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Sailor Mur

Who, really, is Sailor Mur?

Name- Mur Lafferty
Why Sailor Mur? It's an odd story. I was once told by a woman that her husband thought I was cute. I thought that was mighty odd, but I thanked her cause I like to be polite. She continued relentlessly, "He thinks you're cute like a cartoon character." I just stopped talking to her then. I could think of no way whatsoever to take that in a positive light. When I relayed this annoying story to my friends, an artisty Eric Sage came up with Sailor Mur, the Sailor Scout with short blond hair and guns. It's not my fault.

I also sometimes go by (on the net) IdexaFrau, which, phoenetically, means "Lizard Woman" in German. I was quite embarassed to find out that "Eidechsefrau" is the correct spelling, but rather than have a whole bunch of AIM buddies accept a new person cause I'm an idiot, I live with the shame and hope I never make a German friend.

Family Status - Married with Child
Here is where I gush about my wonderful and daughter. Deal with it. Really, the only thing I'm going to say is that Jim and I are both total geeks. Comic books, sci-fi on TV, sci-fi in the bookshelves, yearly trips to Dragon*Con, computer games. I talk to other people about these things, if we have them in common, and ask them if their spouse likes geeky things too. They more often than not say no. How can you deal with it? What do you talk about when you read the latest Neil Gaiman novel and must discuss with someone? How do you watch television or movies together if you're not both totally into Farscape or The Matrix? The only upside to being the only geek in the relationship is that when the newest hot book comes out (see Neil Gaiman, again...) you don't argue over who gets it first. I worry about the day that Harry Potter 5 comes out...

In October, 2002, something weird happened to me in that I had a very long day and at the end of they day another person came out of my body. Fiona Jade Van Verth is five months old at this writing, and thriving.

Birth Date - 07/25/73
Now, don't worry, I won't make you do math. I'm 29. I'm starting to feel old. Not body-breaking-down old, but I hate teenagers and don't understand them, or their crappy music. I realize that I won't get everything done I want to get done before I die. I can remember things that happened 20 years ago. The upside to getting older is birthdays. I love birthdays. And maybe someday people will stop mistaking me for a teenager. Thank God I've never opened the door of my own house and had someone ask me if my mom was home (this happened to a friend of mine who was 29 at the time). I have, however, had someone thinking he was calling for a male "Mur" and asked to speak to my father, and argued with me when I told him I was Mur. Sigh.

Work
Formerly a website manager, I now do freelance writing. I stay mostly within gaming, either working on tabletop games or writing game reviews and previews and strategy guides. I am available to do most other sorts of creative type writing..

View my resume for web work and resume for writing.

My Free Time
I spend it writing, gardening, playing games with other Ladies of Leisure (rail games like Iron Dragon and Australia Rails are our favorites), reading sci-fi, watching Sci-fi Channel or Food TV, and walking the pooch (4 year old, 35lb mutt named Lyta - that's "LEE-tah" not "LY-tah"). I study Sil Lum Kung Fu, Tai Chi Ch'uan, Emperor's Long Fist, and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

How to get in touch with me
Unless you're an ex that I hate...

  • E-mail - geekgrrl@nc.rr.com
  • ICQ - #107319524
  • AIM - IdexaFrau

Car - '96 Volkswagen Jetta
I should have gotten a Cabrio. I've wanted one for a long time. Four things kept me from it:

  1. Over budget
  2. I keep a lot of random shit in my car, and that's not good for a convertible owner to do.
  3. I didn't think I deserved it. I don't know why. But I didn't.
  4. I had very long hair at the time, and there is virtually NO WAY to enjoy a convertible ride with long hair. I'm sorry, there is no way. You're being whipped in the face with breakaway strands and knowing that when you get to your destination, a painful brushing is waiting for you. The hair is gone now, and I've dealt with the Jetta for a year and a half now. And I like it. I am just fickle and want the Cabrio, dammit.

Now I lust over other cars and wish I'd gotten something else. However, a friend of mine recently was in car wreck with her Jetta, and she walked away, and is now telling me not to dis the ornery German car. So I have no glove compartment and the rubber side thingies are falling off, but if someone runs a red light and plows into the driver's side, I should be OK.

Fangrrl Crushes
Now, if we had clone machines, I'm fairly certain that I would own one, and keep it in the basement, along with the clones of my celebrity crushes. Yeah, I'm married, but I'm sure Jim and I could come to an agreement if I let him use the machine too. Asian men, tortured souls, brilliant minds, blue-eyed geeks, and some of them have two or more of those qualities going for them!

  • James Marsters (Spike from Buffy The Vampire Slayer - although Spike's recent actions have made him less hot to me, I just can't lust over an asshole)
  • Chow Yun Fat (Best known as Li Mu Bai from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - and I know it's a geocities page, but it's still pretty cool)
  • Jet Li (Romeo Must Die, Fist of Legend)
  • Jason Carter (Marcus Cole from Babylon 5 - although after seeing Carter in other roles and in person, I think my crush really is on Marcus and not Carter)
  • Neil Gaiman (Author, American Gods, The Sandman, Neverwhere)
  • John Linnell (the skinny one from They Might Be Giants)
  • Alton Brown (Host of Good Eats on Food TV)
  • Tobey Maguire (Wonder Boys, Pleasantville, and Spider-Man)

Requisite Links
Comics - Considering all of these make more sense when you start from the beginnings, and considering that it's FREE for people to start over from the beginnings, I suggest you do it. Some make it easy (Sluggy) and some make it difficult (Penny Arcade makes the most sense if you read the news AND the comic, and that will take you years to get through all of that) but they're all worth it.

  • Sinfest (Very funny and well drawn - mixes amusing cat and dog tales, theological arguments with God as a hand using puppets to mock the people on earth, and a wanna-be pimp called Slick and a poet/hottie named Monique. You gotta see it to believe it. By Tatsuya Ishida)
  • Kevin and Kell (My first online comic addiction animals in mixed species relationships (he's a bunny, she's a wolf) running businesses and still being animals - Kell is a manager at Herd Thinners, that does exactly what you think it does, and Kevin runs an ISP, Hare-link. By Bill Holbrook)
  • Sluggy Freelance (My second online addiction, Sluggy is the tale of clueless Torg, mad-inventor Riff, hapless college student/camel Zoe, manic ferret Kiki, and of course, the homocidal bunny, Bun-Bun. By Pete Abrams)
  • Ozy and Millie (More anthropomorphic fun with Zen wolf-cub Ozy, bizarre best friend fox cub Millie, Ozy's odd adoptive father dragon Lewellyn, and a host of others. By DC Simpson)
  • General Protection Fault (Geek humor - no cute animals but does have a talking slime mold. Very clever humor by Jeff Darlington)
  • Goats (it's sick and wrong and oh so much fun. Satanic chickens and horny goats and beer drinking buds, oh my. It also introduced me to the best beer in the world, Weinstephaner Hefe-Weissen. By Jon Rosenberg)
  • Dork Tower (Huzzah! Gaming and occasional goth humor. By John Kovalic)
  • Penny Arcade (More gaming humor, only a bit more jaded and cynical. Just hope they never draw me. By Tycho and Gabe)
  • (NEW)Something Positive (Sick sick humor. If you're offended by, well, offensive things, don't read this, but if you can laugh at comments like "I can menstruate a better cup of coffee than this!" then go ahead. Oh, it's also got a "lesbian" who can't stop accidentally having sex with men. Lots of trashy talk, but no icky images, so you might even be able to read it at work.)

Fun and Games Pages

© Mur Lafferty, 2003 Do not duplicate without permission. I'm serious.