Michelle Klein-Hass Think Different

Michelle Klein-Hass Web Designer, writer, photographer, troublemaker. I'm an animation freak who doesn't animate, a geek who doesn't program, and a born journalist. If I wasn't writing, I would just comment on the world around me like my animated heroine Daria Morgendorffer.

	How did you personally get into using the Macintosh family of computers?	Oh dear. Now I reveal the skeleton in my closet...up until 1995 I muddled through on an XT-class PC. However, I threw in my lot with a magazine startup called Anvil, and one of the principal partners gave me a PowerBook 145 on extended loan. The clouds opened, trumpets sounded, and the world changed forever.
	*Status:	That's Ms. Geek to you!
	First Mac:	PB 145, 8/40.
	Current Mac:	Centris 660AV, Performa 460, Classic II, Classic.
	When did you get your first modem?	1987. Everex 1200bps Internal modem.
	Who did you call first?	Mysteria BBS. You still can, amazingly enough: 818-353-8891. 2400bps to 33.6kbps, 8-N-1. Online for 12 years as of May 1999. Say hi to Phil Hansford.
	Present Occupation:	Web Designer.
	Claim to Fame:	Animation Geek, Webkeeper of Animation Nerd's Paradise.
	Dream Job:	Major movie studio head so I can green-light some animated features for ADULTS.

Not So Random Thoughts...
Was there ever a time in your life that you had to "Think Different?" What was the situation and what did you do?
I've never thought any other way.
How has using the Macintosh computer changed your life?
The Macintosh is the closest thing to a "creativity machine" that exists. It's glorious to be on a computer that WORKS. I have an Intel-free Pentium-compatible (AMD K5-166) PC in my office alongside my Mac menagerie, and it rarely sees action.
What is the weirdest thing in your office right now?
A dead IBM PC 5150, in honor of my very first computer.
My Passions are:
My husband Richie and Cartoons, cartoons, cartoons.
If you could have dinner with one person dead or alive who would that person be and what would you ask them?
Daria Morgendorffer from the MTV animated series "Daria." We'd just hang out at Pizza King, eat pizza, and talk about the failings of the universe.
Do you play a musical instrument and/or are you in a band?
My husband's a musician. I just like music.
When I grow up I want to be:
Grow up? Who, me?
The question never asked:
42

Just The Facts, Please...
Biographical Tidbits:	First published article: 1980 Currently Associate Editor, Toon Magazine	Education:	Classified...Need To Know basis only.
Location at Birth:	Hollywood, CA.	Current Location:	San Fernando Valley, CA.
Where you've been in between:	Greater Los Angeles Area.	Astrological Sign:	No U Turn
Available?	Taken.	Chat Nick:	Ms. Geek or MK-H703
Favorite Books:	The Real Frank Zappa Book, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.	Favorite Music or Band:	Anything with soul, creativity and competence.
Favorite Food:	Burrito de Camaron at El Canelo, Panorama City, CA.	Cat or Dog Person:	Cat

	Michelle's Personal Web Site Animation Nerd's Paradise Lawndale Commons, my "Daria" fansite
	Michelle's Professional Web Site
Favorite Web Site:	Webgrrls-la
Favorite Color imac:	Lime or Grape, can't decide.
"I don't have low self esteem. It's a mistake. I have low esteem for everyone else." -- Daria Morgendorffer

*Note: Status Categories are: Luminary, evangelist, user, bigwig, hacker, geek, dweeb, visionary, hopeless, hopeful, etc.)
Some Mac icons used came from the Icon Factory.

Created Monday, April 12, 1999; Edited: 5/1/99

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