Raised up in a junkyard, various state parks, campgrounds, truck stops, and eventually a favorite drug dealer's driveway, it was inevitable that CJ Carmike would turn out a little abnormal. The youngest of three kids, she spent her childhood on the road in a 280 sq. ft. decommissioned school bus. Chasing normal became a lifelong obsession, but cubicle life and a house in the suburbs keeping up with the Joneses didn't quite live up to her hopes and dreams. So she downsized and purged and reconnected to her roots, embracing the quirks that made her a mostly-lovable weirdo.