Wednesday, February 11, 2015

My Wikipedia Entry

Andrea Rouda, b. 1946
What really slays me are those Wikipedia entries written by people who are not exactly household names but still have achieved a modicum of success in their chosen field and think they are really something. I know a few of those people personally who have puffed up their bios like Brian Williams but without the ten million dollar salary. I thought I'd take a crack at writing one about myself and try to stay humble:

Andrea Rouda, nee Schamis, is a female human being of Jewish heritage. She was born the old-fashioned way to two parents, a mother and a father, in Brooklyn, New York. She began her education at age five at Covert Elementary School in South Hempstead, NY and continued, with a year off working in an advertising agency, until graduating from New York University at age 22.

At age 24 she married, moved to Washington, D.C., got a job as a graphic designer and bought a car. She then got a divorce, lost the car and began seeing a psychiatrist. Eventually she married business mogul Mitchell Rouda and had a child and a car of her own.

Over her lifetime she dabbled in many pursuits, mostly hair color and pets. She has had the following hair colors and animals:
Blonde
Red
Dark Brown
Brown with blond frosting
Black
Auburn
Blonde with brown highlights 
Several parakeets: Rocky, Max and Shakespeare
A boxer named Caesar
A grey tabby named Miranda
An orange tabby named Simon
A calico named Minnie
A grey and white domestic short hair named Donald 
A mutt named Mickey
A brown tabby named Daisy
A Persian/ragdoll named Gizmo
A Maine Coon named Big Lurch
A pug named Tank
A miniature schnauzer named Rufus

Rouda has undergone several surgeries, none life-threatening but all botched. She is severely myopic and has worn glasses since the age of 13. (For a time she wore contact lenses but found them uncomfortable.)  She currently resides in Freeport, Maine where she continues to dabble in hair color and keep cats. She is a writer, fine artist and excellent cook. Her cheesecake is to die for.

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