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Laura

I am here for Friends

About Me

I'm Italian/German/Slovak by nationality. I have 1 brother (Joe), 2 step brothers (Chris & Mike), 1 step sister (Laura) and a 8 lb. all black 2 year old cat named Sydney. My extended family on both sides encompasses 100 or so people and 2 continents (my Uncle and his family live in Japan). Large families make wonderful holiday get togethers! Although, by my own personal choice, I do not have any children of my own, nor do I ever want any, and I’ve taken permanent steps to make this choice one that can’t be argued.
I was born in Cleveland, OH, moved to Mansfield, OH around the age of 5, moved back to Cleveland at age 7 and went to St. Patrick's catholic school through the 7th grade, at which time, my parents got divorced. My brother and I moved in with my father. I then went to Mayfield High School and graduated in 1986.
I moved in with my fiancé in Sharon, PA in 1989, got married in 1990, earned my Associates Degree in Information Processing while in PA, moved back to Cleveland in 1996 and got my own place. I got divorced in 1997 and bought my first computer in 1998.
I'm infatuated with INTELLIGENT MEN who have not become arrogant because of it. Teach me something interesting... teach me something trivial. Don't laugh at me if I don't know the answers. Show me that you're trustworthy, and you'll be trusted. Show me that you're honest, and I'll believe you. Don't give me a reason to be jealous, and I won't care that you work in an office full of single women. Convince me that I'm important to you. Show me that you are a patient person and accepting of diversity. My family and friends are wonderfully varied and all are important to me.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

George W. Bush, alone in a locked, sound-proof room, so I can beat him bloody.

Stephen King so I can personally thank him for turning me on to horror novels with It.

Adrian Grenier just so I can see those eyes in person.

My Great Grandmother, who died exactly one year to the day before I was born. I'm told that she was the only person on that side of the family who had dark hair and eyes until I came along and that she would have been so happy to meet me.

My Blog

Goodbye My Garage Buddy

I've been feeding an all black male cat in my garage all winter.  He looks just like Sydney.  I swear he's her father or brother or something.  We did find her in that same garage, so it's entirely po...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:17:00 GMT

More baby catfish!

My albino cory catfish just had another sex fest of spinning around and rubbing all over each other .  This time I was there to see it all happen, and I was able to save most of them.  I thi...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:17:00 GMT

I have a fry!

About a month ago, the two albino cory catfish in my tank laid eggs all over the tank.  That in itself was a shock because it was totally unexpected.  I was too slow on the draw in getting t...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:14:00 GMT

Tuckers Gone

Tucker lasted 19 years, but had gotten too tired to go on any longer.  We took him to be released today at about 3:15pm.  He's enjoying himself with all his brothers and sisters now.&nb...
Posted by on Sun, 18 May 2008 14:23:00 GMT