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My name is Rosemarie Salvatore and my screen name
is Radcliffe052002. I have always lived in North Eastern New Jersey
and love going to New York City to explore whenever I can.
I also love the Jersey Shore.
That’s one of the best things about living in New Jersey – it’s
the best of many worlds – you don’t have to choose. I have worked in insurance for many years.
It was very boring and I didn’t like it, but it was a very
convenient location and hours and I was focused on going to school.
I got my BA in English in 2007 at the age of 40.
Since then I have worked in publishing.
I do love reading and writing and thought that I was in the
right field for a time.
However, I have been laid off twice in recent years and am now
thinking about going back to school for a master’s degree and a third
career.
I think I have
realized that it’s about the journey, not the destination.
I have loved school and loved to learn since I was a child and
may never actually figure out what I what to be when I grow up. I found B&B with the airing of the very first
episode in September of 1987 and it changed my life forever.
I was very shy and my family did not encourage creativity at
all.
Beauty & the Beast
helped to bring me out of myself.
I was inspired to try things I would never have dared before.
It was truly a spiritual and creative awakening for me.
Although, I have always been a spiritual person to a certain
extent and enjoy exploring various spiritual practices such as
meditation, art journaling, regular journaling and being a volunteer
reader at my church. Since B&B was such an awakening for me and I
identified with Catherine so much, the third season was equally as
devastating as the first two had been uplifting.
I discovered B&B Fandom in the early 90s after the show had
been cancelled and Fandom has also been a blessing in my life.
I have been to all but the very
first convention in Las Vegas 1990, and I had the honor of organizing
the 2008 convention here in NJ and NY.
It has been a wonderful and wild ride with the best people in
the whole world! Without
B&B, I most likely would not have known that I love to travel as much
as I do. Other interests include paper crafts like card
making and scrapbooking, other sci-fi/fantasy TV shows like Start
Trek: TNG, Quantum Leap, The Vampire Diaries, Once Upon a Time and
many others.
I am a huge
fan of all things Disney, especially their animated movies, and most
especially, their version B&B.
In fact, I collect any version of B&B that I might come across.
I love that the story is so old and versatile.
I love to compare and contrast all versions of the story with
our Vincent & Catherine version.
I find doing this a fascinating exercise – even if I know going
in that our version will, of course, always be the best.
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