Aw, gee, what can I say? Thank-you everyone, thank-you to all of those who helped me get this far. I...huh? What!? This isn't an awards ceremony? Well...well...heck! Oh well, I can do without the award - for now.

My name is Leslie T., I'm fourteen and I'm an - oops, sorry, wrong place. Seriously though, my name is Leslie Terwilliger, I am fourteen and will be fifteen August 6. I live in a really tiny place called Southern California, and I'm currently a Freshman in high school. Not for long though, school's almost out, and as soon as summer comes along I'll be officially considered a Sophmore. Oh doesn't it give you chills? Whatever.

I write, a lot. I write just about every genre from nonfiction to songs. I'm also an avid reader of just about everything I can get my hands on, and I love music. I've gone to a Roman Catholic church for about 2 and a half years, and have been baptized for one year. I'm active in my church, as assistant teacher for the children's R.C.I.A. program (Rites of Christian Initiation for Adults) and an altar server. I'm also a strong advocate for equality, tolerance, and education, especially regarding homosexuality and bisexuality, even though I'm straight. I'm currently trying to start a Gay/Straight Alliance at my high school and I'm a founding member of the Human Relations Committee (also at my high school). I love writing really long letters and getting long letters. And, what can I say, if you send me a love letter I melt!

As to my part in the wild creation of Dum-De-Dum, I am the Great Leslie, Goddess of the Galaxy, Upholder of Goofiness, Creator of Dum--De-Dum, Wearer of Lint Pants, Inscriber of Chants, and Literary Genius. Of course, Goddess Becky shares the roles of Goddess of the Galaxy, Upholder of Goofiness, and Creator of Dum-De-Dum with me. I am also the greatly revered editor and webmistress of this site, with the ever helpful assistance of Goddess Becky.

If you'd like to contact me, there are several ways, means, and places. I have stacks upon stacks of e-mail addresses, two AOL screen names, another web page, and an ICQ#. On AOL my regular screen name is Crucinia, but I'm hardly ever on that name. I'm usually on my RPG (role play game) name, which is EmberBlesd. You can e-mail me at [email protected] or [email protected]. My ICQ # is 11486844, and my other web page is a literary e-zine called Watermelon E-Zine. Also, I'm a member of theGlobe.com, and my name there is Existence. If you have Yahoo pager, my name there is Crucinia. I love getting e-mail and will respond to any and all that you send. Hope to hear from you!

Likes:
God and Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mother, cats, reading, writing, singing, laughing loudly, dancing, acting, Snack-Ems, peanut butter and blackberry toasted sandwiches at midnight, my rosary, all my books, Tamora Pierce, Boy George, Drew Barrymore, me, Becky, my toes, equality, Cheez-Its, education, labret piercing, painting my nails, looking pretty, mass, Del Taco, book stores, libraries, love letters, long letters, writing letters, receiving letters, saving almost everything, photographs, mementos, France, history, shrines, castles, gardens, beauty, paintings, high heels, lip liner, red pens, red mechanical pencils, rainbows, people with personalities, Madonna, Monopoly, Govinda, Taj Mahal (the Blues singer), theGlobe.com, SimTower, Sarah McLachlan, angels, dreams, the moon, RPGing, skinny Goth boys, lots of blankets and pillows, big dogs, Kalos, Hildegard von Bingen, Francis of Assisi, music, foreign films, Robin Williams, writing HTML, showers, goofiness, people who don't have to get the joke to appreciate it, people who are interested enough to read up to this (this hug is for you), people who can admit they have a problem, gospel music and churches, diaries and journals even if I don't write on them, people who I can bare my soul to, guys who don't give two cents whether I talk about myself or them or trees or the Empire State Building, the Goo Goo Dolls, zines, the occasional e-zine, polls, being the leader, sewing, buying books, gorgeous clothes, people who love life, open-minded people, people who don't condescend and 'lord it over you', old books (think Jane Eyre), old radio programs (The Jack Benny Show, The Shadow, Johnny Dollar, Gunsmoke, Escape, etc.), big hugs, quiet little kids, teaching, feeling pretty, feeling completely and utterly relaxed, swimming pools, wrapping my hair up in a towel when it's wet, dictionaries, the Internet, drag queens, Ru Paul, some guy that I really like but I'm not going to tell you (besides, he might read this!), address labels, stationary, typing, and ever so much more.

Written material and design on this page is copyright Leslie Terwilliger, 1999, all rights reserved. Concept idea copyright Leslie Terwilliger and Becky Chambers, 1999, all rights reserved. Webmaster is Leslie Terwilliger. Any questions about the HTML of this document, broken links, broken images, complaints on loading pages and navigation, etc. should be directed to her at [email protected].