[PrincessPeach]

It has been brought to my attention that I neglected to sound off upon my arrival here… glad to see I wasn't the only one who was late to this party… so…

Hi, I'm Peach… I grew up the Mushroom Kingdom, where I spent most of my life in the palace, until I caught the eye of Bowser, the Koopa King. He kidnapped me, and for the next several years, he whisked me around from castle to castle – always moving me just before the frustrated Mario arrived to save me… Mario and his brother Luigi did eventually find me, though, and I spent some time with them (plumbers, you know… ), before getting kidnapped by Bowser again and starting the whole damn process over… we went through that five or six times before I tired of the damsel in distress role and learned to kick ass for myself.

Since then, I've gotten involved in tennis, basketball, baseball, golf and kart driving. I also play dozens of pointless little games in my never-ending quest to collect stars for no particular reason. You can usually find me hanging out at my new and improved castle or on my tennis court at the Peach Dome.
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Ok – I actually grew up in Mentor, Ohio. Went to tOSU and got stuck in Columbus, though I did run away to Germany for a year in there somewhere… dabbled around in a couple majors before graduating with a degree in German. I now work as a paralegal and am sort of considering law school… though I may also ditch all of that and become a teacher or something. (Maybe someday I'll figure out what I want to do when I grow up… Running away to Germany again is probably the most appealing option at the moment.)

I grew up with two older brothers and a sports-fan dad, so I've always loved watching sports of just about any type, and I'm a long-suffering, perpetually frustrated fan of all things Cleveland. I always sort of followed tOSU football, but I didn't really get into it until I got down here, at which point I became hooked.
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If I had to pick two things I couldn't live without, they'd be my piano and my tennis racquet. Oh, make it four and add paint chips and wine...

Edit - spelling nazi self-check...