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Uncommon Personalities: Meet Gaby Germaine

January 26, 2016

Gaby Germaine, UncommonGoods Creative Director

My home town is…
Smack dab in the middle of the heartland, Van Meter, Iowa.

I’m inspired by…
Hard working people, nature, color, and kindness.

Working at UncommonGoods, I’ve learned…
That this Thomas Edison quote I love is 100% accurate. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” I have been fortunate enough to work with and learn from some amazing people who have not been afraid to work and to work hard.

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Uncommon Personalities: Meet Anuli Akanegbu

November 20, 2015

Anuli Akanegbu | UncommonGoodsAnuli Akanegbu, UncommonGoods Vendor Relations Associate

My hometown is…
Laurel, MD. The city of Laurel has land in three counties, so you now know my home town, but not where I’m from. Weird, right?

When I was a kid my favorite television program was…
“Arthur” even though I never understood how an aardvark could have a dog as a pet. I still watch the show occasionally on Netflix. The show has some pretty catchy songs like the “Library Card Song.”

My style is…
All black everything. Despite having a pretty colorful apartment, these days I mostly wear all black with hints of colors like grey and navy blue. I know that doesn’t really count though, but I fully believe that nothing is the new black. Plus, I think there is something sophisticated about the color black. Maybe because it’s harder to tell when you spilled something on your shirt.

My guilty pleasure is…
Watching British reality shows on YouTube. Not the good ones either, I’m talking about “Jersey Shore” quality here.

If I won the lottery, I’d…
Start off by paying my student loans and see how much I have left. How much did I win, exactly?

When I’m not working, I’m probably…
Scouring the beauty section for the perfect shade of “nude” nail polish, watching “30 for 30” films on Netflix and perfecting my recipes for guilt-free desserts.

An uncommon fact about me…
My name means “joy” or “daughter who brings happiness” in the Nigerian language of Igbo.

Would you rather…Only speak and write in clichés for an entire day, or ride a tricycle to work through the snow?
I pretty much only speak in clichés and random pop culture references, so that would just be a regular day for me.

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Uncommon Personalities: Meet Sean Cullen

November 12, 2015

Sean Cullen | UncommonGoods

Sean Cullen, UncommonGoods Human Resources Project Manager

My hometown is…
A New Jersey suburb, DON’T JUDGE ME.

I’m inspired by…
People who do good, literature, travel, and television commercials.

An uncommon fact about me…
I had a piece accepted to McSweeneys Internet Tendency. I’m 95% confident this is what Ben Franklin’s To Do list looked like. I can also name the starting five for every NBA Basketball team during the 1995-1996 season.

In high school, were you a nerd, geek, jock, a popular kid, an academic achiever, a drama kid, arts kid, juvenile delinquent, mean girl, goth, student body president, or some other type?
D. All of the above.

Something that always makes me laugh…
Is when my 94 year-old Nan eats Pop Rocks.

When I’m not working, I’m probably…
Eating pork buns or sitting in a sauna, sometimes both.

If I could meet anyone, living or not, I would choose…
Living.

My relationship with Mother Nature is…
Let’s just put it this way – the measure of our mutual attraction has never been stronger.