Greetings, Sailor Pi fans! Now, I ask you, what sort of person takes 6 months of her life at 14 and warps them into a series of short stories about a girl with super powers? Depending on who you are, you may never meet anyone like this, or you may already know someone like this. You may have read her commentary in the Philadelphia Inquirer and thought 'gee, I never knew Albert Einstein was born on Pi Day!.' Maybe you'll meet someone like this at a pi convention one March 14th. Perhaps you'll go to college with someone like this (especially if you attend Princeton), work with her on a literary magazine, rehearse with the same orchestra, cheer on the same squad, or maybe even do cognitive psychology experiments with her. Later in life you might write for the same periodical or work at the same hospital. Most likely, though, you'll read her book someday.
I was inspired to write these stories because of my dislike for Sailor Moon (oh, the irony!). I wanted to write my own stories in order to spoof Sailor Moon and create a fantasy world based on something concrete: mathematics--among other things. I took my interests of Shakespeare and mathematics and completely twisted them into a character known as Bizzie. Bizzie looks like me, acts like me, and thinks like me occasionally. I am, however, not known to break out into a monologue or suddenly transform into a Sailor. In truth I have memorized numerous digits of pi (150 to be exact), questing order in a sea of chaos. Please refer to my pi information page.
All other characters were based on my close friends and television/musical personalities. When I wrote the original Sailor Pi, I was in the 8th grade with 'Jeffy', 'Hanni', 'Thistle' and 'Arpi.' We were all in 'Mr. MacFarlany's language arts class, in which I started writing pi poems. Tons of inside jokes from my circle of friends came out in my stories, especially in "The Dream," which serves as a window into our real lives. I included Kenny from "South Park" because his role on the show doesn't involve much more than following his friends. I think he deserves a little stardom, so now that he's 16, he's changed from a mumbling foul mouth to a fun loving Element. Mark from "RENT" is also an Element because he is an invaluable character in that musical. He's kind of strange like he is in the musical, and all refrences to "Benny the Evil Landlord" follow the musical's plot in some way. Arpiana is a combination of one of my friends and her favorite show "The Tomorrow People," which adds a special effect to my plots.
As for my interest in pi, I started memorizing it in 6th grade. I should probably give my 6th (and 8th) grade math teacher Mr. Crowley some credit for having that awesome pi poster going across his room- though that is NOT what I did during class. Really! I probably would have done really badly if I hadn't paid attention, especially now that I'm in advanced calculus and need those Algebra I/II skills more than ever. Anyway, I was so enthralled with this concept of an irrational number which goes across a classroom that I bought bookshelves of pi references and found out some really interesting facts which appear throughout my stories. I highly recommend the Joy of Pi Website if I've sparked your interest in any way.
So now I'm four years older and off to Princeton feeling as though Sailor Pi was another life, a vague memory of a distant past. So much has changed that it wouldn't make sense to continue the series as it was. My characters have all graduated high school, each taking his or her own path to success. Perhaps there will indeed be a Sailor Pi college reunion, with all of the students coming back to visit their hometown of Canadia and getting into all sorts of misadventures. But for now, I leave my fans of the original Sailor Pi with a sort of aftermath, a hopeful conclusion to this world that I once knew. Somehow, though, after four years I do not feel any less "Bizzie."
Are my stories as funny as I'd like them to be? Do you dispise them to the point of insanity? Tell me about it!
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