This is the Pallotta family. The picture was taken in the winter of 1992-93 after a big snow storm in Northern VT. From left to right, there's me, Jeremy Pallotta, my mom, Rosie Pallotta, my brother, Marco Pallotta, and my dad, Tony Pallotta.
Jeremy Pallotta:
I decided to make this web page to get some interesting information about my friends. I thought it would be nice to share some ideas with each other so I hope it works out. Right now, I am living in Sant Fost de Campsentelles with my girlfriend, Laura, and her family. I work at a company named Comelta where I work on an internet monitoring project with some Spanish engineers. The spanish language is coming to me slowly so I am enjoying trying to communicate with others in another language. For the winter, I am involved with a basketball club in Sant Fost where I play forward (I'm not that tall, the spanish are that short). This experience helps me with the language since I must communicate with all of them in Spanish. Hope everyone enjoys the web page!
Rosie Pallotta:
This is my mom; she is a super-hyper, full of energy, and never slows down person, so it is hard to keep up with her. She works as the head cook at Orleans Elementary School where she is loved by all because of the wonderful meals she cooks (when I'm in Orleans, I go there to eat too). Every day of the work week, she wakes up at five in the morning to start getting everything ready for the meal at school (and she enjoys this??). Mom also gets involved with all kinds of special dinner events where she works with her friends to make dinner for local functions. She loves crafts and has done everything from knitting to ceramics which means our relatives and friends own some beautiful homemade crafts. Unfortunately, for her, she can't stand sports and she lives with three men who can't go a day without watching Sportscenter on TV. She has heard a lot more about Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson rather than the stars of General Hospital.
Marco Pallotta:
He is known as the "wild one" of the Pallotta family and for all he's done in his life, he has earned the tag easily. Marco attends Bentley College (in Waltham, MA) right now and is in his final year of undergraduate school studying business related topics. He recently got offered a job with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance for after school, so he may become one of those evil money-grubbers that we all hate. He loves going out to party, but at times, he can't hold his own with the rest of the boys and ends the night hunched over the ground. To avoid this, he enjoys hitting the dance clubs where the women are able to distract him more than the beer. Unfortunately for him, a Natty Light still is the "choice" beer (as it was for most of us in college) so frequenct trips to the bathroom occur at every bar.
Tony Pallotta:
This is my dad; he is really bald so don't let the traditional Pallotta comb-over fool you (it's passed from generation to generation). Dad is the assistant manager at Ames Department Store in Derby, VT. The store is visited by hundreds of French Canadians everyday who try to avoid the steep Quebec prices. He is the lucky one to keep the store organized while dealing with all the customers. He is also a member of the Lake Region school board (the local high school where my brother and I attended) where he helps make various decisions for the school district. His true love is sports though; a good sports game is better than anything, so ESPN, ESPN2, and Sportschannel are frequently visited when he has control of the remote (except in cases when Chuck Norris is on). Unfortunately, he votes for all the perenial losers (Red Sox, NY Giants, Boston Celtics of the 90s), so he hasn't seen a championship in years. When is Larry Bird coming back?
This is the Fuentes family. The picture was taken in the summer of 1999 when my brother and I were visiting the family. The picture was requested by Marco and everyone agreed (i.e., it isn't normal for the family to pose for this type of photo.) From left to right, there is Laura's sister, Nuria (who I had to paste in the picture), Laura's mom, Montserrat, myself, Laura, Marco, Laura's younger brother, Robert, and in front, Josep.
Nuria Fuentes Reverter:
Nuria is Laura's younger sister and has the unfortunate position of being the middle child - where you can never be as cute and adoring as the youngest or do as much as the oldest. She is in her last year of high school where her main focus is on languages. She currently speaks Catalan, Castellano, English (with a few problems) and is hoping to learn German. Her current hope is to visit and study in Germany in the coming year. Personally, I think she would be a perfect advertiser for Lindt chocolates as I've never seen anyone find and eat chocolates like her. She is able to smell out sweets from anywhere in the vicinity and will consume them as soon as they are encountered. Another possible job prospect is as an MTV DJ because if she has the remote control, music on the TV is required.
Montserrat Reverter:
She is the one who keeps the family running. She picks up the groceries, cooks the meals, and cleans the house all the while listening to everyone's problems in the household. She was my first spanish teacher while I stayed in Spain and gave me my spanish language basics to fall back onto. Montse (short for Montserrat) cooks a mean lentil soup and paella (spanish seafood/rice delicacy) which I pray I am always home for when she makes them. Finally, she loves going to the movies and since her and Josep have met, they have always been going. When I looked up the oscar winning movies for best picture, she had seen the majority of them and remembered most of them very well.
Laura Fuentes Reverter:
You can see she hasn't seen many Stallone or Schwartzenegger movies by the way she is posing in this photo. It is a pathetic muscle pose. Laura is my beautiful girlfriend who lives in Sant Fost de Campsentelles, a small town in the suburbs of Barcelona. She attends the Universitat de Barcelona where she studies Russian/Slavic studies. She is in her final semester now and is praying to God she passes her 5 classes this semester (I'll kill her if she doesn't). She also works as a tranlator/receptionist for a publishing company in Barcelona where they take advantage of her knowledge of four languages (Russian, Catalan, Castellano, English). In Sant Fost, she is a member of the acting club where they perform various plays throughout the local suburbs. Most recently she played as a demon in a Christmas play (very nice) and as a maid in "The Murder of Lighting's House" - she is murdered in this play (what wonderful parts she plays). Finally, she has a develish craving for Big Macs, so don't ever try to make her order something otherwise in McDonalds!
Robert Fuentes Reverter:
This scrawny young man is the Fuentes' baby of the family. Just like all the other youngsters, he has had his older siblings pave a path so that he gets away with everything. In Sant Fost, he is the big goal scorer (the Pele of 13 year olds) for the local 12-14 year old soccer team. Also, he loves dirt bike riding and hangs out with all the Sant Fost motorbike locals to learn as much as he can. Some of the things he does with a motorbike, I wouldn't even do with a moped. Finally, he is one of the few that can compete with Nuria for sweets...he is a little bit stronger, so when she finds them, he can take them away.
Josep Fuentes:
He is the "padre" of the Fuentes family. He hasn't had hair for the last 15 years, so you can see how crazy this family can get. He works at a company named FAINSA where they produce mass transportation seats for railroads, airlines, buses, etc. He designs the prototype of a new chair model, and this model is tested to see if it should be mass produced or not. Josep is a maniac for documentaries and the Discovery Channel, so he knows about the rarest/strangest things there are in this world. But, for sure, it is NOT the prototyping job or the documentaries that have made him lose this much hair -- it's the two nutty daughters and one son that have made a brush useless for him.
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