Vitals

Name: Laura Robida

Nickname(s): I don't really have one

Birthday: Dec. 22, 1982...I expect gifts.

Hometown: Deep River, CT

Pets: Misty, my kitty!

Favorites

Favorite color: yellow, blue, red, purple

Favorite TV shows: Metalocalypse, Ghosthunters, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Friends (who cares if it's off the air?). I'm a big fan of some great stuff that's now off the air like Daria, Beavis and Butthead, 90210, Laverne and Shirley, Family Ties, Facts of Life, Gilmore Girls, and pretty much any stand-up especially Lewis Black.

Favorite movies: Sooooo many! In no particular order: That Thing You Do!, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Shrek, Pirates of the Carribean, Rent, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Finding Nemo, La Bamba, Satisfaction, The Muppet Movie, Empire Records, Weekend at Bernies, Mean Girls, SLC Punk, Girl Interrupted, Yellow Submarine, Halloween, The Exorcist, Sahara, Escape from Alcatraz, Gone in 60 Seconds, Clue, Shaun of the Dead, Clerks, Dogma...

Favorite books: I don't usually have favorite books, but I love Stephen King's 'On Writing.' I'm a big Jeffrey Deaver, James Patterson, Stephen King, and Dean Koontz fan though.

Random

Likes: The Donnas, Coca-Cola Zero, video games, writing, Guitar Hero!, horror movies, Nascar Racing (Go Greg Biffle!), collecting vinyl (uh, that would be "records" for you lay-people), going to rock shows, traveling, margaritas!, collecting vintage acoustic guitars, everything 1960s, Rockstar Energy Drinks, 80s metal, Mojitos, Mexican food, PIZZA, The Beatles, AdultSwim, Dr. Pepper, Stephen King, old school Nickelodeon, Uconn Men's Basketball, Freddy Krueger, Donnaholics, Jack Daniels, California, Taco Bell, beirut, Madonna, Gibson guitars, Blow pops, being productive, mini-golf, go-carts, roller coasters, cats

Dislikes: Narrow-minded people, snow (actually, winter in general), being productive, olives, shallowness, Southern Comfort (don't ask...), arrogance, most rap & hip-hop, country music (though I have seen Shania Twain in Concert and I own Dixie Chicks and Brooks & Dunn CDS...and I have a cowboy hat or three...)

Hobbies: Going to rock shows, reading, web design , fiction writing, collecting Beatles memorabilia,  collecting vinyl, cooking

Little known fact: I can recite the alphabet backwards.

My Music

First album I ever got: First vinyl record was Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry Be Happy," first cassette was "The Beatles 25 Greatest Hits," first cd was The Beatles' "Revolver," and first 8-track (yep...) was John Lennon's "Walls & Bridges."

Favorite bands/singers: So many! Here's a few: The Beatles, The Donnas, Sahara Hotnights, Rolling Stones, Van Halen, Girlschool, L7, AC/DC, David Bowie, Madonna, Guns N Roses, Led Zeppelin, Poison, Cinderella, Scorpions, KISS, The Ramones, The Dollyrots, The Go-Gos, Dresden Dolls, Vixen, John Lennon, American Bang

How long I've played: Guitar for 15 years, piano for 20

How I got started: Well, I only learned to play piano because my older sister played piano and doesn't *everyone* want to be just like their older sibling? (thank god I got over that!) But I started playing guitar when I was 10 or so.I begged and begged (and begged some more) my parents to get me a black electric guitar and they finally relented and bought me a cheapo black "lead guitar" model from the JCPenny Catalog for a whopping $100....

My musical influences:Allison Robertson (The Donnas), John Lennon (no explanation needed), Kelly Johnson (Girlschool), Keith Richards (no explanation needed), Angus Young (AC/DC), Ace Frehley (KISS).