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I live with my mom (marlena) my dad (frank) my brother (anthony) and my grandma (joan). we are pretty discombobulated and never really settle down but i guess that's what makes us quite an interesting family. do my two fish and dog count?

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basic bland white american. i could be like yeah i'm italian but i've literally never been to italy. I can speak italian semi-fluently i guess but i need people to repeat themselves a lot. my mom was the first generation here so it's not like we have an interesting cultural history. my family does have italian traditions and we cook italian food but that is like every other italian-american family in the US. that's why i just say i'm like every other white american lol.

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if i am having a rough day i will just go to my furry baby and he makes everything better. i love him so much and i probably talk about him to much but that's okay. i wanted to name him steve because i thought that would be absolutely hilarious but no one else thought that was funny so his name is monty.

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i've always loved music. for me it's like a gateway to escape reality sometimes. can be used as some type of coping mechanism if i'm not feeling good. i love going to lolla in the summer and hopefully this year it doesn't get canceled again. i really listen to anything besides country and alternative rock. not a fan of that. currently teaching myself how to play the piano

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dance has been a huge part of my life. I have had a huge emotional roller-coaster and a love-hate relationship with it but without dance i wouldn't be who i am today.

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i was gonna make a section about friends but i figured i would just make it all about lilly. shes my rock. she has been here for me and doesn't seem to be leaving anytime soon. love you lots lets go get dunkin now.

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i'm running out of ideas on what to say so i'll talk about one of my favorite animals which are elephants. they are very smart mammals with complex emotions, feelings and compassion and self-awareness. you don't find that in a ton of animals. they can recognize themselves in a mirror which is pretty awesome. they are quite peaceful. their trunks are a very unique feature about them which i love. i could go on but then this whole padlet would be about elephants.

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I am hard of hearing and growing up i used to have a lot of deaf friends but we drifted and in results to that i forgot a big chunk of my sign so i feel like i can't really say it's a part of me. my hearing got worse overtime and i was relying on signing more and my parents didn't like that so they got me a cochlear implant because they wanted me to be "normal". Sometimes I feel like i got pulled away from my community because my parents thought i wouldn't be able to be independent and successful. It's hard not being able to socialize well with friends. If i am with a group of people and everyone is talking just imagine everyone is talking in a different language and you are just trying to understand them. that's what its like. its hard but i get through it.

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2nd year of dancing

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this should just explain my love for horror movies.