FAQ

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how old are you?

i am 28 years old
(was born in the great year of 1983)

is gee your real name?

nope. it is megan.
my parents would sometimes call me meggie when i was born & my brother didn't like that name so he called me gee. 

are you married?

yes. on october 11th 2008 i married a wonderful man, Robert.

do you have any kids or pets?

no kids. no pets.
i do have a family dog (aka: the love of my life/best friend) named Cleo.
she was a pound puppy that we rescued.
she is 16 years old. i love her more than anything.

why is your blog named sock monkey and gee?

when i first wanted to start a blog, i was clueless what to name it.
one day sitting in my living room and i saw my favorite childhood doll (my sock monkey) and thought of my family nickname (gee) ...and BAM... there you go.
i always thought about changing the name but i have come to love it.

where are you located?

i live in west virginia at the moment for my husband's job. 
i'm from chattanooga, tennessee and went to college in columbus, ohio.


what do you do for a living?

i have a degree in art, but defiantly not using that degree right now.
i work from home..working with medical charts. 

what are your hobbies?

i love painting, throwing pottery on a wheel, thrifting, antiquing and reading. i try to read one book a week

why do you use quotes all the time?

 i honestly am a horrible writer. 
the quotes help me say what i want to say in my pictures.

what type of camera do you use?

i did use a very simple one till july 2011. it was a canon sd870
now i have a nikon d3100

what do you use to edit your photos?

i just use flickr. it is easy and pretty cheap.
i almost always use the setting cinemascope.
it is not for everyone.. but i enjoy the grainy/vintage feel of the photos.

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some of my favorite things

music:
doris day
nat king cole
anything classical
coldplay
damien rice
the album leaf
judy collins
atonement and pride and prejudice soundtrack
pink floyd

movies:
the fountain
the mission
rear window
atonement
persuasion (2007 version)
charade
labyrinth
gigi

books:
anything by margaret atwood
anything by jane austen
the little prince by antoine de saint-exupery
the giver by lois lowery
orlando by virginia woolf
extremely loud and incredibly close by jonathan safran foer