My name is Heather Alexander. After living in New York City for eight years my husband and I, dragging our two cats behind us, traveled cross-country to Portland, Oregon in order to experience a different kind of city. A city that enjoys its recycling, prides itself in its grand and numerous parks, prefers biking to driving, and can't get enough of a good cup of joe.

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About me:

I'm a bit of a horror movie buff, I watch them constantly and will either be the best trained civilian when the Apocalypse hits or else I may end up being a serial killer, it's unclear which. Despite my penchant for horror I still have an unreasonable fear of being alone in closed bathrooms, I can't sleep with the closet door open, and I'm convinced there is a monster under my bed that will grab my foot if it hangs over the mattress at night. I guess it's no surprise then that I often have nightmares. They are highly entertaining and sometimes so frightening that I wake with a start. They range in type, from twisted creatures to classic monsters to killers with knives to zombies zombies zombies! Once I dreamt I was shot through the head and even as I woke I could feel the ghost of a bullet in my brain. And once I was turned to ash by a nuclear fallout. It was beautiful.

I buy too many comic books, own a curious amount of nail polish - most of it some various shade of red, my jewelry collection is both impressive and frightening, I enjoy Junior Mints with my popcorn, and put salt on my watermelon.

I love my friends, enjoy smoking the hookah and throwing random parties, I enjoy expensive tequila, good Cabernet and I could eat Thai food for days. I love Young Adult novels, still own my childhood collection of Christopher Pike books, and I think author Robert McCammon is the True King of Horror.

I love a casual long walk and I love to run barefoot. And sometimes I write stuff.

My parents are pretty much the coolest people on the planet, aside from my husband, who is Prince Charming, a King, and the sexiest geek alive all rolled into one. And I have two cats who, let's face it, are probably cuter than your kids.

I need a clean apartment to keep me sane, lilacs smell like paradise, I can drink coffee at any time of day, and I'm convinced that commercials were created by Satan.

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After years of feeling oppressed by a city with which I'd had a tumultuous affair, after nearly a decade of being a corporate slave, and after spending most of my adult life feeling spiritually defeated by the state of the world, I've finally arrived, found an whisper of peace, and discovered an Oasis in Portland.

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