Alexander Madalis:  

I hope old friends remember me as being young at heart. I always wanted to be a counselor when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a great idea. As it turns out, they were right. I like to relax by listening to all types of music. The music I like best is alternative. I was very conservative while in high school. While in college I let my hair down, literally and figuratively. If I'm going to work somewhere, I need to have good coffee, something interesting to read, and great alternative style music to be able to deal with the day-to-day. I have many heroes. They have one trait in common. They were all told they couldn't do the vey thing they did. I have lived half of my life in the coal region and the other half in western Pennsylvania near DuBois. Moving was job related. That's the story to which I'm sticking. The one person from my past who I'd most like to see again is my childhood doctors, because they saved my life. I l...Expand for more