REM Staff Bio – Marion Aitken

Role at REM:  

Customer Support Representative

Education:  

Diploma, Scientific and Technical Illustration

Work Experience:  

Photography Retoucher, Graphic Designer, Fine Artist, Administrative Assistant.

Something that Makes Me Smile at Work:  

Clever, unexpected, non-malicious pranks

Web site:

Don't have one.
 

Book:

Your God Is Too Safe by Mark Buchanan 

Food:  

Popcorn, chocolate, steak
 

TV Show:  
Don’t have a TV now, but was on a CSI kick when I had one.
 

Musical Artists: 
No favourites because I appreciate a huge spectrum of genres. Not a fan of Screamo though.  I can even handle Zydeco for a bit.
 

Time of Day:  
Dawn
 

Season: 
I like different things about each one.
 

Places in the World:  
Remote, pristine, breath-taking natural areas.
 

Recreational Activities/Hobbies: 
Hiking, biking, painting.
 

Sport: 
Ultimate.
 

App:  
Don’t have one.

Food:  
Curried-anything.

Activity: 
Cooking and shopping.

Time of Day: 
Between 10:00 pm and sleep.

Season: 
N/A

Place:  
Crowded, busy, loud places, bursting with people.

Best Thing Someone Said to You:  
When asked how he was, in casual, passing conversation, an elderly gentleman replied without hesitation: “I am smoother than the fuzz on a toad's wrist.”  
 

Favourite Quote: 
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs.  Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” 

- Dr. Howard Thurman
 

My Hero:  
People who don’t know they are heroes, who live life in ways that put others ahead of themselves.
 

One of the Things I Find Fascinating: 
That we can never know for sure what someone else’s ‘red’ looks like; is it the same as what I see as red?
 

Most People Don’t Know This About Me:  
I like spiders and can ride a unicycle.