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I created this website to archive my fandom creative works. You will notice that a lot of my graphic artwork and fan fiction are from "The X-Files" series, this is because when I started out working in Photoshop, and when I began writing that I was focused on "The X-Files" television show. In the past year or two I have attempted to step outside of my X-Files comfort zone to try my hand at other subjects so you will find artwork and fanfic here from other fandoms. In an effort to simplify the look of this site I have decided to include only "the best of the best" of my creatives.

I began my journey into fandom creatives in 1999 when I made my first piece of "The X-Files" artwork in Photoshop, and when my sister and I first sat down and wrote up a silly story about Fox Mulder and Alex Krycek being best frenemies for our X-Files virtual series, "Fox & Rat" Virtual Series (FRVS). I have been involved the most in the X-Files fandom since the fall of 1998 (under a few different screen names because I couldn't come to one that I felt was "me" enough to stick with until I chose "Dana Doggett").

Interests

My passion is figure skating. I've been a fan of the sport since I was a child in my single digits. I participate in the sport, and I am a professional coach. I began skating in Saudi Arabia on roller skates and taught myself how to do jumps and spins by watching video tapes that my Grandma sent to my sister and I (since Saudi TV never aired figure skating). There were no ice rinks in Saudi while I lived there so taking to the cement was the best I could do. I first stepped on ice in the summer of 1995 and after I left Saudi in 1998, I've never figure skated off-ice again. I have a DVD collection of figure skating shows and competitions going as far back as the 1960s. I have been coached by the 1996 World Pairs Champion and 1998 Russian Olympic Team member since the summer of 2000, and I have been a coach since the summer of 2006. One day I would like to coach figure skating full-time, that is my dream job.

I also really enjoy learning foreign languages - when I was 9 I began teaching myself French, before high school I had taken classes in French, Spanish and Arabic. In high school I studied French, German and Russian. And when I got to college I continued with French and German. I took a semester of Spanish and decided it was too easy for me, so I dropped the class and replaced it with Russian. I am currently reading "Les Misérables" in the French language. One day I hope to learn Spanish (speaking fluency), Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, and Latin. I love being able to understand other languages, and communicate with different people of the world.

Top Favorite TV Shows: LOST, 24, Breaking Bad, Firefly, The Big Bang Theory, Two Guys & A Girl, Supernatural

Top Favorite Movies: The Cutting Edge, Gone With The Wind, L'Auberge Espagnol, The Star Wars Saga, The Matrix Trilogy, The Back To The Future Trilogy, Fools Rush In, Kill Bill vol. 1, Kill Bill vol. 2, Ice Castles, Indiana Jones

Top Favorite Celebrities: Madonna, Michelle Kwan, Keanu Reeves, Johnny Weir, Ekatarina Gordeeva, Robert Patrick, Terry O'Quinn, Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Néstor Carbonell, Kristen Cloke, Vivien Leigh, Audrey Tautou, Harrison Ford, Vanessa Paradis, Garth Brooks

Favorite Quotes:

"People who win all the time are strong and powerful. But people who have fallen and got trampled on... but are able to stand back up and fight, that's who I admire the most" - Michelle Kwan

"... And say just one extra time that you love the person who lives with you. Just say, 'I love you.' It's so great." - Ekatarina Gordeeva

“No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.” - Madonna

"I am not handsome or sexy. Of course, it's not like I am hopeless." - Keanu Reeves

“I should do it the way I want to, as opposed to trying to make other people happy.” - Johnny Weir

“I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.” - Madonna

“When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.” - Madonna

Dana Doggett: Thoughts, Opinions, etc.

Earlier in my life I lived overseas in Saudi Arabia and had the opportunity to travel the world. As a result of being exposed to different cultures and people I developed a better understanding of the world outside of my comfort zone, and I embraced an open-mind towards different ideas and ways of thinking. I don't hold myself to traditional or conservative values, I never have and I never will.

I believe fully that people should think for themselves, and not go along with what anyone says because they are afraid to have an opinion of their own. I believe in being true and honest with yourself and others around you. I do not tolerate people who view themselves as "elitist" in either real life or in online fandom, especially if said people believe they are royalty to those around them and behave as such. I believe that if you give crap to someone, that you well-deserve to get it back.

I do not tolerate bigotry, racism, or hatred towards other human beings (and animals... and oh all right, insects too). There's enough bitterness and darkness in the world, and I think we all can do our part to stop the spread of such negativity with a little more patience and acceptance of others who are different from us. I do not like the words "tolerance" or "tolerate" because those words imply negativity. I prefer the words "acceptance" and "accept" because those words imply a positive attitude. I believe that if most everyone in the world could learn acceptance of others that we, as a human race, would be headed towards a brighter future.

TOLERATE = to put up with | | | ACCEPT = to receive willingly

I am not a "fan" of technology. Yes, I have a website. Yes, I have e-mail. Yes, I have a Facebook account. Yes, I have a cell phone. Honestly though, sometimes I wish I didn't have an online life, and I wish my life didn't require an e-mail address, and I wish that my friends were better at communicating in person or capable of picking up a phone and calling me rather than me having to take part in the Facebook experience in order to stay in touch with friends and know what is going on in their lives. I refuse to get a smartphone. I refuse to enable texting on my flip-phone. I refuse to use my phone for anything other than that... a phone. I think technology has become too much involved in most peoples' everyday lives, and I believe that a lack of interpersonal communication with others is making the general population (ie: those addicted to their new little techological gadget) more rude and irritable. What's the fun in that?