Name: Charlene Fleming
DOB: November 15, 1983
DOA: Let's hope not.

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I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area (Fremont, CA to be more exact). I had severe hearing problems until I had an operation when I was seven years old, which probably helps to explain why I developed into such a visual person. I am a 2008 BFA graduate of San Jose State's Animation/Illustration program. I write/illustrate comics and love doing character designs.

Music: Pulp (woooorship!), The Replacements (holy crap!), Spoon (I'm not worthy), Pavement, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Supergrass, The Decemberists, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, The Pixies, Blur, Suede, Ambulance LTD, Rufus Wainwright, Beulah, The Cars, Wilco, New Order, The Libertines, Interpol, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Morrissey, Pinback, BRMC, Enon, Secret Machines, The New York Dolls, Weezer, Cake, Sondre Lerche, Sloan, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks

Likes: tacky clothing, umbrellas, cafes, cheesy advertisement jingles, people who use their feet like hands, hiking, Britpop, webcomics, shopping for cds and art supplies, road trips, San Francisco, singing, big storms, fruit snacks (we’re talking $5-a-day addiction here), dilapidated buildings, morbid/irreverent/dry humor, city living, the color red, overhearing conversations on the train, collecting license plates, travel, character design

Dislikes: when shallow people fall in love, those damn subscription slips they shove in magazines, pineapple, peppermint, telephones, the little stickers on store-bought fruit, soggy fries, televangelists, red meat, when different foods touch each other, spending money on practical things, commuting, whiners, turning on lights in the daytime, country music culture, when grown people think they're cute

Wishes: she had six fingers on one hand, Pulp would get back together, to be a character designer someday, to self-publish her graphic novel, she weren't so shy about talking to people she's never met

Is: a strange Mexican/Romanian/Irish hybrid, tall, stringy, an atheist, excited about almost everything (gas station! laundry! yay!), unable to hold a grudge against anyone, completely morbid, often too bold for her own good, overprotective of her food, prone to laughing in extremely innappropriate situations

Email (sans spaces, of course): fleming_charlene @ yahoo.com