Annastacia Tooke
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| How did you personally
get into using the Macintosh family of computers? | I used them at the school I worked at back in the early 90's. It was natural to buy one when I started grad school because it was the platform I loved the most. I hated PCs you just feel like you are working with some little man in green behind the curtain. | |
| *Status: | I think I am a visionary? I am NOT a hacker nor am I a geek. | |
First Mac:
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Performa 630CD | |
| Current Mac: |
Same, but searching for an iMac of flavor. | |
| When did you get your first modem? | 1996 | |
| Who did you call first? | My best friend. | |
| Present Occupation: | Teacher/Educator, Talk City Host, Independent Mary Kay Consultant. | |
| Claim to Fame: | Someone online says that I am part of the internet landscape, that in the educational environs online I am rather a well known name, that is kind of scary, LOL. Oh yea my big brother went to HS for a semester at the Lake Side school where That PC person went. | |
| Dream Job: | Webdesigner for Mary Kay Cosmetics or a School Media Specialist. |
| Not So Random Thoughts... | |||
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| Was there ever a time in your life that you had to "Think Different?" What was the situation and what did you do? | |||
| Teachers always think differently. Here in Charlotte I spend a great deal of time thinking differently since Mac users are few and far between. | |||
| How has using the Macintosh computer changed your life? | |||
| It has made me the visionary, geek, and wonderful computer technician that I am today. I wouldn't have done that with a different platform. | |||
| What is the weirdest thing in your office right now? | |||
| The cat who is sleeping upside down on the love seat behind me. | |||
| My Passions are: | |||
| Photography, poetry, my pets, traveling, camping, hiking, my family. | |||
| If you could have dinner with one person dead or alive who would that person be and what would you ask them? | |||
| Noah Wyle I would ask if he would marry me... | |||
| Do you play a musical instrument and/or are you in a band? | |||
| No, but I do sing, classical music please. | |||
| When I grow up I want to be: | |||
| A Blueberry iMac. | |||
| The question never asked: | |||
| Why do your cat's have websites? |
| Just The Facts, Please... | ||||
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| Biographical Tidbits: | See Above. | Education: | BA in History from Western Washington University. Masters in Teaching from City University, Renton Wa. | |
| Location at Birth: | A hospital in the wilds of an American Army base in Germany during the American Occupation. | Current Location: | Second floor of an apt building in the metropolis of Charlotte, NC. | |
| Where you've been in between: |
Seattle; Bellingham, WA; Kitsap County, WA; Portland; LA; San Fran; Florida; DC; VA; New Orleans; A freeway heading east from Seattle. Oh you meant where have I lived? Then Seattle, Bellingham and Kitsap County. | Astrological Sign: | Gemini | |
| Available? | LOL, I am single. | Chat Nick: | ReCCCess, Calliope in Talk City. | |
| Favorite Books: | Anything by Jane Austen, A.S. Byatt and P.D James. I love Stellaluna and Verdi to great children's books. | Favorite Music or Band: | Classical, country, contemporary. Anything that doesn't insult women, animals or cars. | |
| Favorite Food: | Chocolate. | Cat or Dog Person: | Both. | |
| Annastacia's Personal Web Site | |
| Annastacia's Professional Web Site | |
| Favorite Web Site: | Family Forum Blockleaders' Home Page |
| Favorite Color imac: |  Blueberry or lime I havent' decided. |
| "Think doubt and fail. Think victory and succeed" -- -- Mary Kay Ash | |
Created Saturday, May 1, 1999; Edited: