Spider ordering lamb curry

Spider ordering lamb curry
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Spider's a paleontologist, who's in school at UNLV, but doing fieldwork on mammoths in South Dakota for the summer.

She's been a firefighter, a dance caller, and a furniture refinisher. Spider tells people, "I used to be a professional stripper, and now I've moved to Vegas." Only when necessary will she admit that's "paint stripper."

Spider drove down for a Lindy Hop festival, and called me about 4:30 in the morning, after she realized she didn't have any place to stay and couldn't think of anyone else in the area that she could call at 4:30 in the morning.

When I call to her--"Hey! Dwarf!,"--she corrects me: "Elf. That's 'elf.'"