Welcome to Swinging from the Chandelier, the blog formerly known as “She’s Got Baggage” (2008-2009) and “My Red Stapler” (2005-2008). However much I re-title the blog, I promise that at least this time, the URL will remain the same. MY name isn’t changing.

I’m Rebekah, a native Missourian currently living in St. Louis. I like to play with power tools, small appliances, and blog designs. I work at a medical center where I am surrounded by brilliant people every day – it’s inspiring and challenging. Of course, brilliance is often accompanied by confusion and an occasional lack of common sense, which is where my job comes into play. I help people help themselves and consequently help our patients. I’m a helper.

And I’m a writer: a blogger, a small-time author of Guidespot guides, an aspiring novelist with a 2010 resolution to finish the book, however crappy, and with edits included, by the end of May. I’m a Wordpress CMS Junkie and a Nintendo Brand Enthusiast, and my favorite cheese is fontina. Things tend to burst into flames when I’m around.

Swinging from the Chandelier was so named because the notion of flying through the air while clinging to a light fixture is one of those silly things that looks like a ton of fun in the movies… and it could lead to a safe landing or to a comical smash against a wall. But that’s life. It can go either way. Grab on.

Besides, the person swinging from the chandelier is the one who gets to kick the bad guy in the teeth, and I always wanted to be a hero like that.