Orlff's profile

Hometown

Youngstown, OH

Places I've been

Niles, OH; Warren, OH; Cortland, OH; Cleveland, OH; Pittsburg, PA; New York, NY; Woodstock, NY; Cherry Hill, NJ; Philadelphia, PA; Columbus, OH; San Antonio, TX; Mexico; New Orleans, LA; Key Largo, FL; Ocala, FL; Orlando, FL; Brookville, OH; Cincinnati, OH; Gatlinburg, TN; Louisville, KY; Dayton, OH

Education

• ECPI Institute, Computer Programming - 1973 to 1975

More about me

I was born in Youngstown, OH where I attended Monroe Elementary then we moved to Niles, OH when I was 11. My parents had an archery shop and we went archery shooting and skeet shooting every weekend. My dad and I went hunting with our dogs and would hunt for a large variety of game. Some of the game we hunted were deer, bear, wild boar, pheasant, grouse, elk, grizzley bear, and kodiak bear.

My mom got me a horse which I rode throughout high school. I graduated from Niles McKinley High at 17. Being bored with Niles I took off to New York, NY and lived in the lower east side village for a while.

 While I was in New York a bunch of my friends and I went to Woodstock which was a great experience. When I got tired of the village I came back home to Youngstown, OH, lived with my dad and then my grandmother. While living with my grandmother I met the boy down the street and we got engaged. My fiance and I went to Cherry Hill, NJ to live for some time then returned to Youngstown, OH and got married.

He was a pharmacy student so we moved to Columbus, OH while he attended Ohio State. I eventually decided marriage wasn't a good choice for me so I left my husband and moved out on my own. I was a very wild child. 

I worked at mundane jobs for a while and wanted excitement. I went to the fair and decided to join the carnival and travel with them. It was a hoot! I had several jobs, one was being a fire eater, another was working a games booth. We traveled around the country and ended up in Florida where I lost interest in the sideshow and wanted to return to Columbus, OH.

I found a job in Athens, OH managing apartments for the college students. When the job was over I moved back to Columbus, OH. I got bored once again and decided to get in the car and just drive, I ended up in Texas and Mexico with a hurricane coming so I drove east through New Orleans and ended up in Ocala, FL, where I worked on a horse farm and drove a semi truck around the country.

I missed home so I decided to move back to Columbus, OH. I got the itch to move again so I decided to move to Dayton, OH where I bought a house. I have been through several bouts of cancer and blood clots but have pulled through and am doing ok. I must say things change dramatically as I grow older, I guess I am much more settled. I currently live alone with my cats which seems the best way for me. I don't do very well in relationships, maybe because I have always been a free spirit. I don't regret one moment because I lived my life to the fullest.

Activities

beading, antiques, flea markets, cats

Favorite Charities

Doctors Without Walls

Favorite Music

oldies (50s 60s 70s), blues (old southern, chicago), eclectic, big band, new age, cajun

Favorite TV Shows

CSI, Criminal Minds, Animal Planet, Discovery, National Graphic, Turner Classic Movies, Travel, Food Network, SciFi, Cops, Court TV, Spike TV, HG TV, History Channel

Favorite Movies

Rocky Horror Picture Show, Fried Green Tomatoes, Hostel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Cape Fear, any movie with Betty Davis, Spencer Tracy or Katherine Hepburn

Favorite Books

Stephen King The Tower Series, Bentley Little, Clive Barker, Richard Laymon (The Cellar), John Saul, Peter Straub

Favorite Quotes

Attitude is Everything, One Day At A Time, Let Go Let God

Favorite People

John F. Kennedy, Mark Twain

Favorite Places

Athens OH, Ocala FL, Cedar Point, Hocking Hills, COSI, Stan Hewitt Hall, Henry Ford Museum, Put-In-Bay

Favorite Animals

Cats, Horses

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