{"id":44014,"date":"2016-08-10T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=44014"},"modified":"2016-07-05T11:27:28","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T15:27:28","slug":"uncommon-personalities-meet-justin-palamaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2016\/uncommon-personalities-meet-justin-palamaro\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Personalities: Meet Justin Palamaro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-47850 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/JustinPalamaro.jpg\" alt=\"Justin Palamaro | UncomonGoods\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Justin Palamaro, Graphic Designer, Creative<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>My hometown&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nBorn in <a title=\"New Brunswick, NY | Wikipedia\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey\" target=\"_blank\">New Brunswick, NJ<\/a>. Grew up in Dallas, TX and <a title=\"Monmouth Beach, NJ\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monmouth_Beach,_New_Jersey\" target=\"_blank\">Monmouth Beach, NJ<\/a>. Currently living in <a title=\"Jersey City, NJ\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey\" target=\"_blank\">Jersey City, NJ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m inspired by\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nSilliness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The word or phrase that best describes me\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nI think I\u2019m pretty reserved, at times creative, and conscientious to a fault. People might describe me differently&#8211;with good cause, I\u2019m sure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An uncommon fact about me\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nDue to an uncorrected early mistake, I eat peanuts with the shell on. Just the whole thing. It seems to be safe, and maybe even worth trying.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The best gift I\u2019ve ever given is\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nI guess I would need to poll past giftees, but I always feel best about the gifts and cards that I make.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The most beautiful thing I\u2019ve ever seen is\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nThe rushing Colorado River, beside my two cousins, from deep in the Grand Canyon as rain clouds gave way to sunshine, after a very long hike.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When I was little, I dreamed of\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nBeing <a title=\"Maverick | Top Gun Wikia\" href=\"http:\/\/topgun.wikia.com\/wiki\/Maverick\" target=\"_blank\">Maverick<\/a> from <a title=\"Top Gun (film) | Wikipedia\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Top_Gun\" target=\"_blank\">Top Gun<\/a> &#8211; played out in the imaginary cockpit of my childhood swing set. My best friend at the time played <a title=\"Goose | Top Gun Wikia\" href=\"http:\/\/topgun.wikia.com\/wiki\/Goose\" target=\"_blank\">Goose<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If I could travel back in time, I\u2019d\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\nIt seems like it would be pretty interesting and romantic to experience New York in the early 1900s; or it would be neat to observe my parents as youngsters; but I think I\u2019d feel some responsibility to attempt to derail a horrific historic event &#8211; cautionary tales about how altering the past can irrevocably damage the future, be darned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to an uncorrected early mistake, Graphic Designer Justin Palamaro eats peanuts with the shell on. 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