Born and raised in New York City, Finlay found herself transported to Swarthmore College in the fall of 2004 after 13 years of fun and games at New York's Brearley School. At heart a city girl, she dreads the onset of winter, when she expects to have to commute to class through huge drifts of unshovelled snow. The purpose of this page is for Finlay to attempt to cut her teeth on the application of CSS to something practical, and to prove her worth as a useful member of society.
Finlay is the undeniable product of eighteen years of subordination to the school of thought that holds that New York is the only place worth living in. More important, perhaps, is that she is also the product of thirteen years of single-sex education. Ask her about it sometime.
Over the years, Finlay's interests have led her both hither and yon in the larger field of academic inquiry. She is an expert in no particular field, but is somewhat knowledgable on the subjects of Latin, philosophy, Gothic culture, grammar, German history (pre- and inter-war), the history of Writing, European art, medieval symbolism, modern architecture and design, and calligraphy. Never ask her about math, as she is the kind of person who will attempt to solve problems like sinx/tanx by canceling the n's and x's.
Since making the decision that she really ought to make some sort of impact on the world, Finlay has worked for online music magazines, real-life (meatspace?) newsletters both serious (the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce) and not-as-much so (NYC's Court of Lazarus). She will write articles, conduct interviews, take photographs, and basically boss everyone around until the job in question is completed to everyone's satisfaction. She has worked in an airport selling tickets and hauling bags. She has occasionally been employed on the basis of her awesome sp00ky clothing. She wishes she had more talent in the fields of manual crafts.
Finlay is a non-member of SWIL, a WSRN DJ, and half of the alto section of Cantatrix, the least-publicized campus a cappella group at Swarthmore, and possibly in the world.
For the summer, Finlay can be found at the US Airways ticket desk on Nantucket (or in the office, reading a book). Classes, when they start, will include two art history courses, two history courses, and six hours a week of printmaking. Still no radio show, alas. But maybe prints. :)
Finlay ascribes lazily to a somewhat random collection of ideas culled from various philosophies and religions, believes that people are responsible for their own lives and for not behaving like uncivilized hooligans, and thinks that a plan and a reasonably good outlook go a long, long way to improving any situation. Mostly.