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THOUGH SHE BE BUT LITTLE, SHE BE FIERCE!

' Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. '

- Oscar Wilde

Let's see. My name is Jennifer, I'm 17, and live in Connecticut. In the fall I will be attending Russell Sage College in Troy, New York. My life consists of two things: writing, and horses. I have one horse of my own, a 1988 BLM mustang mare (yes, we're the same age! Isn't that ironic, that we are both autumn-born, and some sixteen years later, our lives joined?) who's known informally as Mustang Sally, but is registered with AMBA (American Mustang and Burro Association) as Wilde At Heart. I named her after Oscar Wilde, the champion of my aesthetic sensibilities. As for writing, I have been doing so ever since second grade, when I first realized that stories could be invented, and not just read. Since then I have become a devoted writer (and reader, one must never stop reading) of historical fiction. My very favorite periods, if you haven't guessed, are the Elizabethan, Georgian and Victorian times.

What else. Oh! How about a list of my favorite novels. As previously remarked, one should be punished for not reading. (These are not listed in any particular order.)

* As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann

* The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne

* The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

* Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

* The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

* Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice

* Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue

* Ingenious Pain by Andrew Miller

* The Vampire Chronicals series by Anne Rice

ESSENTIAL INFO!

Haha, don't you love how Myspace these pictures are?! I suck at self-photography.

Full Name: Jennifer Elizabeth Nissley

Heritage: 1/2 German, 1/2 Swiss

Birthday: September 18, 1988 (Virgo!)

Loves: Writing, reading, horses, history, dark chocolate, rats, 90s music, gluttony, caramel-skinned Jewish boys, when my hair is straight, William Shakespeare, the color pink, Dane Cook, Roe v. Wade, MY pony, the scent of leather, Spanish horses, Elizabethan England, Horatio Hornblower, Jude Law, Snapple, rosemary and olive oil, Oscar Wilde, summer, Jan Ebeling, trail riding, Johnathan Swift, my dorkiness, discussing literature, i heart huckabees, Jennifer Ehle, garlic bread, William Hogarth, writing plays, mayonnaise, Ioan Gruffudd, British accents, dressage, etc.

Heroes: Elizabeth I and Wild Horse Annie

Aspirations: English major, history minor, best-selling novelist

Full Name: Wilde At Heart ('Mustang Sally')

Heritage: Mixed Spanish/American colonial horse ancestory

Birthday: October 7, 1988 (approximately)

Loves: Carrots, snapping at me when I groom her, having her nipples cleaned, pintos, Demi the Arabian mare, being ridden without a bit, bucking at the canter, French links, grooming stones, dawdling in the rain, soft girth covers, brief trail rides, chilly windy days, JUMPING, evading water obstacles, liniment gel, grain and oats, taunting geldings, fighting for dominance, drinking from sources of running water, having the space between her ears combed, days when she isn't worked.

Heroes: Spirit, Cloud, National Velvet's Pie

Aspirations: To compete in Intro or Training level dressage

ADIEU!