Congratulations to Dallavalamp for being April's Cavegirl of the month. She was selected for her organizing of ladies nights, suggestions, and leadership within the clan. We are very proud to have her a part of The Cavegirls and hope she brings even more positiveness to the clan. With that said, we wanted to get to know our Lava a little better, so we asked her some questions. We encourage you to ask her questions yourself in the comments or forums. Congratulations again, and now on to the questions!

Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where are you from, what do you do?
I was born in Massachusetts and moved to Texas when I was 7 where I grew up in Corpus Christi – the city by the bay. Yes, that’s the city’s motto. Went to University of Texas (Hook “em Horns!) and graduated with a degree in Advertising. Did the advertising thing for a bit and didn’t like it very much. Decided to go into sales at Apple in 1996. I’ve been here ever since – with a variety of jobs from sales person answering incoming calls to a manager to a project manager (which I am now). Good thing too cuz I met my hubby here. We celebrate our 7 year anniversary on April 7th.

How did you find out about the Cavegirls?
I played in a random match with Girlwolfie on Ascension playing Capture the Flag . She told me about the group and then I met up with Cayote and some other girls. Thanks Sarah!

How long have you been with the Cavegirls?
A little over a year

How did you get started into gaming?
I’ve been gaming since I was about 12 or 13. I used to go to arcades to pass the time and got really good at Moon Patrol and Ms. Pac-man. In high school, my two best girlfriends and I (shout out to Mereduff and Hopey) played Super Mario Bros pretty much every weekend. Once in college, Hope and I would go to the arcade right by campus to relieve stress and spent about 6 hours at a time playing Streetfighter 2. I was E. Honda. Why I don’t know – that dude was NOT nimble, but he had the hiya karate chop. Then, after college, I would play various things on the Playstation, Playstation 2, XBOX, Nintendo and then finally the 360.

Why do you like playing games?
Strategy, Competition, Social aspect, stress reliever, distraction

What are some of your favorite games, and what are you currently playing?
Nintendo Games – Super Mario Brothers and Donkey Kong Country
Playstation - Kingdom Hearts, Champions of Norrath, Gauntlet, Dark Alliance
Xbox – Halo, Halo 2
Xbox 360 – Halo 3, Gears of War, Mass Effect
Game I always wanted to play but didn’t have a GameCube – Eternal Darkness

What has been your favorite Cavegirl event or moment so far?
Meeting the various Cavegirls online and at PAX. It’s been awesome

When not gaming, what do you enjoy doing? Do you have other hobbies?
I read a lot, I love to write (I actually wrote a TV series pilot one year cuz I was bored) and Photography. Check out my stuff yo: rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://web.mac.com/djlopu

Favorite music?
Dance (Techno), Hip Hop, Rock - I will pretty much listen to anything. Hubby has a side business as a DJ, so we own a lot of music.

Tell us something weird or unusual about yourself. Do have a special talent?
Something weird. I think I’m just kind of weird in general. Hmmm, I think my photography is my special talent. Other than that, maybe my weirdness is my randomness.

What is your greatest Halo 3 accomplishment so far?
Just the other day in a Ranked Big Team game, I jumped over an incoming Warthog, stuck the windshield, it blew up and right after I leap frogged the about-to-explode Warthog. I have the film saved, I just need to save that clip. But I would say in total, it’s generally my grenade abilities. I would prefer to use a sticky or spike grenade as my primary weapon. I can launch them pretty far. If you look in my file share, you will see a great series of 3 screenshots. I launch a grenade on The Pit, running out of the invis corridor. I hit the players foot who was hiding under the sniper/turret spawn. That was awesome!

I like this one – it looks like I’m being chased by a giant fireball. That is all the questions we have! Now it's your turn to ask the questions.

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