i struggle at the correct words to say everytime i write a new one of 
these bio thingys.  i hate doing this, but i love reading other people's.
i guess i should return the kindness...or something like that.  

my name is megan peterson.  i'm eighteen years old.  i live in iowa, the chasms
of the united states.  very soon, i'll be going to college in the chicago area, 
which will be my salvation and biggest dream come true.  

i'm a christian.  right now, i'm dabbling in thoughts of becoming an anarchist.
people have told me it's impossible to be a christian AND an anarchist...so i'm 
not quite sure what i'm going to do as of yet.  i'm looking places and doing research
into this, because i never take anyone's word for anything without first finding out
the specifics myself.  the bottom line is that i don't want to do anything that
would contradict my stance and beliefs as a christian.  

i'm sorta a musician, or at least have the heart of a musician.  i play piano, guitar,
flute (though i SOLD my flute two years ago to buy a guitar:) and some bass.  it's been
ever so long since i've written a song.  my mind is filled with songs that no one will 
ever hear, but i can't see to get them out of this mind.  hmmm.  it's too bad, really.
besides playing music, i thrive on music in general.  i can't imagine a world without
music.  i can't understand how some people can go through a day without listening to 
music. i'm constantly singing, whether to a cd or just a song in my head.  music is
the most amazing thing in the world.  i have so much admiration for anyone that performs
music.  music crosses all cultural, socio-economic, political, religious, and color lines.
music touches a place in each and every person that nothing and no one else can.  it
proves again and again that we all come from the same stem.  we're all alike in our 
pain, our joy, our sorrow, and our pride.  it's the thread that holds together the human
race.  each song hides a memory, a place, and a feeling.  i sit here in the darkness of 
my bedroom, listening to the cranberries.  this particular cd has so many memories
and moments for me, that i can't even narrow them all down.  music has the power to 
captivate our souls, hold our attention, and create a bookmark in our minds.  

...enough of my music blather....   

i'm a self-procalimed poet and author.   i write constantly, whether it be prose, 
poetry, stories...anything and everything.  it's how i survive.  my main creative 
outlet.  it's all part of my insanely manic ways, i guess.  some of my writings are 
on this website, but not nearly all of them.  i've got journals and journals and pages 
upon pages of poems and crap like that.  stream of consciousness is my latest favorite
technique.  i love just opening up my mind and let my brain sleep for a while.  just typing
nonsensical things, thoughtlessly deep things...is so freeing.  i've had the biggest
ephiphanies when i'm not thinking.  the majority of the newer musings of mine are in a 
mindless style.  enjoy or hate them.