The Book of Piper Bayard

We’re in the business of making dreams come true here at eduClaytion, and that’s exactly what’s about to happen up in this piece. Piper Bayard took home the crown in the world famous March Movie Madness. She and The Princess Bride stood alone after 30+ people from 3 continents were eliminated.

The past week has been a whirlwind fairy tale for Piper. She’s already been serenaded by Chase “van Dross” McFadden and was recognized by some half-naked idiot.

When Piper and I first met I told her two things. One, she’s super sweet. Two, the letters of her name can be rearranged to spell Rid Bay Rapper. She’s the original RBR and this year’s MMM champ. 

She’s also “The pale writer of the apocalypse” with a cool website, and you must know her on Twitter. Follow her and reap the benefits. So take a look at what she’s got while I drive her around the stadium in my Corvette. It’s a parade yo, and the Float O’Piper just pulled up. Here you go.

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Give us the personal details we should know.

I’m married to the Skynet computer guy from Terminator 3. Sort of. My husband is an electronic engineer who designs the data storage systems that allow corporations to violate my privacy, which is something I hate. I feel like such a whore, but I’m willing to live off of it while I work through that moral dilemma. We have two teenage spawn, a boy and a girl, who show me the meaning of awesome every day.

Have you lived in New Mexico all your life?

Born in Missouri, but I moved to the High Plains Plateau in eastern New Mexico as a young girl and grew up in world of cowboys, sunsets, and land as flat as a table. The coolest thing about it was the simplicity. Flat earth. Infinite sky. It’s like being in a snow globe with dirt instead of snow. Now, I live in Colorado. The mountains are beautiful, but I miss the sunsets that magnify the disparity between the tiny, fragile earth, and the enormous orb that lights it.

Describe your experience as a cancer survivor. What do you say to someone who is fighting that battle? How did your battle change you?