The about me thread

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<p>I couldn’t seem to find anything like this and thought it might be fun to do a little about me thread… maybe we can all take turns and share some information about each other!</p>

<p>I’ll start:</p>

<p>Screen name: I’m a female who obviously (or maybe not so obviously) likes fender guitars (as opposed to the fender on a car!!).</p>

<p>Education: I studied business, information systems, fine art, photography, graphic design</p>

<p>Jobs: to keep it slightly humorous… over the past 15 years I found myself employed doing the following tasks: trash picker-upper, floor sweeper, shelf stocker, sandwich maker, cashier, photographer, waitress, store manager, store layout display girl, department supervisor, office manager, shipping and receiving girl, billing and accounts payable/receivable girl, inventory and purchasing girl, web designer, web developer, graphic artist, customer service, insurance agent, corporate trainer, troubleshooting, technical support, level 2 help desk, and system administrator (about time I decide to use the IT part of that education, lol).</p>

<p>CCers I have met: Kathiep!</p>

<p>Other Random facts: No pets (horribly allergic to pretty much any pet with fur!!)… and I’ve built several houses from the ground up with habitat for humanity!</p>

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<p>Screen name: All I can think about is work. Sometimes at work, I have to page ( a doctor) again. Also hear, " page again" often at work. lol </p>

<p>Education: BSN</p>

<p>Jobs: Nursing, waitressing, hostess, retail, office work. </p>

<p>CCers I have met: none, that I know of!</p>

<p>Other Random facts: I think i started lurking on this site before I was even in college!!!</p>

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<p>Screen name: Where/who I am-a South Seattle mom</p>

<p>Education: BA, Journalism. massage cert.</p>

<p>Jobs: SAHM, non-profit PR, IT sales, troubleshooting IT install orders, reporter (a job sadly dying out), admin at a non-profit.</p>

<p>Random fun facts: Self-taught cake decorator, was a poster child as a kid, have traveled across the country by car 7 times.
CCers I’ve met-none</p>

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<p>Well, I’ve posted all of this before at one time or another so I can’t see any harm.</p>

<p>Screen name: French for “Runner”</p>

<p>Education: PhD, Immunology</p>

<p>Jobs: Biotech research and development. Clinical research.</p>

<p>Random fun facts: 5-time Jeopardy champion back in the 90s</p>

<p>CCers I have met: Marite, TheDad, Carolyn, (remember them?) jmmom, molliebatmit, oh yeah and ellemenope (married to her).</p>

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<p>^^ Are you serious about being a Jeopardy champ???!</p>

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<p>^^Yes. It’s really true.</p>

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<p>Screen name: D’s nickname is La, which makes me La’s Ma.</p>

<p>Education: BA Business Admin, MA Psychology.</p>

<p>Jobs: 15 years as a SAHM. Before and after, accounting in various places. </p>

<p>Random fun facts: I’m related to Margaret Mitchell and Louisa May Alcott. </p>

<p>CCers I have met: None. I’m shy about meeting online friends in person.</p>

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<p>Screen name: because I fly an Airbus (not a school bus).</p>

<p>Education: BS Engineering, MS Aeronautical Science</p>

<p>Jobs: Busperson, Waitress, Military Pilot, Airline Capt for a major airline.</p>

<p>Random fun facts: LasMa probably has more interesting relatives, but I’m related to Robert E. Lee and Ralph Waldo Emerson. I’m female, but my screen name makes people think I’m a guy.</p>

<p>Ccers I have met: Zoosermom, and almost DonnaL (but she had to cancel :() Would like to meet samurai, romani, emeraldkity and anyone from Seattle. Actually, there’s a long list of ccers I’d like to meet!</p>

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<p>I forgot to add, squiggles is a dear friend of mine. Plus there are definitely other people on here that I know, but I don’t know their screen names!</p>

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<p>Screen name: live in HI & am a mom. :)</p>

<p>Education: BA Sociology, JD</p>

<p>Jobs for which I have been paid: switchboard operator, salesperson, clerk/typist, parks & rec summer leader, tutor, typist, atty, biller, SAHM (mostly unpaid), landlady, law clerk, legal researcher, special ed hearing officer, judge, speaker, non-profit founder–administrator-program manager/director–& any other hat that needs to be worn </p>

<p>Random fun facts: our family has baffled many docs over the years (including world-renown experts), lived in same apt building as the one our current president did, have seen Elvis perform live in HI</p>

<p>CCers I have met: tried to meet Carolyn but scheduling didn’t work out; worked with another HI CCer (she figured me out before I figured her out)</p>

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<p>Screen name: named after the year D will graduate college (this was not my first choice of screen name, but all the ones I wanted – justbreathe, itsherjourney – were taken).</p>

<p>Education: BA, MBA, and 2 weeks at the GIA learning how to grade diamonds</p>

<p>Job: a recently maligned extremely important component of the housing industry</p>

<p>Random fun facts: I’ve been in one car accident in my life, and it was insect-related (this weird buzzing freckled toad/moth thing got on the steering wheel and was about to attack so I let my foot off the brake so I could jump in the backseat and hide and the car rolled forward into the next car)</p>

<p>CCers I have almost met: math mom</p>

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<p>Screen name: My second on CC. First one contains my actual first name and last initial. Came up with this one when I had a health-related scare. It refers to a body part.</p>

<p>Education: BS in Applied Math; MS in Statistics</p>

<p>Job: Actuary for > 25 years</p>

<p>Random fun facts: My house is older than the country.</p>

<p>CCers I have met: None :(</p>

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<p>^lower back?</p>

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<p>Nope. Something gender-specific.</p>

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<p>Screen name: Street address. New posters tend to think I am a male.</p>

<p>Education: BA math and economics</p>

<p>Job: IB and technology. While in school - waitress, house cleaner, babysitter, typist, receptionist.</p>

<p>Random fun facts: My kids actually like me, more so than regular people. I am very good at doing nothing - have an award to prove that (“Most valuable non-participating guest” at Club Med).</p>

<p>CCers I have met: I have met 2 IRL (won’t name them), but have a group of CC’ers whom I communicate regularly.</p>

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<p>Screen name-- my D is a percussionist
Ed: electronic engineer, professional project manager, professional occupational health and safety supervisor.
Jobs: started out as an engineer then after 9/11 I became a project manager for many security reason, past 3 years have been OHS&E. I became this after being diagnosed with asbestosis. Could retire anytime but decided that US tuition fees required me to work a few more years. Now D wants to go to NYU for her Masters do guess I will be working a few more. :smile:
General: I am French Canadian my W is German and my D is deaf in one ear. Was school council chair for 10 years.
Cc-ersI have met - none but would like to</p>

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<p>Screen name: My grandfather was a Gypsy and I had his eyes so he called me little Gypsy eyes. The Romani is because I’m proud of my heritage. </p>

<p>Education: soon to be BS in anthropology, bioethics and BA in Arts and Humanities. </p>

<p>Job: currently Crisis Line Advocate at a domestic violence shelter, assistant at a library for the blind, and assistant at a photography company. I’ve been a theater tech, stage crew, journeyman plumber, usher, ELL class assistant, etc lol.</p>

<p>Random fact: it’s no secret that I’m very liberal but my uncle is a very prominent conservative who has his own radio programs, appears on Fox, etc. Makes family get togethers interesting. Also, I firmly believe in Atlantis.</p>

<p>Ccers I have met: lots of the college life people. My ex used to post on here as well. I play PvP games with many CCers. None of the parents AFAIK.</p>

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<p>Screen Name: well, sometimes I feel like I’m “Just a mom”…</p>

<p>Ed: I have a BS in Business, majored in Accounting at flagship State U.</p>

<p>Jobs: Waitress, Cashier, Accountant, Accountant, Accountant. One of the things I wouldn’t trade for the world: not working while my kids were small.</p>

<p>Random fun facts: I’m a Zumba instructor (maybe that should go under “jobs”!)</p>

<p>CC’ers I have met: Thumper1</p>

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<p>Screen name: father of 3 kids</p>

<p>Education: BA, MA, ABD in Economics</p>

<p>Paid employment: Economist at 4 different consulting firms, 3 different large corporate Strategic Planning departments</p>

<p>Semi paid employment: Rock and roll and blues musician (not enough $ to give up the day job)</p>

<p>Non paid employment: Qualified conductor on 2 different tourist railroads</p>

<p>Have lived in: Hawaii, Suburban Philly (2 times), Northern California, Southern California, Western Washington, now NJ suburb of NYC</p>

<p>Random fun facts: Had the same 5th grade teacher as our current President, though not the same year. Watched for the green flash with Edward Teller, father of the H-bomb, at Lahaina, Maui.</p>

<p>Random not fun fact: Was at the WTC on 9/11.</p>

<p>On CC: since ~2001 before D1 graduated from high school (though with a different screen name I no longer remember)</p>

<p>CC members I have met: none that I know of</p>

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<p>Wow, dadx3: being at the WTC on 9/11—I cannot even imagine. </p>

<p>Screen name:I am a church music director and a mom—duh</p>

<p>Education: BA in Speech Language Pathology; MA in Communicative Disorders (go figure)</p>

<p>Paid Employment: part time church music director</p>

<p>Non-paid employment: raised three great kids and now the happiest Nanna you can imagine to a fantastic 3 year old grandson</p>

<p>Random fun fact: I have performed in costume on water skis in shows. a LONG time ago. :)</p>

<p>CC-ers I have met: Mardad</p>