THE REAL ALMERINDO

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      The real Almerindo is a a man who grew up in Italy as a child before making a move to Canada. He has a very deep voice and it sounds almost like a drunk slur due to his Italian accent.He works at two different Fortinos in Toronto, Ontario and he loves it. Every time he gets a day off he sighs and says, "I don't know what I'm Going to do here." So he trys to get as many shifts as possible, which is why he works daily. Whenever I ask, "Are you working today?" He replies and says "I work 8 days a week."

      His daily habits consist of going to work in the morning, coming home at 2pm, taking a nap till 3, cooking from 3 to 6 and then he goes back to work at 7.When its the summer time, he works in the morning, comes back at 1, goes into the garden until 3 or 4, cooking till 6 and then going back to work at 7. When he's not working he has a get together with his wife (Gina) and his daughters and their husbands, Angie and Angelo (along with me their son), Stefanie and Dino and Cristina.

    The get together is all about food. Almerindo gives you plate after plate. If you eat one plate, its enough right? Wrong says Almerindo. "You people don't eat," he sometimes says. In conversation, if we bring up food places like McDonalds he would say: "I don't eat that shit."  At times Almerindo may say things like "Ah Shut Up" or call people (like the neighbours who cut down his tomato plants) "A Piece of Shit." Thats the real Almerindo.

     The Almorindo in "Life Is Hell" is 90% the real Almerindo and 10% exaggerated. For example hes not a Alcoholic like he is in the show. He tends to have a drink every now and then but not to the extreme where he's overly drunk.

-Andrew Di Pardo