My name is Jerry(35). I live in the great state of West Virginia. My occupation(funding for Avett Adventures) is respiratory therapy. I have a roommate and a dog(Dakota). I am a freak for vinyl records. If you have any hidden away in your attic or just want to ge rid of them give me a holler.

-Mary Ellen
-23
-I work as a counselor/academic coordinator for an Upward Bound program in West Virginia
-You might also know me as gal that fails to wear appropriate footwear to shows (i.e. flip flops in the freezing weather)
-Team Avett #36

welcome iwftg!!

My name is Julia.

I'm 17, no need to lie, it's a lonely part of the Avett demographic I'm proud to represent

I drive a 77' Volkswagen van (complete with sink and stove)

I am so thankful for my family, they're all beautiful people I wouldn't trade for anything. My dad is a youth pastor and my mom is always staying busy with things school or church related.

I love film/video and plan on majoring in the field at Belmont later this year.

Once a wise, old Indian shopkeeper told me to "Live like mountain", and it has been my motto ever since

I found out last year my journalism teacher is almost as crazy as I am about TAB, which is great because my friends music tastes stink. period.

-Thanks to The Avett Bros. and other board members for making this such a cool place!

Well, here goes :

I'm Emma, 20 years young.
Religion major...plan on grad school for urban ministry.
I'm British...and have lived in the US, more specifically Virginia for 7 years now.
I'm quite possibly one of the most musically eclectic people on my campus, haha.
I'm extremely liberal and I believe firmly in peace and love.
and, to sum myself up, I'm going to quote Audrey Hepburn.."I was born with an enormous need for
affection and a terrible need to give it. "

My name is Mitch and I am a 19 year old student at UNC where I am a Journalism and Political Science double major. I currently have a job at Starbucks. I live in a small town near Winston-Salem, North Carolina when I'm not at school. And I will be forever grateful to The Avetts for beginning my love affair with music.

Great idea, Mark! I like the idea of using real names. Sadly I have yet to meet any of you at shows (I usually have a hard enough time rounding up everyone I know in real life), but here goes :

My name is Ryan. I'm 22 and live in Asheville. I take customer service calls for a credit card company (groan) and like to play music in my bedroom in my spare time. I have a dvd collection large enough to start a small video store, and love my dysfunctional family more than anything.

My name is Andre. I just turned 24. I live on a beautiful piece of land in central NY with my girlfriend and dog. You are all welcome to stay if you are ever in the area. I play guitar. I have a strong desire to start playing the accordion after seeing jason webley 5 nights. I scuba dive. I love to cook. I love bonfires. I live simply.

Hey Jonathan, I saw you at the NYE show. you were a few rows up from us.

Good topic.

My name is Todd.. Im 39 years old and I live in Fountain NC in a resored 1860's sharecropper home. Im married to a wonderful woman named Rebecca and we are expecting our first child in February.. I have two daughters (16 and 14) from a previous marriage who live in Great Lakes Illinois where their step dad is a Company Commander (drill instructor). We have two dogs, Edward Lee a pit mix and Willow Beans a Great Dane puppy of 130 lbs.

Im currently unemployed due to layoffs at the forklift company I worked at for a long time. I dont miss it one bit. Im going to be doing some custom countertops and tables made of reclaimed oak doors found in old farmhouses in my area and be a stay home Dad. Im also a car-a-holic. I have owned more cars than I can remember, but have it pared down to one right now. After we have the baby and our money gets right, Im ordering a Cobra replica and building that. Nothing fancy, primer black with meatballs on the doors, 5.0 and a T-5, maybe a heater and a place to bolt in a baby seat.

Angie; E-Mail me if you need storage for your car if you get sent overseas. I have plenty of space thats dry and secure and would be happy to help you get started on your restoration quest.

My name is Adam, I am 30, I live in the city of champions... Pittsburgh! I am a nurse. I love the outdoors(hiking, fishing, hunting) I am getting married at the end October to Emily who also loves the Avett brothers. I am tired of living in the city and am currently looking for a house in the country.

Hey Andre! that was a great time! had a little too much New Year's Cheer (the bartender was very, very generous,) but totally worth the long drive home the next day.

I’m Jack. I am a theoretical nuclear physicist and part time professional hand model, living in a tree house high above Thomasville NC. I like Pina Coladas and long walks on the beach.
OK I’ll be honest. I don’t really like Pina Coladas. It’s just something about that coconut flavor that turns me off.

I also like this topic! My name is Megan (22), and I live in Greensboro, NC with my hound dog named Banjo. Many people in my life will tell you that if it wasn't for the Avetts, my dog would have a different name ! I graduated from East Carolina University last May with a BS in political science (I know the there's jokes in that, I've heard them and made them myself) and a minor in security studies. I'm currently looking for employment, and my most certain long-term goal in that area is to feel like I'm doing some good in this world. I like to read, and my favorite author is Robert Morgan. I like the beach, road trips, FOOTBALL, cooking for others, and spending time with my friends and family. I'm willing to go anywhere within a 3 hour driving radius to see the Avetts (sometimes farther, if I'm feeling particularly desperate for a fix ), and my family will never understand it.

On a side note, I'm originally from Harlingen, Texas, and if you find yourself there, turn around, because you're probably lost, and it's been scientifically proven that the town was built directly over hell.

There are many other people on this board that I would like to meet in person!

How exactly does one go about baking a dog and what do they taste like? Is a French Bulldog better tasting than, say, an English Bulldog?

My Great Dane, Willow, is needing an answer to this because I told her if she didnt stop carrying her brother Eddie around by his neck, I was going to send her to your Dog Bakery.

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Even though I never post on here because lurking is more fun..

I'm Alyx (that's how it's on my birth certificate - I swear) and I'm 20. I was born and raised in sunny south Florida but I've lived in Chicago for the past three years. I just graduated from Columbia College with a bachelors in journalism, although I have no idea what I'm going to do with it. I used to work at the aforementioned dog bakery with kateb (my spectacular roommate), but I'm currently unemployed and completely okay with it. I don't know what I want to do with my life so if you have any suggestions, send them my way!

Hello *looks around the room for any suspicious looking individuals... and continues* there.

My name is Sam. I'm from Statesboro, GA hence boroblues (Blind Willie McTell, Allman Brothers, anyone? anyone? Bueller?) I graduated from UGA with a degree in Agricultural Economics in 2006. I then got a 6 month work visa and moved to London, UK where I found a job working in a pub. I met some amazing, amazing people while there who I continue to stay in touch with.

I now live in Savannah, GA - beautiful, historic city. Mossy oak trees and SCAD hipsters abound. I'm lucky in the fact that I have a job (got hired about 3 months back) and that I happen to love it. I work for a small and growing company - Savannah Bee Company - we sell all kind of quality bee products - from honey and honey comb to lip balm and body butter, hmmmm. Here's our site - http://www.savannahbee.com/ -

To the folks who have recently graduated and are having trouble finding a job, my advice - TRAVEL - there are always jobs available in the service industry which you can find while nomading about. There's a whole world of wonderful people out there - go meet some.

edited to add - my avatar is a photo of Tom Waits.

Well, I'm a relatively new Avett fan. My name is Barbara. I'm 21 and just graduated from Wheaton College, which is in a suburb of Chicago. Now I'm back home in Dixie (TN to be exact) and working for my dad.

My real claim to fame is that while at Wheaton my roommate was none other than HONDO's daughter. Obviously she's the one who got me into the Avetts (though it took a live show to formally convert me).

Hello everyone. My name is Doug and I live in Pelham, Alabama (just outside of Birmingham). I'm 30 years old and got married last May to my beautiful wife. I work for a company that develops software for financial institutions to monitor potential fraudulent activity. I enjoy it b/c I get to travel all across the country w/ the job, so it's great seeing wonderful, new places.

It's been interesting reading about all of you and I hope to meet many of you at future Avett shows!

I graduated from Talladega High School in '96. I'm sure we have mutual friends. Lincoln isn't nearly as tiny as it used to be since the Honda plant moved in.

As one of my heroes, Steve McQueen, once said, "You cant go wrong with British Racing Green on anything."

Coupe or Fastback?

Well my name is Tim and I am married to Allie. You can read her post and gather some info on me. I tend to make myself older than I really am. Im a big kid at heart. I am an X-ray Tech. by trade but it is just something to do so Allie and I can have fun. I love my family, music, art, painting, and playing chapstick trivia in line at concerts. I drive a muscle car (Toyota Prius Hybrid). Im a sucker for M&M's, Cheetoes, great beer, and coffee but not all at the same time. I would love to have a show on the Travel channel or Food TV. Well thats about it. I know there is more but who really wants to know that much about me?

My name is Melanie. I'm Melly in real life only to my Mama, Effienite, and her beautiful little boy, Elijah. I am 32 years young, and I currently live in South Florida. My husband and I are about to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary, and we have two of the greatest kids on the planet -- Evan will be 10 in a few months (yep, we did things backwards, too), and Avery will be 8 this summer.

I am a fairly recent transplant to South Florida, from Atlanta, and I miss home somethin' awful. When I say home, though, I'm referring to the south in general. My parents are retired and living in the mountains of western North Cackalackee, and I hope to make my home in NC as soon as possible. My husband is the Executive Chef of McCormick & Schmick's seafood restaurant, and they are slated to open a store in Greensboro in 2010 (with a handshake promise that it will be ours). I'm putting all the good mojo I can muster out into the universe so that we can make that move a reality. I want to buy a nice little house in the woods somewhere (on a little land, so effienite can live there too), and live there until my grandkids are comin' to visit me.

Stephanie (effienite) is my best friend in the whole world (other than Michael), and she will never know just how much I love and admire her (but shhhh, don't tell her).

I am an only child, I'm married to my high school sweetheart, the love of my life, and my very best friend. We're both 32 years old, and we've been together for 17 years!!. My only true goal in life is to have fun, be a good wife, and raise healthy, brialliant, totally freakin' cool kids who grow up to be even cooler grownups. Evan and Avery are how I plan to make my mark on this world. So far, I think I'm doin' all right -- we'll see how I feel about them when my daughter hits 13. :laugh:

P.S. I have said this before, but I want to again extend an open invitation to come crash at my house in S. Florida anytime you like. It is pretty much sunny and 75 here all the time, and a little birdie told me there's a pretty great music festival coming here in March.

Hey there! I'm Taryn, I'm 21, originally from New Jersey, but going to school in Ithaca, New York. I absolutely love it here. I'm in my third year at Ithaca College studying Environmental Studies and Writing (jesssdad? I see your career is similar to my path, haha). Just to clarify, Hayduke is not my real last name, but rather the name of a character in Ed Abbey's "The Monkey Wrench Gang," which is quite a book. My real last name is Hubbard, and I too am an avid facebook user, so feel free to find a new friend on there.

Sometimes I work at a daycare and in a month or so I should be helping get a Sustainable Charter School started here in Ithaca, which I'm super excited about. My friends and I also plan to start an organic garden on campus, so I hope to be gardening all spring & summer. I currently live in a really crappy apartment, but next year my house has a wood stove, which I'm incredibly excited about.

I like hiking, camping, music, reading, playing, writing, walking places, food (all the time), drinking tea, taking naps, and watching deer. When I'm out of school I want to build a house in the mountains and have a goat.

I absolutely adore all of my Avett friends. I spent a week staying with a bunch of them, I've met others at shows, and I've waited in line for hours upon hours with them--and I would not trade these experiences for anything (not even the goat). I have a lot of wonderful people in my life, family (hey mom!) and friends, and I feel very lucky to have this life.

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That is so SUPER WEIRD! I graduated Lincoln in '97 and went to the UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO! Strange...