about mii

I’m Laurie.  I started this site when I got a new life and moved to Columbus to start a PhD in Educational Technology.  Before that I was a sixth grade science teacher.  Before that I was a student and before that I grew up in Canton, Ohio and went to Catholic school.  Somewhere between Catholic school and the PhD program, I got married to a nice guy named Dan.  He’s a tech geek, which is extra nice because he offers free 24-7 tech support  (for things like this blog) and all I have to do is the laundry.  Aside from my hubby, I have a hilarious, crazy and wonderful family that you will see featured from time to time in my posts.  I am also a somewhat new (and still enthusiastic) distance runner.  I have run a few marathons and am still chasing after qualifying for Boston.  Somewhere along the line (after I became a runner), I decided to also become a vegetarian.  I like to think of myself as a decently healthy person that binges occasionally (sometimes more than occasionally) on large quantities of ice cream and Doritos (not at the same time).  I can be a bit neurotic and anal, but I try really hard to enjoy life.  I love to travel, I love to play vicious games of Scattergories, I love to make terrible jokes and I love when I get the chance (and can remember) to not take myself too seriously.

Why’s my site called bugsii and why is that little penguin my logo?

Bugsy is a nickname I got from my dad.  Apparently, I used to watch Bugs Bunny a lot and at some point, it turned from Bugs into Bugsy.  He called me Bugsy so often that I didn’t even notice that he would do it in front of my friends who were always left confused and asking me about it afterward.  I’d like the story to be that I was so tough that I got a gangster nickname, but no, just Bugs Bunny (He is funny though isn’t he? Especially when he cross-dressed.  Loved it!).  I guess I should also mention that I lost my dad on July 23, 2003, so it makes this name extra special to me.  Of course, when I went to get a domain name for this site, bugsy.com was taken, so I had to get creative (or rip off Nintendo).  I sort of like it though, it’s growing on me.

Now the penguin, officially named “Pengii” (with a hard G) deserves it’s own post, which I intend to do soon.  Until then though, I’ll give you the brief version.  This was the stuffed animal I slept with from the time I got it at age 3 until I got married at 26 (that is the Truth).  My mom used to sell Avon and it was supposed to be a soft bath toy, but the only time I took it into the bathtub with me, I was left crying all night because I couldn’t take it to bed.  Now, sadly, pengii sleeps in the cedar chest at the end of our bed along with my “special blanket,” which I will save entirely for another time (and which now smells of old people).