'The Screen Savers' resident geek goddess speaks out.

Name: Megan Morrone
Job title: Show Contributor
Megan's blog: Jumping Monkeys
Hometown: Manhattan, Baltimore, Austin. I'm a gypsy.
Favorite website: The Ultimate Bad Candy Web Site or http://www.sock-monkey.com/y2k.html
First computer: TI graphing calculator borrowed from Mayde Creek Junior High School.
College/university: Johns Hopkins University
Former life: Cowgirl.
Favorite piece of technology: The search engine.
Favorite author and book: Whoever or whatever, I just read.
Favorite movie or TV show: I'm a reality television junkie. I know, it's embarrassing.
Favorite quote: "She is too fond of books and it has turned her brain." -- Louisa May Alcott
Motto: Motto? I have to have a motto?

Soul Searching

What is your most marked characteristic? I sneeze loudly.
What do you consider your greatest achievement? I was kicked off the pep squad in sixth grade for talking.
When and where were you happiest? I'll let you know.
What is your greatest regret? I wish I were taller.
What is your idea of perfect happiness? Snow.
What is your most treasured possession? My family & friends.
Where would you like to live? In the Sierra foothills.
What is your greatest fear? To be announced.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Performance anxiety.
What is the trait you most deplore in others? It's not polite to deplore.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Restraint.
What is your greatest extravagance? Fritos from the vending machine.
What is your favorite journey? Home. I'm a homebody.
What is it that you most dislike? The powerbook 1400cs that I bought in 1998. It aged too fast.
What is the quality you most like in a man? Sense of humor.
What is the quality you most like in a woman? Sense of humor.
What do you most value in your friends? Sense of humor.
If you were to come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be? A monkey.
If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be? A sock monkey.
How would you like to die? In infamy.