Your Name: Becky Austin

Your Nickname: Funny thing I dont have one

Born (place and year): Royal oak michigan JULY 23 1981

Day Job: Operations Manager at Guitar Center

Formative Childhood Experience: Getting punched in my face by my big brother when I was 3, getting up at 6:00 am to watch Saturday Morning Cartoons

Your Interests include: Poetry, Starwars , Wrestling its not fake ask ray its just planned

Last Book Read: Animal Farm (again)

Ambition: To live off my writing or To be a wrestler

Recent Accomplishment: I have given up being a player and am now only dating one guy (ray will be happy about that) (you know it was fun while it lasted) I started a band

Prized Possessions: My collection of slam scores, my bass

When you started Slamming: July ‘01

One-sentence description of your Slam/Writing style: Random

Influences (poetic and otherwise): I would like to be just like Taylor Mali

Favorite Slam Poet: Shane Koyzan

Favorite TV show: Dave Chapell and South Park

Favorite book: one hundred years of soltude