Arizona Ghosts

Age:

43

Zodiac Sign:

Cancer

Sexual Orientation:

gay/lesbian

How "out" are you?

Totally

Status:

married

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

None

I define myself as:

Paranormal Investigator

Education:

College Graduate

Languages:

English, Irish Gaelic, French

Blog:

http://bucksghosts.blogspot.com

General Interests:

psychological and sociological aspects of paranormal beliefs, parapsychology, research, writing, music, reading, theatre, and movies.

Personality:

Quiet, Friendly, Clean Cut, Open-Minded, Kind, Easygoing, Sensitive, Humorous, Intellectual, Witty, Sarcastic, Night Owl, Philosophical

Music:

Opera, Classical Music (Mozart, Brahms, Bach, Elgar, Vaughn Williams, etc.), Classic Rock (Wishbone Ash, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Allman Brothers, the Band, Peter Frampton, etc.), Prog Rock (Yes, Pink Floyd, Emerson Lake & Palmer, etc.), Singer/Songwriters (Joni Mitchell, CSN&Y, Dan Fogelberg, Michael Emmanuel, etc.), Celtic Music

Movies:

Almost Famous, The Others, American History X, Waiting for Guffman, the Rose, The Color Purple

Television:

Rachel Maddow Show, Life on Mars, CSI, NCIS, Numbers, Two and a Half Men, Scrubs, Reno 911!, Boston Legal, Psych, Monk, Warehouse 13

Books:

To Kill a Mockingbird, The Lords of Discipline, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, anything by Lisa Scottoline, Jonathan Kellerman, Christopher Rice, or Robin Cook

Paranormal Experience:

I've had several experiences in my life leading me to pursue my interest in the paranormal. The first couple were when I was about 10 or 11 and my mother sold home products and did a part in a "haunted house" there I saw an apparition of a girl and witnessed an empty chair rocking quickly by itself.

Later, I had the experience of smelling Anna Whaley's perfume at the Whaley House in San Diego.

About Me:

I am a former manager at Sonoran Paranormal Investigations (a TAPS group) in Arizona. I was very pleased to work with the group, but over time my interests shifted away from the amateur gadget driven ghost hunting to a more serious interest in the psychology and sociology of this cultural phenomenon and how it is that we perceive places (or people) to be "haunted." I have a keen interest in trying to understand the mechanisms of our psychology and physiology that either allow us to experience some "paranormal" event or allow us to misinterpret events as "paranormal."

My strong interest in PSI phenomena has also led me to study how that field intersects with haunting research.

I live with my partner of 11+ years, Michael. We are located in Tucson AZ, after moving here from my home state of South Carolina. He originally is from Wisconsin but lived in AZ from the age of 19 until he met me in 1997.

Michael is a musician and composer while my pursuits tend more to the literary.

I am also a liver transplant survivor and activist for Marriage Equality.