Who are you??

[VINYLONE]

19 (going on 20) year old Canadian. Born in Germany. Parents escaped Kosovo during the early 90s when my dad lost his job with the state as an engineer (back when it was still Yugoslavia). The escaping-process is a very tl;dr story, so lets just say its a miracle that my family even made it to Germany, let alone immigrate to Canada.

I was around 3ish when I moved here. Parents didn't know if we would move back to Germany one day (LOTS of family there, almost none here) so me and my two brothers went to German school throughout our years of public education.


Currently going into my 3rd year of University, @ the University
of Alberta. Genetics major (shoutout to ma Boi Zulu) and an Organic Chemistry minor.

My MCAT is in 2 weeks time-- so I have aspirations to get into medical school. My marks are okay, my work ethic could still always be improved upon.



I'm 6'4", lanky as shizz, and 'olive-complexioned'. I, along with my
family, are Muslim much like (ballpark) 70% of Kosovo-Albanians.



Enjoy soccer, basketball, fashion, reading everything, and wasting ours on this time-zapping Internet community.


I'm a pretty nice dude too. Thank the 'rents I s'pose

So you're 22 now I'm guessing? I see now why you think about things the way you do. You're very idealistic and that's not necessarily a bad thing but it comes with the territory of being a young gun. Yes, you are a nice dude. That definitely comes across. Are you enjoying the music? You haven't really made a comment one way or the other.

 

[VINYLONE]

I'm Chris, with an L. Born 1985 in New Jersey. My family moved to STG in 89 and I've been here ever since. Grew up in a big mormon family, middle sibling of 5. Got my GED and dropped out of high school when I was 16. I've never done well in stuctured learning enviroments, and couldn't stand being around stupid teenagers all day. Immediately started working full time at 16. My best friend OD'd when I was 18, which hit me hard. I spent the next 2 years addicted to heroin. Ended up homeless for about 3 months, and finally ended up in jail. Realized if i didn't stop I wasn't going to live much longer. After getting released I went right into rehab, for 18 months. Learned a lot about myself and what I wanted to get out of life. Had my first child at 20 (surprise!) and that changed everything. Met my wife when I was 21. We dated for 2 years before getting married. We spent 5 years as husband and wife. Earlier this year she left me, still trying to peice it all together, probably won't ever know why. I'm now a single father to 4 beautiful children who mean the world to me. Nothing will ever compare to the joy I get out of being a dad. It's my life. These days I'm an automotive technician, have been for 7 years. I find the work challenging and rewarding, and the moneys not bad. I'm in a great place in life, and enjoy every day for what it is. I love playing video games, tennis, basketball, snowboarding, wakeboarding, watching the jazz, riding my motorcycle, drinking beer, and spending time on here.

That's me.

Yo Chris!

Great post. Short, sweet and to the point. Glad to hear you conquered your demons and have become a good father and a functioning member of society. I don't know if there's any history of addiction in your family but if there is, does it worry you that one of your children might be more prone to substance abuse?

In regards to your wife and you trying to understand it. Im guessing the simple answer if you're looking at the aggregate is that you two married too young. Women, obviously, as well as men, do so much changing in those formative years. Drinking beer is good.

 

[Deleted member 848]

So you're 22 now I'm guessing? I see now why you think about things the way you do. You're very idealistic and that's not necessarily a bad thing but it comes with the territory of being a young gun. Yes, you are a nice dude. That definitely comes across. Are you enjoying the music? You haven't really made a comment one way or the other.

Yes sir, 22 years of age. Still going for medical school, have aspirations to do an MPH and work with public health policy afterwards someday.


The music is ****ing FANTASTIC. I've shared your emails with many of my friends already-- I can't believe I've forgotten to give you feedback. It's really dope that you do that, and your taste in music is seriously sublime.


And yes, I'm idealistic, which I don't consider a flaw really.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Yes sir, 22 years of age. Still going for medical school, have aspirations to do an MPH and work with public health policy afterwards someday.


The music is ****ing FANTASTIC. I've shared your emails with many of my friends already-- I can't believe I've forgotten to give you feedback. It's really dope that you do that, and your taste in music is seriously sublime.


And yes, I'm idealistic, which I don't consider a flaw really.

Interesting, I'm flawed, which I really don't find ideal.

 

[The Midnight]

Interesting stories. I'm 44 from Australia, my names John & i haven't had a drink for 6 mon... hang on wrong meeting. Anyhoo a wife, 2 daughters and NBA league pass and that's all you need to live a happy life. I have two jobs, 75 % of my time i'm a Doctor of Optometry and the other 25% i'm a group fitness instructor. Big Jazz fan going back to the late 80's not really sure how that started, and have a thing for American history and the land itself. Not too much else to tell

Haha... gotta love it.


Add "Jazzfanz" to that and you've got my vote!!

 

[♪alt13]

Interesting, I'm flawed, which I really don't find ideal.

I'm not, it's perty great

ME ME ME
oh yeah buddy
I love me some me

 

[infection]

An update for me:

We're still living in Texas. We're eyeballing probably moving back to Utah in about a year. I'm originally from there and my wife's parents moved there about a year ago, so it makes sense. We hate burning our vacation to go to Utah. We've got three boys now but wife is due next week with another boy. About a year ago, I returned to playing basketball after an Achilles rupture about a year and a half before. First time back I ruptured the other Achilles. I'm now retired from basketball. I'm helping coach my oldest son's baseball team. Texas property taxes suck. I'll be taking leave from work for a week and a half starting Thursday, so that's good. I wish Ben Carson got more traction. I like the Philadelphian in Sandy and Kohinoor in Orem. We'd like to move back somewhere between South Jordan and Lehi. However, seems everything is getting congested and yards are smaller and smaller while house prices are going up. When I was in first grade I was with my grandma at Cottonwood mall and saw Mike Brown at the food court eating with a woman. He signed an autograph for me with my construction pencil from my tool belt I was wearing.

 

[Miggs]

BIO:
I am 40 years old, 6'2", 205 pounds, have lived in New Jersey my entire life, was the younger of two boys (my brother is now deceased) growing up, graduated in the top 10% of my high school class with a 3.33 gpa where I was also a 4 year varsity XC and T&F athlete, went to and graduated from The College of New Jersey where I was a first-team all-conference XC runner in the one year I ran and where I also underachieved academically (ie, never went to class) and graduated with a 2.73 gpa. Out of college, I was a headhunter for accounting positions for about four years. I have also had many other jobs during my lifetime including dock worker at a blueberry co-op, line worker at Ocean Spray, deli worker at a supermarket, waiter at Friendly's, host at Olive Garden, meter man for PSE&G, sales rep for a supplemental insurance company, and a temp worker at a law firm specializing in DUI cases, amongst others. I finally used my college degree to become a teacher in an urban district here in NJ for what's now 13+ years, first at the middle school level and now, high school. Growing up, my father was a high school teacher and later administrator while my mother was a registered nurse. I went to a one bulding K-8 school (in what was essentially a hardcore Piney town--think a lot of hicks, Jersey devil, like that) in which every single student was white except one and my 8th grade graduating class consisted of a total of 14 students. Then, I went to a Group 4 (large) high school which was abut 40% black, 40% white, with the rest being primarily Latinos. I assimilated relatively quickly though as my parents (dad most of all) raised us very well. I had a dog growing up from the age of 5-17.


Hobbies:
I enjoy sex, sports, reading, eating at great restaurants, the outdoors, and helping others. I love my wife and 1.5 year old daughter more than anything. We have a 12 year old Chow mix. I stopped gambling and have tried to simplify things, concerning myself with that which is most important.

 

[Stoked]

Another story about my 2 year old. Her nick name is Buddha.

My wife was just at home with Buddha and her younger brother. She was playing with the baby on the living room floor and Buddha came running into the room and jumped hard on her moms back. When my wife asked her why Buddha said and I quote "Deez nuts!" laughed and left the room. Gonna whoop her older sisters for teaching her that...

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

Another story about my 2 year old. Her nick name is Buddha.

My wife was just at home with Buddha and her younger brother. She was playing with the baby on the living room floor and Buddha came running into the room and jumped hard on her moms back. When my wife asked her why Buddha said and I quote "Deez nuts!" laughed and left the room. Gonna whoop her older sisters for teaching her that...

When you're done whooping her will you have her call me and explain what this is all about?

 

[fishonjazz]

Another story about my 2 year old. Her nick name is Buddha.

My wife was just at home with Buddha and her younger brother. She was playing with the baby on the living room floor and Buddha came running into the room and jumped hard on her moms back. When my wife asked her why Buddha said and I quote "Deez nuts!" laughed and left the room. Gonna whoop her older sisters for teaching her that...

Hilarious

 

[Stoked]

When you're done whooping her will you have her call me and explain what this is all about?

There are some short videos going around the internet with a black guy telling jokes with the punch line being "deez nuts" then he yells "got'em!". Kids think its funny and taught their little sister.

Edit: for the record I find it funny as hell and so did my wife but we cant let the kids know that.