Demitria Monde Thraam (nee Laura Carlson),
Class of 1983

CURRENT LOCATION AND FAMILY LIFE:

Currently living well in a tiny apartment in the scuzzy but cheap part of San Francisco, CA with Deekoo L., my life-mate, best friend, and Overlord of the Known Universe. No children, as I am happily sterilised. Waa and Aerr-Aerr, our two cats, fill the role of kids (they're sweet, messy, aggravating, and bring us wondrous joy).

EDUCATION:

Did four years of college at the University of California, Berkeley. Did not manage to graduate due to being irredeemably unable to comprehend mathematics. Finished all courses for a BA in Fine Arts. Graduated (with flying colours) from an extracurricular study of consciousness. Spent about five years completing graduate studies at the San Francisco Academy of Street Wisdom (and Street Foolishness) the campus of which is located in several ratty hotels, gutters and blind alleys. (Would not recommend this course of study to any curious undergrads.)

EMPLOYMENT:

I am currently studying HTML and picking up an occasional job in data entry or freelance web page design. Will hopefully be attending a pixel-pushing academy in 1999.

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS:

I spend ALL my time glued to the screen of my 7500AV Power Macintosh, sending my awareness out into the world in the form of little electronic packets. I much prefer Photoshopping to mallshopping; with my income what it is, that's very fortunate. I create neopsychedelic visionary pictures and write stories in my "spare time", which translates to "just about always". These can be accessed at my website, Thraam Transmissions.

THE WEB:

My favorite Web sites are:
• Cognitec/3rd Force--Some incredibly funny rantings about mass media culture and our trademark-overrun society. Home of The Street Wall Journal;
• The Fray--Interesting interactive site where visitors post responses to short stories by telling some of their own;
• The SubGenius Brain Toolkit and Surreality Reboot page--Delightfully weird and wonderful home of the Church of the SubGenius. Everything I ever needed to learn about life I learned from this site (except for that which Judith Russell and Eileen Portnoy managed to teach me back in '83);
• The Eye of Chaos Universal Messboard--It's not just another web forum: it's a nerve center;

and

• Carl Steadman's collection of etceterata-- The writings of a cyberlebrity whose material has appeared in Wired, Suck.com, et.al. plus some randomosity he's managed to collect over the years and bring to one place.

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Last Updated: March, 1999

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