Ambrosia Callione

Ambrosia Callione stands about 6’3, towering over most of the kids her age and was very petite at around 136. Her hair hangs just over shoulder length, cut in a bob style and a dark cherry color with eyes as dark as the night sky. Her skin dark like a coffee and cream hue and for her height her ears were slightly smaller than one might expect. Her nose resembled that of a mouse, like a cute button with a bit of a tip that curved up at the end. Her looks would put even Aphrodite herself to shame.  She never could stay cooped up inside and she loves people and to be noticed where ever she goes, her slender stature and loud voice makes sure of that. In most aspects, she seemed much like her father Frank. They are an Italian family who immigrated to the states 40 years ago. She always stood proud of her Italian heritage, but noticed how often people judged her on the fact she could be such a loud, sometimes obnoxious girl. She never wanted to fit in, always felt the need to be different. She loves music, generally classical and blues, which seems weird for someone in her social standings and loud manner. One of her favorite past times would be to head down to the local arcade/comic shop near the pier after school, another strange habit that she knew many of her friends would look down upon. Afraid they might find out, she would wear a blonde wig and glasses as a disguise that seemed to work quite well for her. She never slacked on her homework or duties at home, she always tried to be school and family oriented. She knew the responsibilities she had to her family and herself and wouldn’t let anything stand in her way. Now being part of a large Italian family, she of course acquired quite the appetite. Her brother swears she once ate 3 plates more than him at a Thanksgiving dinner at his aunts 2 years ago, but no one believes him due to her petite size. She grew up with a family of men, aside from her mother and 2 aunts. She was the 2^nd youngest of 5 children which meant she was raised with 4 brothers. This didn’t prove difficult for her as she learned to hold her own against them and after a while they were the ones who shown trouble keeping up with her. When she was 11, her brothers dared her to climb the old bridge on 32^nd and Fourth Avenue, the place where Old John the Bum met a horrible fate with a bus 5 years before this. Not wanting to look weak or get made fun of, she went for it and almost half way up the side of the bridge wall, slipped and she caught the side of her forearm on a protruding bolt. This left a nice scar stretching about 6 inches.

Fire... Fun, right? Oh, well I think it is :) Although one of my friends may disagree with with you, but he has a good reason. At least when it involves fire AND me. I used to be a very.... odd child. I liked to play with fire, but not to the extent I would light someone's house on fire. One time when I was 14, while my best friend was over, we had been playing with lighter fluid, rubbing alcohol and a zippo lighter. We were sitting on the floor playing with the fluid and lighting our hands on fire then blowing it out quickly or lighting our pant legs or shoes on fire then blowing it out. Well, while we were doing it, I thought it would be funny to light his pants on fire at the crotch, so I poured some on the ground and lit it then quickly sprayed it towards his crotch and set it on fire. He freaked out and we put it out, but the look on his face was priceless, we both laughed our a**es off... But I had also figured out that rubbing alcohol was flammable that same day and so, to scare him, I had put some in my mouth and was acting like I was going to spit fire at him and when he saw my face and freaked out, I lost control and spit it all over him, singing his hair, eye brows and eye lashes and almost blinded him..... Yea, fires fun, right?

Time... Sometimes we think we have enough before we have to do something or finish something. Then unexpected circumstances arise such as car trouble, friends in need, family in need... all three of those happened to me this weekend. After pulling an all nighter at a friends playing Monopoly and watching movies, I leave to go home and sleep and get a call from a friend who was having car trouble. His fuel pump goes out and he needs help with it. I of course say yes, because I'm such a great effing friend and what was supposed to be a few hours to complete turned into 13 grueling hours of hell... having been awake since 8:30 friday morning until 2:00 am sunday morning, I was ready to fall over and sleep where ever I was at the time. We had been under two different Chevy Blazers the whole time working on the fuel pump, covered from head to toe in dirt, grease, and gas, we were both ready to get out of the cold and go to sleep finally. Me most of all. After hooking up the other fuel pump, I had him turn the key to test it and..... NOTHING!! After backtracking the set up for the fuel pump, I found out it was only a loose wire to his fuel pump relay. I pulled out the relay, re inserted the wire then plugged the relay back in and BLAMO, it was working. As far as I knew, the tow truck driver had already checked it the night before, but I was totally wrong. Never again will I take someone else's word for it and leave it alone. I will always check the fuse or relay myself, just in case it is only going to be that one issue... not a 13 hour issue, just a quick 5 minute ordeal.

Upgrade on looks

Upgrading the looks of my bike. I have an 07 Shadow Aero. I want to paint it something different, I think I'll go with gloss black and matte black 2-tone. All I have to paint is the tank, front and rear fenders. The front fender busted when I was ran off the road, but I found new ones. I have some ideas for LED lighting, my last bike was a street bike and I went green and black paint with green LEDs on the tail sides and front with green strobes in the headlights. I think this time I'm going with purple LEDs all around. I think it will mesh with the black and chrome amazingly.I already did the green, so it's time for a change up on this one. I can get 16 feet on LED strips for $10 and cut them to size and solder the wires myself. Much cheaper then paying $30 for 2 feet of pre-wired lights. Maybe add in a stereo system. Right now I just listen to my phone with some head phones on, but the waterproof speakers would work great and I found them pretty cheap with a control box to plug my phone into. Thinking about raising the bars from 2 inches to 6 inches, possible just to a 5. My favorite thing is to ride. I love taking a sharp corner and banking it so hard my pegs hit the ground, fold in and drag through the whole turn. It gets the blood rushing. There's a ride in Tennessee thats 11 miles and has around 300 sharp turns. There have been quite a few accidents and deaths but it would be an amazing ride. I have a buddy that rides a 1200 that wants to take the ride with me.