Valerie Carmody:  

Life Where do I start? How 'bout after high school? After LHS, I attended and graduated from Smith College (located in Northampton, Mass, about 90 miles west of Boston, or as the natives call it BEANTOWN). I win the prize for going the furthest away to college and seeing the most snow in the mid-late '90s. Did four years in the Northeast change my accent? In a way, yes...I pronounce some words differently, for example credit cahd. Four years in New England also changed my perception of people-I met and made friends with people from all over the United States (I found many Southerners there-two of my best friends there were from Houston and Tennessee) and the world (Croatia, France, China, Malaysia, I could go on. And yes, you can have fun at a women's college. Spent my junior year of college (1996-97) at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY (2 hrs north of NYC by Metro North Railroad) In 1998 I graduated with a degree in music-emphasis in composition. I still live in Dallas (I honestly thought I would be living in NYC by now, but, oh well, things happen). I work during the week at an auto loan company as a customer service rep and on weekends at Barnes & Noble. .The latter is a kick a** job. The people are wonderful (if you are reading this and work or have worked at B&N 1838, Hello everyone (current & former employees)! Especially Shawn, Ryan, Ellen, Scott, Marcie, and Chris I. (to the last three, if you are reading this, please e-mail me through Classmates.com, I have a question/favor to ask you). I spend my free time (what there is of it) doing the following: sleeping, going to and watching movies, collecting stuff (cookbooks, Simpsons stuff, Muppets items), watching TV (my fave TV shows are 'The Simpsons', 'Tonight Show with Jay Leno', 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?'), reading, listening to music I am single, no kids, no man...Just your typical twenty-something, Gen X-er still trying to figure out her purpo...Expand for more