Ten Things You Probably Didn\u2019t Know About Me<\/p>\n
Wow… Not sure what the people that would read this would not know about me. I am 53, balding and overweight. I live in Kentucky and work repairing computers. My days consist of going to work and coming home.
\nI am divorced. My 18yo son, Dylan lives with me and my 20yo daughter, Amy is in college.<\/p>\n
Last night I visited some of my Bohemian friends it was Walter’s 35th birthday. I have very talented musician friends.<\/p>\n
1. I played Saxophone in a song on an Album produced by a local radio station, LRS Homemade Album, (the first one), that got local AM air play. I was just out of HS and Gary Meeks is the acredited artist. Gary Meeks was know as Monkey by his friends. Monkey Meeks, Boney Armstrong, Mousey Spooner, and myself were the band Gary Meeks…. Oh, Gary Meeks is Travis Meeks father. Travis Meeks is\/with the band ‘Days of the New’<\/p>\n
(I was in band in High School, this one time at band camp…) (also I played guitar some in those complex garage band songs of the 60’s ie. Hang on Sloopy, Wild Thing, Gloria….)<\/p>\n
2. I am lazy. I could have walked over to the album cabinet and got out the album and provided you with the name of the song. (not that it would matter). Heck if I had a turntable with a usb connection I could have uploaded it to my laptop. <\/p>\n
3. I used to Rock Climb and Backpack. Neither of which I do anymore. I have lots of really cool pictures of me doing that. My son Dylan was quite shocked when I showed him pictures the other night. but I am quite lazy see no.2, and also I don’t own a scanner combination printer so I can scan them to my computer. Nor do I have a camera. You can take pictures of pictures with you digital camera and load them to your computer.
\nActually my phone is ancient and does not even have a camera on it.<\/p>\n
4. I do not text or IM. way too much effort. see no. 2. I do like to talk on the phone and enjoy visiting with friends on Friendburst and facebook.
\nI am not a blogger. I am just talking with friends and as in life there is always the possibility of making new friends.<\/p>\n
5. I used to have a good job, that ended in Aug. 2008. I survived by the grace of Unemployment benefits (thank you everyone) until I could land an entry level job and start my career over.
\nBut when I was financially solvent I spent my money dragging my children to 31 states. We have swam in 4 of the great lakes. We loved Biloxi Ms, it was one of the places we visited multiple times. Niagara Fall, Metropolis, IL, and others deserve mention. We visit Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta and Jacksonville enough that I know my way around without consulting mapquest.
\nI have drug Amy and Dylan to Meteor Crater, Roswell and Area 51.<\/p>\n
6. I collected Comic Books as a kid. I bought my first comic before I could read. I am currently selling off my Comic Book collection.
\nBut I enjoy Comic Book Conventions. My favorite is DragonCon in Atlanta. One year at DragonCon (said like Alison Hannigan in American Pie) we kept running into Darth Vader (David Prowse) and his good friend R2D2 (Kenny Baker) (who knew there was a little person inside the robot). It seemed whatever door we exited David and Kenny would be standing there having a smoke. I knew who they were but I would just nod and go on. I don’t believe you should interrupt a man while he is having a smoke there are areas of the convention for meet and greet.
\nSo there we were at the Mariott food court. Our trays of chinese food in our hands and no where to sit. David and Kenny see us and they motion us over and we sit with them. One of the first thing David said to me was “You’re not a StarWars fan, are you?” I said, “Oh no, I think the first movie was the best movie ever made. I just believe you don’t interrupt a man when he is trying to enjoy a smoke” and everyone started laughing.<\/p>\n
7. I read, I read a lot.
\nNo really, I read a lot. My bedroom has built in book shelves. I read SF, Mystery, classics, History, Westerns, non-fiction. I don’t know, I read a lot.
\nNow, I used to remember everything. Now…. well lets just say that re-reading is much more enjoyable now.
\nTolkien, Bill Bryson, Wambaugh, L’amour are some of my favorites. I have the Xanth series in Hard back. I have the Narnia series in hard back (well Amy has them now at school)<\/p>\n
8. I am a Christian, a Methodist, in particular. I am a liberal. There are lots of liberal Christians. Probably half of all American Christians are Liberals (many polls, not just my guessing) Methodists are middle of the road in the left to right political spectrum. I read a lot about religion.
\nI think “The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings” is a very interesting read.
\n“101 Myths of the Bible” by my favorite atheist Gary Greenberg is very interesting. also the classics “why bad things happen to good people”, and “the Way” are well worth reading.<\/p>\n
9. I am Straight and a long time supporter for equal rights for Gays. I think the application of property rights and next of kin rights towards people that are not married are discriminatory. <\/p>\n
10. I have lots of Bohemian friends in real life. I have always been able to be Bohemian enough and straight (not in the sexual orientation sense) at the same time. I love Theater people. I have dabbled in the theater but that is all. My Children were exposed to the Theater and played in School and Community Theater productions. Amy was in a Community Theater production of Annie and Dylan was Winthrop in the Music Man, but they are currently involved in other life pursuits. <\/p>\n
Oh hell, none of that was very funny and you probably already knew that.<\/p>\n
Joko, I also play basketball, but to be honest my better days are behind me. I did play a basketball game with my second generation cousins at the family reunion.
\nAnd I play the guitar, but I’m not very good. But I enjoy it. <\/p>\n
Nothing I love better that passing the guitar back in forth with my son Dylan and practicing some songs or riffs.<\/p>\n
Oh… I am a Cancer. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Addendum: Joko has asked me to tag 5 other people. Alrighty then….
\nI tag:<\/p>\n
Some People’s Kids
\nSnugglePot
\nMariGV
\nFreebird
\nAnd Angelica Wandering Angel<\/p>\n
Share something juicy \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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