about
This is the fourth incarnation of my blog, which has found its home in several different corners of the internet over the past five-or-so years. But I can assure you that lauraraeamos.com will be the final home of this blog and any of its future incarnations. After all, where else can a writer go but to her own self-titled egocentric domain?
home = Michigan
My husband and I live with our adorable little tornado of a boy in the charming little city of Royal Oak, Michigan.
family = Jim + Dylan (+Joy)
Jim is a brilliant and talented man whose actual job title escapes me. He programs things for the internet, and he does it very well, is all I know. Despite his dorky tendencies, he is surprisingly charming and romantic, and has a British accent. What more can a girl ask for? He and I met online (go ahead and roll your eyes - everybody does) and were married in January of 2003.
I met Jim on a charming little poetry website called moontowncafe.com. I was in Toledo, Ohio, and he was 3000 miles (and an ocean) away in Swindon, England. I knew he was my soul mate the first time we ever chatted on MSN messenger. We wrote poetry to each other, his much much better than mine, which again is pretty dorky, isn’t it?
Our little Dylan joined the party in 2006. He is an affectionate and fearless little boy who likes to climb and jump off of things. We see him being a skydiving instructor when he grows up, but who knows?
I have a sister named Joy who is tragically offended that she wasn’t listed in my family section. And in listing Joy, then I also have to list Stuart, Jewel, Tom, Taylor… dad, step-mom, step-siblings, cousins? There are no pets. I don’t need animals - I have a toddler!
have been = waitress, bank teller, video store clerk, pizza shop chef, Subway Sandwich Artist
I am currently an aspiring novelist, frazzled stay-at-home mom, and sloppy housewife.
brilliance = John Irving, Sherman Alexie, T.C. Boyle, Lorrie Moore, John Steinbeck, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, A.M. Homes, Raymond Carver, Stephen King, Chuck Palahniuk // Mark Doty, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sylvia Plath // Incubus, Radiohead, Jewel, Alanis Morissette, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Coldplay, Five for Fighting