She's a character and she can hold her own with anybody. She's a competitor.

Excitement about things became a habit, a part of my personality, and the expectation that I should enjoy new experiences often engendered the enjoyment itself.

As long as I can wear a wig I can be any character, and in real life I can be myself.

It used to be more of a Southern thing. And now I'd say just about every urban area has fighting going on.

It's a little known blood sport that's been around for 25 years, mostly practiced in South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Texas and Florida.

What that tells me is that Sonoma County was much less affected than the rest of the Bay Area by the decline in the high-tech industry.