AMANDA RAINE JOHNSON

Native American Female

1. What is your physical description?

Descendant of Choctaw nation. Medium height and build, short black hair and intense eyes. Small scar on chin from hitting a rock while diving as a teenager.

2. What do you do to make a living?

I am a certified public accountant. I've always been great with numbers and figures, and I like helping people.

3. Outside of work, what hobby, interest, or sport occupies most of your time, and why do you find it interesting?

I've always enjoyed the outdoors and was a bit of a tomboy. I loved biking, hiking, swimming, and I did a bit of pole vaulting in college. However, my greatest love is competitive lumberjacking. My father had an interest, and I was raised around lumberjack competitions all my life. I am particularly good splitting logs with an axe and the log roll.

4. What is your opinion on the United States legal system and what are your experiences with it?

I make use of the convoluted tax law system all the time but really see it as a mechanism for making sure rich stay rich. I see most of the legal system as being corrupt and favoring those with wealth. I have never been in trouble with the law as an adult, although I did get arrested once for shoplifting a CD by The Offspring.

5. What is your level of concern for the well-being of others, and how do you demonstrate this in your life?

I have a soft spot for the poor and poverty stricken. I try to make sure I get the most of a return for people and otherwise help them make the most of their income. I also like to collect socks and hats for the elderly at Christmas.

6. How do you react physically and mentally to stress or danger?

I am a bit of an adrenaline junky, so I tend to react quickly and with action and have my mental breakdowns later. When I am angry or annoyed, my ears flush red.

7. Everyone indulges in something from cheating on a diet to something dangerous; what is your guilty pleasure or vice?

I love punk rock music, and at concerts I often take various synthetic recreational drugs. I actually really, really like getting high and sometimes now take drugs when out on a hike as I commune with nature. But, I don't have a problem. I can quit anytime I want.

8. What woodland animal gives you the creeps?

I despise racoons. Something about those black masks and spindly fingers. Gross creatures, disgusting.

9. Why do you feel responsible for the loss of a loved one?

I convinced my cousin to play and hide-and-seek with me when I was 13 and he was 9. He hid in an old refrigerator and died, and I have always blamed myself. Ever since I have had an aversion to coolers, freezers, and fridges. They just creep me out. I don't even like getting anything out of one and often have nightmares of what it must have been like for him. I once worked in a little grocery store, and I had a panic attack in the walk-in freezer.

10. What are the names, ages, and genders of your children?

I have a five-year-old daughter named Tessa who I gave up for adoption. I am now trying to get more involved in her life now that I am in a better place emotionally.