Me, Myself and I

Greetings inhabitants of planet earth, I am the one and only Zoe Papalia-Beatty. Yeah I know you just tried to skip over pronouncing my last name, it is pronounced PAP-A-LIA BAE-TEE. You can't even begin to fathom how many times I've had to repeat myself upon introduction. Anyways, I suppose I should begin to depict the many happenings that have lead to the creation of who I am today. So basically I'm going to bore you with my monotonous life.

I guess you could say I grew up in the typical "classic-American" lifestyle: middle class family with two biological parents and two siblings. I am the middle child, and even worse, I am the middle child in a family of girls. Fighting for the shower or even the bathroom is a constant daily struggle when everyone feels the need to take 30+ minute showers. Not to mention that one oh so special week out of every month when irritability and tension peaks. You could choke on the amount of estrogen fumigating throughout my house. My older sister is in college, which has actually caused the miniscule shower hair monster to retreat back into it's shady black drain hole. So you'd think this was a great augmentation for my hygienic needs, but hygiene isn't worst of it. Currently, my little sister is at that profoundly awkward middle school stage in her life that makes her susceptible to obsession with mainstream media pop stars. I'm pretty sure she knows more about Justin Bieber then Justin Bieber. And God forbid you talk smack about him. You haven't seen anyone change from normal to demon rampage like she does. I've come to one conclusion; Justin Bieber is planning planetary conquest and using the boisterous and confused nature of young teens to build an unstoppable army that feels the need to protect their leader at all costs. It's quite genius really. But probably the most interesting thing about my little sister is her habits. Her agenda consists of the need to be transfixed by her instagram and twitter for 6+ hours a day (legitimately). She not only stares at a generated computer screen, but she vocalizes comments and concerns aloud to, well no one. It's something like a parrot with out of context turrets. For example, I'll be sitting eating a sandwich at my kitchen table minding my own business and hear "UHMM BYEE" from the living room out of no where. I never know why she says what she says, but I have learned to just ignore it for the sake of sanity. Occasionally I'll remind her that she's going to look back on all this time she wasted away studying and analyzing other people's lives and find it as ridiculous as I do now. She disagrees with sass and my fear for the up coming generation increases exponentially. My little sister is amusing to say the least, but thankfully I am not the only sane person in my house. My parents met in the Madison Police Academy far before this small scale world war III began in my household. Oh yeah, that's right, my dad is the father of three girls AND a police officer. Protection level at a maximum. I could seriously talk for eons about my quirky family and still not have scratched the surface. But let's move on to more important things; me.

Although it may not seem like it, people consider me to be fairly mature for my age. Along with my big girl attitude, I have a big girl job. I currently work in a biotechnology lab on the UW Madison Campus. If I get into Edgewood College like I hope to, I can still work in the lab and earn college credits. So this job isn't short term and will most likely become a career. Prior to the lab, I worked at McDonald's since I was 15 years old. Great place to start out in the labor force, but not really a solid candidate for a second job to an already stressful job. Instead, I applied for a job at Cheba Hut in downtown Madison that I hope to hear from soon. I also have a seasonal job at Screamin' Acres at Eugster's farm as a gory, unfortunate dentist patient, but that is only in October (think you're a some kind of tough guy? Come through Screamin' Acres, you'll be screaming like a pansy when you see me). So besides having an adult state of mind and working an adult work week, I enjoy doing teenager type activities. I mean, I can draw and paint if I'm motivated to do so, but Netflix and Hulu always end up eating my time. Game of Thrones is my current addiction and boy do I hate/love that show. Since I am currently grounded, Game of Thrones has been my main source for entertainment. I think I cracked down five episodes yesterday, each being an hour long. Otherwise, I spend most of my after work hours out and about with my amigos doing silly shenanigans. Such things include EDM shows, festivals and camping. I just got back from Spring Awakening Music Festival in Chicago and had the honor of meeting Borgore. That was my first festival and I haven't been going to shows for very long, but so far I have seen headliners like Zeds Dead, Borgore, ETC!ETC!, Pretty Lights, Datsik, Loudpvck, Paper Diamond, Branchez, Daft Punk, Bro Safari, Hardwell, Flux Pavilion, Diplo, Carnage and Dillon Francis. I will fulfill every EDM fan's dream of seeing Bassnectar and Skrillex before I leave planet earth, but I've got a whole 50+ years ahead of me for that.

 Thank you for giving up 10 whole minutes to read about my unamusing life, I hope to write of more interesting things in the future!

Feeling tough now tough guy?