[enactolaelant]

Thought I would start a poll,

1. How old were you when you first APed?

early childhood, emerged as a coping mechanism amidst violent disciplinary upbringing (of course i wasnt aware until many years later, late 30s saying 'aha')

2. What other abilities do you have?

i can whistle like a bird

3. Any children?

one, my 23 year old Son. plus several of his high school friends that didn't have dads at home, so they see me like a 'dad'. they all call me Daddy O'

4. Where ya from?

conceived in California and born in Bitburg Germany, first 11 years as a military brat. we never lived anywhere very long. from 11 - present in Kentucky

5. most memorable moment of your childhood, adolesence, or adulthood

childhood - two really, saying goodbye to my Dad at a train station as he left for Vietnam, and a year later, meeting him on the runway as i broke free and bolted out the glass door, ran out on the runway and leaped into his arms. 1969

adolesence - berry pickin with my Grandma and her fearlessness of snakes, she wading into the briary thickets for berrys, her hoe in one hand and bucket in the other, she chopping any snake into pieces to get to them berrys. the mid-late 70's

adulthood - birth of my son to the point of his having grown up and left home, seems like it had all happened in the blink of eye. 1987-2006

6. Favorite movie or book

movie - chitty chitty bang bang, first movie i ever saw in a theatre

book - Animals Nobody Loves - Ronald Rood

7. Coke or pepsi?

The cold bottle of Coca Cola that we used to get for a dime out of the machine on hot summer days of growing up.

8. Charlize Theron or Angelina Jolie?

Theron of course, she actually can act. and she isnt boney

9. Brad Pitt or Hugh Jackman?

Jackman of course, he actually can act.

10. If you could have any job/career what would it be?

well, orginally I dreamt of being a marine biologist. but....have been a carpenter, all phases of construction/remodeling for 13 years. worked in an auto manufacturing plant on the assembly line for over a decade. have served in the military for 6 years. even worked in a shoe department once at a Kmart. have helped plant 10's of thousands of trees in the reclamation of stip mining and moutain top removals in eastern ky. worked at a gas station for over a year right out of H.S.. worked at a feed store once as a teen. worked as a hoot owl security guard once, a second job to make ends meet. worked for a florist, delivering flowers once.

all in all, i am probably qualified to be a Walmart Greeter if the cost of living keeps increasing while every thing we owe for depreciates. Hello, welcome to Walmart!!

my hindsight advice: do what you love, make your life as a Vocation interactive with Human needs. a job/career (occupation) can deliver many things, the fleeting sense of accomplishment. real accomplishment is in looking back on life, feeling as if you've done what you loved. i loved carpentry work, but at the time the pay scale was getting lower compared to new construction's rapid growth - quantity of profit vs quality of product , so i opted for factory work because of the astronomical income growth, but the more you make the more you spend on a bigger lifestyle, not to mention, i wouldn't wish on anyone an assembly line job that blows out your whole body and dehumanizes the human in 'being'.

honesty has a way of working out in the latter years of life's need. until then, we believe what we want to believe, whether it is honestly true or not.