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Website:http://www.ranea.org/watts/
Location:San Mateo, California, United States
Birthdate:10-30
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Bio:I'm a foodie, traveler, programmer and writer. A long-time resident of Tampa Bay who moved cross-country to the south San Francisco Bay area in November 2002, I spent about four years doing contract work, primarily as a web/technical writer. Since August 2006 I've been doing full-time web applications development with a small company in Mountain View. Like most people I know in the Bay Area, I rent rather than own, living with a friend in an apartment near San Mateo.

I've had a few stories published in small press 'zines, some of which are available on the web. More than a decade ago I published a novella called "A Gift of Fire, a Gift of Blood" which achieved minor fame in some circles. Most of my stories are fantasy, canted toward magic realism rather than sword and sorcery epics; many feature anthropomorphic animal characters. I've also dabbled in science fiction and straight literary work. A collection of my stories, Why Coyotes Howl, was published by Sofawolf Press in January 2005. (It's still available. Buy many copies.) I also appeared in Sofawolf's Best in Show anthology, which was republished in mass market paperback by iBooks as Furry just before iBooks filed Chapter 7. Woot.

Beyond writing, I have a love of the outdoors and of wildlife, particularly coyotes and wolves. ("Chipotle" is the name of a coyote character I've roleplayed.) I enjoy hiking sometimes, but I'm not a competent outdoorsman. I enjoy driving, far too much for my car's own good, and love to explore not only wilderness areas but interesting towns and cities of all kinds. I have a "medium-term" goal of driving along the whole of the Pacific Coast sometime, and a long-term goal of... well, that remains to be seen. Finding a place I'm willing to call a permanent home again. Maybe that's the Bay Area, although it may be farther north, along the Oregon or Washington coast.

And yes, I do have an affinity for southwestern food and chiles.

My Twitter ID is chipotlecoyote -- you're welcome to add me to your friends there.
Memories:15 entries
Pictures:over 10 public
Interests:53: alt country, animation, anthropomorphics, beer, california, chiles, coffee, conservation, cooking, coyotes, democrats, deserts, disney, driving, environmentalism, fantasy, florida, folk music, funny animals, furry, giants, gourmet food, hiking, liberalism, literary fiction, mac os x, macintosh, magic realism, new mexico, northwest, oregon, photography, portland, progressive politics, progressive rock, redwoods, ruby, ruby on rails, san francisco, san jose, science fiction, seattle, small press, southwest, spicy food, travel, urban fantasy, vampires, washington, web design, wildlife, wolves, writing
Schools:Frank W. Springstead High School - Spring Hill, FL (1983 - 1986)
New College of Florida - Sarasota, FL (1986 - 1989)
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Communities10:bandarimuck, elsejournal, eurofurence, fm_status, i_love_chipotle, ijournal, macrophile, paidmembers, sf_eats, xjournal
Feeds1:chipotle_tumble
Mutual Friends:135: 3catsjackson, alinsa, andrian6, animakitty, astor_apatosaur, aureth, aynjel, azzybat, bard_bloom, beetiger, ben_mouse, bfdragon, bigdcstile, bigtig, bluedeer, brenderlin, brerandalopex, burchelli, bwcoyoten, cambrion, cargoweasel, carlfox, cashewlou, cerb, cerice, cheetah_spotty, chipuni, chuck_melville, circuit_four, coldfyre, crux_lo, dajagr, dark_aldebaran, doctorwednesday, dollraves, doodlesthegreat, dorallizard, dour, dracosphynx, duncanroo, eosfoxx, foxgrrl, foxmagic, gatcat, gen, genet, giza, graveyardgreg, greenreaper, haikujaguar, hatch, hellesfarne, higginsdragon, hyanan, hyniof, impytoes, inner_linbo, iridium_wolf, ja_ren, jackfurlong, jadedfox, jakebe, joshuwain, kamiten, karla_corelan, katrinahawke, kellyasmith, kereminde, khromat, kiva_oraibi, kiyyik, koogrr, krdbuni, kynn, ladyperegrine, malkith0, miacorestal, momentrabbit, monkeyman, moonstalker, mordenheim_li, mordrul, nanowrimo_dave, nekomavin, nerfcoyote, normanrafferty, osfer, otter3, padfootsm, palabrajot, pathia, pawslut, playswithfood, poppyokapi, prickvixen, quentin_long, radiofreecatgrl, rafn, ravagefox, raventail2, revar, rikoshi, roho, samiamknot, sebkha, shaterri, shockwave77598, silasmouse, sixpaw_software, smackjackal, smudge_dragon, susandeer, sythyry, tacit, tashiro, tchall, thedarklurker, theottsel, tikaani, tilton, tommicat, toob, traveller_blues, tuftears, tugrik, twentythoughts, typographer, varjohaltia, vulpesrex, wendingo, wingywoof, wolfkidd, wolfwitty, wordslinger, xydexx
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Member of:7: bandarimuck, elsejournal, i_love_chipotle, ijournal, macrophile, paidmembers, sf_eats
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