Rich Skrenta blog-tagged me, so here are five things you may not know about me:

1. I edited a small-press magazine for three years just at the end of college. Hand Book got all sorts of grants that allowed myself and my co-editor, Rochelle Ratner, to publish 3 issues before we realized that distributing the thing was going to swamp us. However, I developed a passion for 'zines that played right into the obsession with the Net I'd develop 12 years later.

2. Doing laundry is one of my small pleasures. The idea that in a couple of hours I can take a wrinkled, smelly heap of cloth and turn it into warm, neatly folded clothes and sheets thrills me every time. And no, don't ask me to do yours.

3. I have a 100-lb. American bulldog named Winston and a black cat named Panther. Winston follows me from room to room when he's not asleep. Until a few weeks ago--although he's lived with me for 10 years--Panther didn't really like me. Now he's following me from room to room as well.

4. I love trashy sci-fi, fantasy and horror movies. When it comes to flicks like Vlad the Impaler and An American Haunting, Netflix is my connection. I also love jazz, opera, fado and flamenco--and Tiimbaland ( Sexyback).

5. I started working when I was 17. My jobs included camp counselor, artist's model, babysitter, book binder, waitress, writing teacher, and library clerk. My favorite college job was writing teacher--I taught poetry and journalism to high school students at Buck's Rock Camp.

Bonus: Check out the Blog Tag Tree

I tag Maryamie, Elisa, Rebecca, Mark and Salim