AliBio

Ali Scaramella '08 
         
 The Basics
Hometown: North Haven, CT... just north of New Have, CT, get it?
Major: Probably double majoring in Theater and Dance, which means both departments
will HATE me, but what can I say, I'm a rebel. Oh yeah, and I'm not one of those scary
artsy people either... I know what you're thinking...
Outrageous Talents: A superhuman level of slowness (the people in my dorm call me 
turtle, enough said)… and an amazing capacity for being late… very late… to 
EVERYTHING. I also do the best impression of Arnie from “What's Eating Gilbert Grape.” 
It's pretty much dead on… if there was a retarded Oscar, I'd win it. So not PC, please 
don't judge me on that. Oh yes, and an equally amazing capacity for doing anything 
physically possible to distract Chords during rehearsal, including, but not limited to, 
spinning around really fast until I eventually knock myself over. Good times.
Obsessions: Sex and the City, my dad, (he's just such a bear), flip flops, (even 
though I have ugly feet), puppies, naps, bad fashion magazines, music, my 
car- the Mighty Protégé, clothes, fast food, anything chocolate.
Pet Peeves: Moodiness, having to wake up and function before noon , people who 
doodle on my notebooks FOR ME… there's a REASON I don't doodle… I'm anal
retentive, skinny people who whine about being fat.
Favorites
Song to Sing With the Chords:  Bed of Lies and How High the Moon
Food: What about it? I'm Italian, enough said. I eat anything and everything you feed me.
Especially if it's fried or chocolate.
Music: Anything, though I'm still easing into Rap and Country… I have my favorites though. 
I love classic rock, hippie music, hip hop, pop, ‘80s and ‘90s power ballads, and then the 
usual. I also love the occasional showtune… guilty pleasure. Anything vocally powerful, like
guys or girls and just an acoustic guitar or piano behind them. I'm, therefore, a huge fan of 
Rosie Rutan.
Book: As I Lay Dying, Catcher in the Rye, many plays, but especially Sight Unseen by 
Donald Margulies and anything Shakespeare.
ConnChord Memory: Sooo many. Obviously, recording in the purple palace, especially
sharing lifestories in the living room at 2 am waiting to get into the booth, one on one talks 
with ANY of them, being babied by Kate O, being yelled at by Kate O, agreeing to live in 
Kate O and Ben's attic until I'm 30 and take care of their kids as long as they make me lunch 
everyday, Susannah and I falling in love at first sight, when I flooded Marshall cleaning up our 
first keg, trying to convince Amy to throw a little something extra into “I need you now tonight”… 
think “I F****** need you now tonight” and having her refuse in horror, Ben getting drunk at 
our keg, Ben beating me up, Ellen and my voices, unconditional love… and the list goes ON 
and ON…

I am the baby of three kids. I can be a little flaky, but I don't mean to be and if you remind me enough,
 like Kate O and Amanda do, I will probably get it right eventually. I get nervous singing by myself
 in public… go figure, but I'm working through it. I love to act and dance as well as sing. I'm 
generally in a pretty upbeat mood and I don't sleep a lot… not because I'm being productive, just 
because I never attained enough self-discipline to make myself to go to bed if I don't have to. Sad, but true.

Solos: Roam Around The World