn't deal with the original group was the Defenders of Magic trilogy. I was always amazed with tales of magic and fascinated with the storyline in this trilogy. If you like stories of mages and enchanting tales, be sure to read these 3 books.

I'm sure that you've all heard of the "unthinkable" net romances. Well, let's take you back to mid-November of 1996...
*fairy dust sprinkles down*

At this point in time, I was in my first semester of college and was slowly pulling away from family and friends. The pressure of school and being away from home was tearing me apart. I made a friend from England on the internet by the handle of SPeeD©™® (he competes in wind surfing speed events). We talked for about an hour on the net and before I knew it, we were talking on the phone. It was like an instantaneous friendship. He called me just about everyday, I always had something to look forward to because of him. When he knew I was especially down, he sent me a beautiful bouquet of flowers. We grew very close of a short amount of time, and had talked about meeting. Figuring school and money situations the soonest I could see it happening was June of '97, but he couldn't wait, he wanted to meet sooner. I knew that I'd never have enough money in time, so Darren (SPeeD©™®) offered to pay for my flight. My Mom thought I was nuts and told me I should be locked up, and in all her motherly rights, I knew she was correct, but I felt something I couldn't let go of. I HAD to meet him. I left Dec. 28, 1996 and fell totally in love,(and so did he).

All I can say, is that we felt connected since we'd first started talking. Our meeting just finally brought everything together as a whole. When I saw him in the airport, all I could do was run up to him, wrap my arms around him as tight as I could and never want to let go. I flew back home Feb. 16, 1997 to gather my meager belongings and flew back to England March 20, 1997 to be with Darren.

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