My name is Stacey "Miss Anastacia" Langley and this is my blog. I've been online since 1996 in one form or another...
I was born on February 8, 1973, a rare snow day in Houston, Texas, to a fourteen year old from Arkansas, and was adopted by my parents at five days old. My brother is three years younger than I am, and he is my parents' biological child.
I learned to read before the age of three, and was reading mysteries by kindergarten. I could tell you about the economies of obscure Third-World nations in first grade. I attended Magnet schools in Houston---Longfellow Elementary (creative and performing arts), Pershing Middle School (Pre-International Baccalaureate Program), and the High School for Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (law/legal skills). I graduated from Bellaire High School in 1991, after being in the Foreign Language Program (I studied three years of Spanish and two years of French).
I was a geek in high school, but it was cool to be a geek at Bellaire. I was friends with people of all social groups, but most of my friends were in the Science Fiction club (which is funny considering I HATE most science fiction.)
I attended Houston Community College for a year after high school, majoring in art history. I also attended the University of Texas at Austin for a semester. Since then, I have been on the "extended plan" for school. I have attended Texas State Technical College in Waco (commercial art and advertising) and I am attending Austin Community College now, majoring in art and political science. My goal is to transfer to a university before the age of 40, but I have no idea which school that is going to be right now.
I worked as a legal secretary for 10 years before I became disabled from bipolar disorder. Now I give my free time to community organizations.
I identify as a feminist, a bisexual lesbian, and as femme. I've been active in the queer and feminist communities for 20 years, but I am new to the femme community.
I have a 14 year old daughter and I was married for six years.
I am an artist that specializes in abstract paintings using acrylics and mixed media. My paintings have been shown in Austin and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
I am also a writer and I have been published in POOR Magazine, from San Francisco. I hope to attend their Media Justice program this fall.
