About Me

Hi!  I'm Angela Fox-Thompson, an abeyant writer struggling for a creative outlet.  I can have a sense of humor and that is what this blog is all about. So come frolic with me in the lighter side of my imagination and possibly have a little  chuckle while doing it!

Mostly this blog is just for fun.  If you are just looking for a little distraction when you are up to your ears in an otherwise overloaded day, then this is for you!  I will post things here that may or may not show up in my other blogs, mostly because they just don't fit anywhere else.  This will include anecdotes about local critters, my own critters (pets) and my family, as well as a few pierian (poetic) attempts from my past and (hopefully) my present, some artwork (maybe), and other scrumptious morsels from my decades of experience in living.

I probably can't solve any major life issues for you, but maybe I can give you a new or unique perspective on your own life whiile we both have some fun!  I know I will have fun writing the posts and I hope that you have an enjoyable and amusing time reading them!  Keep coming back to find out what I might say next!

In the meantime, here are a few oddments about me:

*I grew up in Iowa and lived there for the first 29 years of my life.  I had a job with a national telemarketing company which allowed me to travel all over the country, which ultimately led me to where I live today.  I work for a national retail electronics chain as a part-time cashier, but I am going back to full-time as soon as possible!  (The money is a necessity!)

 

*I now live in the desert of West Texas—a huge change from the fertile, temperate plains of Iowa! 

*I am the mother of two amazing teenage daughters.  They are the joys of my life!  (More on them later through some posts.)

*I am also the mother of a silly old fat cat named Penelope (who my oldest daughter named after her favorite TV character from her favorite show:  Penelope Garcia of “Criminal Minds”, because they are both a little “quirky”.), and a box turtle name Sylvia.  (A post about my cat is on the way soon!)

*I have a degree in Theatre from the University of Iowa and actually taught Theatre for 12 years at a junior high school here.  It was a lot of fun and I loved it, but unfortunately, budget cuts a few years ago forced me into the world of retail.  Since then, I have been a kitchen designer and sold a lot of appliances!

*I love music and was a Radio DJ through high school and college.  I like most kinds of music, but I primarily listen to 80’s punk and pop, 90’s grunge, and 2000’s hard rock.  My favorite bands range from The Replacements and The Indigo Girls to Nickelback, Sixx A.M., Staind, and Bowling for Soup.

*I don’t watch movies that much, but I do like stuff that is off-beat and a little dark and makes you think.  Specifically, my faves include “My Own Private Idaho”, “The River’s Edge” (Keanu Reeves version), “The Breakfast Club”, “Sex, Lies, and Videotape”, “Four Rooms”, “The Matrix”, and “Bicentennial Man”.

*My favorite books also fall into the “things that make you go HMMMM” category.  Once again, stuff that is off-beat and a little dark.  My favorite authors include:  Jodi Picoult, Dan Brown Anais Nin, and plays by Sam Shepard.

*I love design and watch HGTV all the time.

*I have recently become enamored with Netflix and have been binge watching old series like my absolute favorite “The X-Files” original version, as well as “Californication”, “Weeds”, and “Dexter”.



Please email me at angelasblogemail@gmail.com to let me know if we have anything in common and what you think of my blog!

Thank you,

Angela