Etastic Revealed

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Etastic Revealed

• Library 500
• Emily Traverse
• TravXX_at_aol.com

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Me!

• Also known as Etastic, Auntie Em, Em, Emmy, ET,
  Emilio, and, of course, Emily.
• In this photo I am holding a very furry New
  Zealand possum!

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Growing up in Lex Vegas

• I was born and bred in Lexington, Massachusetts,
  otherwise known as the historical hub of New
  England, Lex Vegas.
• The single most exciting event in the history of
  my hometown, namely the Battle of Lexington,
  occurred on April 19, 1775 and is religiously
  reenacted at 545 am every year.

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Meet the Traverse Family

• Back row from left to right Mom (Marcia), dad
  (John), me (Emily)
• Front row from left to right brother (Keith)
  holding my baby nephew (Sam), sister-in-law
  (Katie) holding my 2 year old niece (Tierney)

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Four Years in Amish Country

• After eighteen years of residing in the
  historical, but otherwise not so happening town
  of Lex Vegas, I migrated about 400 miles south to
  Amish Country (Lancaster, Pennsylvania).
• Being the practical minded person I am, I pursued
  a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology and
  American Studies at Franklin Marshall College.

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The Makings of a Kiwi Wannabe

• Two and a half years into my B.A., I felt the
  need to spread my wings again, so I migrated just
  about as far south as I could go and lived for
  five months in New Zealand (see arrows).
• I saw a lot of sheep and met my future hubby
  there.

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My Tour of Self Discovery

• After my five month stint studying abroad in New
  Zealand, I flew back to the US to finish my B.A.,
  only to return to the land down under a year
  later.
• It was then that my tour of self discovery began.
  I worked my best and worst jobs during that time,
  met the infamous Olle Bolle man (top right) and
  cruised the country with my hubby, Gareth.

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All them jobs

• While awaiting an epiphany as to what on earth
  I was meant to be doing with my life I tried on a
  number of job for size. I worked as a landscaper,
  a strawberry picker, an ice cream factory worker,
  a book binder, a petrol pumper, and my favorite
  by far, an Olle Bolle Dutch donut seller.

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My Foxy Forester, Gareth

• Despite considerable persistence and patience
  on my part, my epiphany alluded me, but one thing
  did become clear during my year in New Zealand.
• The purple suit touting forester, Gareth, and I
  were two peas in a pod!

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Doo doo Duty

• In October 2004 I returned to the US, briefly
  worked as a bean picker on a farm in
  Massachusetts, and then set out west to Seattle
  to take care of my then five month old niece and
  two big dogs.
• Thats a lot of poop!

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My sometimes X-Rated Hobby

• During my year and a half nanny stint in Seattle,
  I rediscovered my love of triathlons.
• It was all going so well until I accidentally
  wore a rather x-rated, chlorine eaten bathing
  suit to a race this past summer! Oops!

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Career Considerations

• All during my tour of self discovery and my
  tour of doo doo duty, I tried to consider what I
  would enjoy doing day in and day out, year after
  year.
• Other than being a princess, of course.

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My Epiphany!

• I finally realized that
• 1. I always brought a stack of my beloved
  childrens books to college.
• 2. I had a proclivity for sneaking into
  childrens story time at my moms library.
• 3. I had an all out obsession with construction
  paper, pipe cleaners and googly eyes.
• I should be a childrens librarian!

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SLAIS or Bust

• So I said goodbye to my niece, the two dogs,
  and my new baby nephew and headed north, a very
  refreshing change of direction.
• But on my way my poor little Civics A/C
  broke, I ate escargot and saw Hope for the first
  time, my poor little Civic got towed and Gareth
  and I got engaged!

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Once Lost, Now Found

• So, Ive got lots to look forward to
• A fulfilling career
• An August 2007 wedding
• And lots of adventures!

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Credits

• Thank you to my audience.
• Thank you to my dad and to Gareth for taking the
  photographs utilized in my presentation.
• Thank you to my friend Rachael who provided
  technical support for this project.