Allison Stahl:  

Life I'm going to try and make this short, but I seem to have a habit of blathering on. After high school I spent 12 years in Tampa. 2 years at USF, where I accomplished very little except that deciding sororities are a big waste of time. Moved to South Tampa which was a more bohemian community. Took 7 years to get my Liberal Arts degree. I waitressed the whole time I was in Tampa, which usually left me part-time in school, part time on the journey. I drank a lot and did a lot of drugs(what they call self-medicating these days). I got a bunch of tatoos before everybodies granny had a tatoo. The scene started becoming redundant, so I started taking road trips, either by myself or with friends, cross country to the west coast, and back to Florida after a while. One year I dedicated myself to going in particular to Alaska. Skagway became my destination because I knew a guy who grew up with a guy that was the food and beverage manager at a "resort" hotel in Skagway. It wasn't anything like a resort, I quit and took Olde Tyme Photos for the summer. I returned to Florida for the winter, and did a 2nd season with the photo thing. I've also drove a van for a small plane service, worked at the Post Office, worked as a Medical Assistant for 2 years (this was my favorite job because I got to help people), and I spent the last 4 seasons working at a place called Liarsville, catering a salmon b...Expand for more