JetBlack
12-02-2008, 06:25 PM
I was born in Olongopo bay, Zambales, on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines in 1968, during Viet Nam. Dad was a fighter pilot instructor at Subic bay. Moved nine times before I was four years old, including San Diego and Miramar (Fightertown USA) and Albuquerque, NM (NWEF or Nuclear Weapons Evaluation Facility) where dad dropped a mockup of a bunker-buster-type nuke into the desert sands and it penetrated so deep, it was never recovered :) I hear it made an awesome hole though. Dad helped develop the techniques for releasing a nuclear device, from an aircraft and managing to get far enough away that the curvature of the Earth would shield you from the blast.
My brother was born in Mississippi and a year later, we moved to Maryland (you gotta love a state whose official state sport is Jousting!)for a stint in the housing projects. Dad got a job at American Airlines and we were able to move out of the housing projects (I was "the white kid") and ended up in our own home, out of the military.
I lived in Severna Park, MD for about fifteen years. Attended Severna Park Senior High for three years, graduated in 1986 (weighing 155 pounds). Attended Anne Arundel Community College, for two years, before coming out to the University of Idaho, for (real) college, in 1988 (185 pounds). Played lacrosse for WSU, broke my neck in a skiing accident (possibly for the second time) and generally stumbled through college in an alcoholic haze (I recommend that technique regardless of your major).
I rolled my 84 Ford Bronco over in a hunting accident so I bought a motorcycle to get me through to graduation (195 pounds). Riding a motorcycle through Idaho winters sucks gigantic ass. Upon graduating, in 1993, I got an '86 Ford F-250 4x4 which I still have.
In 2001 I bought the 1979 Jaguar XJ-12, which sits in the driveway.
In January, 2003, I met Lisa (5'11" 140 pounds brunette :)), my girlfriend, who tolerates me and forgives me pretty good.
In 2003 I bought my house and got neighbors to annoy!
In 2005 (230 pounds), I ordered the 2006 Mustang GT with all the goodies it could come with that didn't make it weigh more or go slower. In 2006 I started racing it and the addiction began. Since then, cars have really been my hobby.
My brother was born in Mississippi and a year later, we moved to Maryland (you gotta love a state whose official state sport is Jousting!)for a stint in the housing projects. Dad got a job at American Airlines and we were able to move out of the housing projects (I was "the white kid") and ended up in our own home, out of the military.
I lived in Severna Park, MD for about fifteen years. Attended Severna Park Senior High for three years, graduated in 1986 (weighing 155 pounds). Attended Anne Arundel Community College, for two years, before coming out to the University of Idaho, for (real) college, in 1988 (185 pounds). Played lacrosse for WSU, broke my neck in a skiing accident (possibly for the second time) and generally stumbled through college in an alcoholic haze (I recommend that technique regardless of your major).
I rolled my 84 Ford Bronco over in a hunting accident so I bought a motorcycle to get me through to graduation (195 pounds). Riding a motorcycle through Idaho winters sucks gigantic ass. Upon graduating, in 1993, I got an '86 Ford F-250 4x4 which I still have.
In 2001 I bought the 1979 Jaguar XJ-12, which sits in the driveway.
In January, 2003, I met Lisa (5'11" 140 pounds brunette :)), my girlfriend, who tolerates me and forgives me pretty good.
In 2003 I bought my house and got neighbors to annoy!
In 2005 (230 pounds), I ordered the 2006 Mustang GT with all the goodies it could come with that didn't make it weigh more or go slower. In 2006 I started racing it and the addiction began. Since then, cars have really been my hobby.