Here's a few pictures of me, one from my high school days in pep band (note the stylish keyboard), and two from Halloween 2000, where I went as a person dressed in a medieval dress from Spencer's. If I gain miraculous access to a digital camera or scanner, I'll put more up.
By the way, if you're interested, there's also a short autobio on Drew's Page, and also, on Jason's Page.
Personal Information
Full Name: Stacie Anne Chapman Davis
Name Meanings: Stacie=springtime, resurrection. Anne=a really common middle name shared by most of my female relatives. Chapman=British for tinker/peddler. Davis=also British Isles-derived, but more specifically, my married name.
AKA: Stac, Staz, Angel, Kitten, and a host of other pet names Adam calls me. :)
Screen Names: FinaSedai is the most common one I use.
Why did you choose e-mail address: Name of a character I played for years in a bunch of online Wheel of Time RP�s, including Salidar and the NWT.
Vital Stats
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Eye color: Blue-green
Hair color: Variable (red/brown/blonde)
Height: 5'4"
Weight (or build, for the secretive): Full-figured
Age/b'day/grade: 27 (ye gods!)/April 4, 1979/Graduate Student
Astrological Signs: Sun sign-Aries, Moon sign-Cancer, Ascendant sign-Aries
Grade/Year of HS Graduation: Ancient history. Graduated from Kennedy Christian (now Catholic) High School in spring of 1997.
School/Mascot: Graduated from Mercyhurst College in 2001; currently under the auspices of the Duquesne Duke.
Location: At home-Pittsburgh, PA. At ancestral home-New Castle, PA.
Born: Pittsburgh, PA, at Magee Women's Hospital.
Family and History
Pets: Our lease doesn't allow for pets, but as soon as we've bought a house, we're planning on at least one cat and dog each.
Job(s): Technical writer and office assistant.
Future Job: Fantasy/sci-fi writer, RPG designer, amateur interior designer, filmmaker
Family members: I'm adopted...my family situation is confusing at best, but among both birth and adoptive families I have 4 parents, 1 brother, 2 half-sisters, 4 half-brothers, about 10 aunts, about 12 uncles, several grandparents, and many many cousins. And as of this year, one wonderful husband. :)
Religion/Church/Pastor: Adam and I are currently attending the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Shadyside, presided over by Rev. David Herndon.
A song that best describes you or you can relate to: "The Rainbow Connection", by Kermit the Frog.
Describe yourself in two words: Still learning.
Friendship
Person you miss: I miss a lot of people. I can�t throw very well. But seriously, Jason, Jen, Christine, Drew, Prashant...pretty much everyone who I don't get to see often.
Makes you laugh the most: Adam, Dan, Amber.
Person you would want to be friends with: Chaucer, Jon Stewart, or Terry Pratchett.
Brightens your day: Everyone I'm friends with tends to brighten my day at some point.
Your first best friend: First chronologically? Rachel. First in rank? Can't decide. Best friend I've known the longest? Kat.
Who u hang out w/ most away from school: Pretty much anyone who's involved in one of our gaming groups.
Best Girl Friends: Jen, Kat, Christine, Wendy, Amber
Best Guy Friends: Adam, Jason, Drew, Dan, Nick, Steve, Justin
What song best describes your friends: "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" by Relient K.
You think any of your friends look like someone famous: Jen looks like Nicole Kidman.
Qualities you look for in a friend: A good sense of humor, intelligence, and an Armor Class of at least 10 (I've been known to throw plastic shuriken at people.)
Love and other Inexplicable Frightening Phenomena
Marital Status: Although it heretofore amused me to say that I am available for anyone seeking a green card, that is not the case anymore. I am now a respectable married woman. :)
Single or taken: Swept clean off my feet by a dashing archaeologist who won't go anywhere without his favorite hat. No, not that one.
Have you ever been in love: Nope, never once, although my family was granted a lovely estate with some nice riverfront property in exchange for my hand in holy matrimony. Actually yes, I've been in love, probably too often and not always with the right people. But hey, in an ideal world it only has to work out once, although I've found that once isn't always the limit.
Do you like someone right now: It's a safe bet.
Are you a Virgin: Now that there is a socially acceptable--and indeed socially expected!--answer to this question, now I'm getting all blushy and affronted about it. Go figure. ;-P
I Made This Section Up 'Cause I Want To Talk About the Wedding
Who was in your wedding party: On my side were Kat as maid of honor, Benjamin and Jessica (my cousin's kids) as ring bearer and flower girl, and Wendy, Angela, Jackie, Christine, and Amber as lovely bridesmaids. On Adam's side were Steve as best man, and Justin, Chris, Vince, Laz, and Drew as groomsmen. Patrick (my brother) and Adam's friend Chuck were ushers.
What song was your first dance: "Glory of Love" by Peter Cetera. 80s love! ;-D
Colors: Purple and blue. It was the bruise wedding!
Honeymoon location: Disney World, during a hurricane. Okay, maybe it was just a tropical storm.
Did you cry: Bucketloads!
Other Silly Things
Fav love song: �Fairytale of New York� by the Pogues. And really...I'm serious about this one. Even though it contains the line �You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot�, it is actually a very romantic song by the end. It embodies my idea of true love: two people who can go together through (or put each other through) absolute hell and still somehow find themselves smiling at each other afterwards.
Who would the perfect guy/girl look like: Themselves.
Who should make the first move...girl or guy: The one who wants the relationship the most.
What would be the perfect date: Something that includes a lot of conversation.
Would you go out with a younger guy/girl: Not much younger.
Real life crush: Alan Doyle from the band Great Big Sea, and Johnny Depp, because it's hard to be a pirate fan and avoid such things.
Have you ever had a crush on your teacher: Once, but I won't say whom, because I think they would be rather shocked.
Biggest turnoff of the opposite sex: I'm not sure I can come up with one that all men across the board exhibit.
Biggest turnoff of the same sex: Same as above.
If you could go anywhere with your dream date, where would you go?: The forest, during a thunderstorm, at midnight. Well, maybe not...too much lightning. Maybe just to a good movie. Or to Ireland.
Most romantic thing that ever happened to you: Too many contenders for that one.
Would you rather have a popular gf/bf or a cute "nobody": A cute nobody. Like me. :)
Qualities you will look for in your future husband/wife: Let�s see�intelligence, humor, a talent in dealing with children, the ability to do basic math, good cooking skills, creativity, adventurousness, playfulness, and a job that won�t exile him to an office 6 days a week from 9 to 5. And fortunately, I seem to have found him. :)
What do you think about marriage?: It's great, in my case. It's like I get to hang out with my best friend every day and he never has to go home.
Future sons' names: Mordred. And when he comes of age he will rise against his father and slay him in battle. Seriously, probably Matthew and William, although I also like Sean and Aidan or something that sounds just as Celtic.
Future daughters' names: Same as above. But if they don't show competitive tendencies, then something British Isles-inspired and fantasyish. We're thinking in terms of notable great-grandmothers for middle names, though, including Angeline, Elizabeth, or Justina.
Things That Go in the Ear
Good Music: Modern rock, Celtic/Irish rock, Japanese rock and pop, some Latin (dance, not chants), punk, ska, swing, classical, and some bluegrass.
Ick music: Rap, most country, hard rock boy bands, regular boy bands, people named Britney or Mandy or Christina, really hard metal, rap, hip-hop, R&B, and rap.
Singers: Loreena McKennitt, Tori Amos, Enya, Shakira, Don McLean, Phil Collins, Meatloaf, Bob Dylan, Dar Williams, um...I know there are lots of others, but they are completely escaping me now.
Bands: The Dropkick Murphys, Great Big Sea, The Offspring, Aerosmith, The Bouncing Souls, Buck-o-Nine, MXPX, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Carbon Leaf, Nickelback, The Clarks, Reel Big Fish, Smash Mouth, Letters to Cleo, Barenaked Ladies, Garbage, New Radicals, No Doubt, Green Day, Everclear, The Smashing Pumpkins....lots and lots of others.
Songs: Many. Too many.
Radio stations: WYEP 91.3, Pittsburgh's local indie station.
Concert you've been to: The Smashing Pumpkins, the ROAR and Warped Tours 1996, the Go Go Rays, One World Tribe, 10,000 Maniacs (but only backstage, as theater crew), Mary Black (same), Great Big Sea (6 or 7 times...does that mean I'm a groupie now...?), and a few with my classic rock-lovin' in-laws, including Chicago and Simon and Garfunkel.
Soundtrack: Pirates of the Caribbean, both 1 & 2.
Favorite line of a song: "Wake up, kids, we've got the dreamer's disease." --The New Radicals, "You Get What You Give". "This morning on the harbor when I said goodbye to you / I remember how I told you I'd come back to you one day / And as the sunset came to meet the evening on a hill / I told you I'd always love you...I always did, I always will." --The Pogues, "Body of an American".
Things that Are on a Screen
Favorite Actors: Robin Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Tim Curry, Billy Crystal, Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, James Spader, Tom Cruise before he went batsh*t crazy (Interview with a Vampire comes to mind), Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Lawrence Fishburne (especially as Morpheus), Liam Neeson, Steve Buscemi, Sir Alec Guinness, Ewan McGregor, and Samuel L. Jackson.
Actress: Robin Wright Penn, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sandra Bullock, Kirsten Dunst, Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates.
Fav movie(s): ::deep breath:: The Matrix (all), The Sixth Sense, Legend, Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, The Princess Bride, The Neverending Story, Willow, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The South Park Movie, the Star Wars saga, Interview with the Vampire, all of Kevin Smith's Jersey movies, all the Muppet movies, The Full Monty, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Drunken Master, The Crow, Mulan, Beauty and the Beast, Ever After, Shakespeare in Love, The Fifth Element, Harry Potter (all), Narnia (all), Shrek (all), the Lord of the Rings trilogy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Snakes on a Plane, and I know I've totally left a bunch out.
Fav TV show(s): The Daily Show, The Simpsons, Family Guy, and anything on HGTV.
Fav video games: Every Final Fantasy except 2, 3, 11, and X-2 (Japanese), which I haven't played; Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Diddy Kong Racing, most old RPGs for the Super Nintendo, Animal Crossing, and the Katamari games.
Last movie you saw on TV: Shaun of the Dead.
Last movie that you saw on video: Underworld.
Last movie you saw at the theatre: Snakes on a Plane.
Who did you see it with: Adam, Wendy, Sarah, Amber, Nick, Dan, and Russell.
Other Things That Are Cool
Disney Characters: Mulan, Timon and Pumbaa, Sebastian the crab, and the Beast.
W.B. Characters: The Animaniacs.
Anime Characters: Goku, Edward and Alphonse Elric, Scar, Lust, Sakaki-san, Sister Rosette, Excel, Nabeshin, Sailor Mars, Vash the Stampede, and more I'm forgetting.
Disney Movie: Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Lion King, Mulan.
Favorite cartoon show: I'm a total otaku, and answering this question would take a very long time. I'll defer it until later.
Fav Comic: Eek, are we counting manga here as well? If we're only counting American comics, I'm fond of Sandman, Books of Magic, Sin City, and Preacher.
Fav Magazines: Newtype USA, Taste of Home (a cooking magazine), and Time.
Miscellaneous Favorite Things
Number: 42.
Ocean: There's a difference? Well, Atlantic by default.
Planet: The ones in the sci-fi stories I write. Earth's cool too.
State: Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, and South Carolina.
Gem: Rose quartz and amethyst
Way to travel: A leisurely walk.
Tree: Willow.
Nail polish: Blue-green.
Lake: Erie. Well, no, not really.
Month/Day/Year: November 22, 2181 (another artifact from my sci-fi stories)
Kind Of Milk: 2%
Animals: Cats, chippiecats (a Star Wars RPG creation), dogs, and lightning bugs.
Fruit: Kiwis, Tangerines, Cherries, Strawberries
Flavor: Chocolate
Pop: Dr. Pepper
Hot drink: Chai
Cold drink: Dr. Pepper. It's a shameful addiction.
Food: Seafood, Italian, Mexican, Japanese, and Korean.
Restaurant: Don Pablo's
Fast food: Arby's, Taco Bell
Candy: Marshmallow Peeps, Cadbury Eggs, Peanut Butter Eggs, the little candy buttons on paper, those crunchy little candy cigarettes that they can't sell anymore (bad girl!), Hershey�s chocolate.
Ice cream: Mint Chocolate Chip, Black Raspberry, and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Sport: Not that fond of sports...but I tolerate soccer, fencing, and figure skating. And anything played by a Pittsburgh team. Also, although it's not a sport, I like taekwondo and martial arts in general.
Smell: A coming thunderstorm in spring.
Sound: Laughter, thunder, music
Card Game: Solitaire, Magic, Uno.
Board game: Risk, Candyland (well, not for years, but I used to like it...)
Book of the Bible: Song of Songs.
Perfume/cologne: Patchouli scent for women, Aspen for men
Flower: Red roses, lilacs, lilies, honeysuckles.
Country: US, Canada, the British Isles, Iceland.
Store: Barnes and Noble
Mall: Southern Park, Century III
Town to chill in: Washington, DC and Pittsburgh
Place to hang out: Wherever my friends are.
Holiday: Christmas, Halloween, Midsummer, Samhain, spring (the whole season is a holiday!)
Quote someone gave about you: "People get addicted to you. You must be a drug." �Adam and Melissa
Books & Authors: I�ll just name authors to keep this short: Terry Pratchett, Robert A. Heinlein, Spider Robinson, Juliet Marillier, Neil Gaiman, Jacqueline Carey, Stephen King, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, Adam W. Davis, Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind, Anne Rice, Janet Evanovich, J.K. Rowling, me.
Just In Case You're Not Bored Yet...
Words you don't like: : I like most words. I have to...I'm a writer.
Words you like: See above.
Happiest day: That's probably something I won't be able to judge until I'm a lot older, but June 10, 2006 is a pretty high contender.
Instruments you play: Oboe, piano, french horn (not very good), pennywhistle, xylophone, bass keyboard, glockenspiel.
Life long goal: To share my art with the world, to make people happy, and to be happy.
Colors of your room: Kind of blue-purple. At the apartment, beige, until we paint.
Have you ever done drugs or alcohol: Yes.
Strength: My mind, compassion, and creativity.
Weakness: Stubbornness, shyness, insecurity, aloofness (often related to previous problem), depression.
Weirdest thing in your room: A stuffed woolly mammoth with a Renaissance hat on his head and Harry Potter glasses on his trunk.
Hobbies: Writing, reading, roleplaying, comedy, TV, listening to music, watching movies, having marathon conversations, eating.
Do you collect anything: Books, anything fantasy or sci-fi related, candles, postcards, random junk
Left or Right handed: Right
Dream car: One that flies. Oh, wait, that's an airplane.
The meaning of life?: To live.
How would you kill someone: I�d be sure to do it so they wouldn�t notice.
Whats the best thing: To be happy with yourself.
Best Advice: Live for the moment.
In Conclusion...
I hate: coming up with stuff that I hate.
I love: days when everything is going right.
I feel like: a rum and coke.
I can barely: think of something to put here.
I will never: give in to depression the way I used to.
I will not: condone a course of action that leads us to war, Senator Palpatine.
I want: Yo quiero.
I've always wanted: a kitten.
I wish: the goblins would come and take you away...right now.
The best feeling in the world is: love, and creativity. Or maybe they're the same thing.
The worst feeling in the world is: despair, and loneliness.
I can't wait: for tomorrow.
I will not regret: much.
If I had only 24 hours to live I would: get together with a bunch of friends.
I promise: to keep all my promises to myself.
Wow...still reading? Thanks... I hope this was interesting!