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BORN (DATE & PLACE): Buffalo, New York
YOUR MOTHER’S/FATHER’S OCCUPATION: My parents are retired from their careers but still work. My Mom taught elementary school and now tutors children at our church and tutors adults to take civil service exams. My Dad worked for the state but still has his own painting business.
NUMBER OF BROTHERS/SISTERS YOU HAVE: 1 ½ brothers, no sisters.
LOOK ALIKE: You tell me.
YOUR CHILDHOOD HERO: My Mom and Steve Martin.
NAME OF YOUR FAVORITE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER. WHAT MADE HIM/HER SPECIAL?: Mrs. Aiken, the biology teacher. Her description of reproduction has kept me childless to this day.
DID YOU HAVE A NICKNAME GROWING UP? IF SO, WHAT WAS IT?: No, I was not allowed to. One of my friends calls me “TJ� but I’ll never tell why.
MARITAL STATUS: Terminally single but satisfied.
CHILDREN: None of my own but I’m a “play� aunt to many.
LIKES: Men, animals, ice cream, shoes and I confess I’m a toiletry junkie.
DISLIKES: Peanut butter, people with no sense of humor.
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Gotta find new ones, leaning toward A’s & 49ers.
FAVORITE AUTHORS: Varies, right now Malcolm Gladwell for non-fiction, James Patterson for fiction.
FAVORITE MOViN ARTIST(S): Too many to list here.
FAVORITE MOViN SONG: Changes daily, right now Nelly Furtado’s ‘Promiscuous’.
FAVORITE FOOD: All especially Asian and/or Pacific Rim.
FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME: “Rush Hour", “Rush Hour 2"
FAVORITE FAMOUS PERSON: Oprah
FIRST RADIO JOB. WHEN/WHERE/WHAT?: While I was a junior in college in Buffalo at the All-News/Jazz at night public radio station. WEBR-AM. I was a production assistant.
IF YOU WEREN’T ON THE AIR, WHAT JOB WOULD YOU HAVE & WHY?: Teacher because like radio it’s a reciprocal relationship. I think I would get out of it as much as I put into it.
WORST JOB EVER? Receiving Clerk at a high end department store. It was in a dusty basement with no windows. All day long I opened boxes of cool stuff that I couldn’t afford even with a discount.
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