DURANIKA

I am basically a nutcase, so unless you know me, I wont add you. For those of you who do know me, here is some info that might remind you of the kookmiester I truly am.At the ripe age of 18 I joined the army, went to South Carolina and Oklahoma, ditched it after 6 months (story has to be told in person, sorry), came back to Orange County, randomly drove my friend to Santa Barbara that December and I stayed. I lasted about 6 months and then came back to Orange Country where I lived with some friends in an apartment 2 blocks away from my parents house. Good times. After that I ended up living in between OC and Riverside while I went to school, and when I got bored I went to San Diego to hang out and live with my friends. I did some school there as well. From San Diego, I decided I wanted to be a flight attendant, so I got myself hired with American and went to flight attendant school in Dallas for a few months. From there I ended up in Chicago. After 6 months and thanks to 9/11, I lost my job. I ended up going to school in Chicago and hanging out for 2 years, but during those two years, I moved back to OC for 1 month. From Chicago, I moved to Arizona to work as a paralegal. I was in Scottsdale for about 1.5 years, but during that time, I re-enlisted in the Army, but the National Guard this time and was away in South Carolina for 4 months getting my military paralegals degree. Upon my return to Arizona, I got bored and moved to New Mexico to be with my best friend and almost brother. I was there for about 6 months, (do you see the trend yet) and moved to New York. New York was an amazing 2 years. I could do 6 chapters alone. From the gay apartment with 10 roommates, all gay of course , to my apartment that burned down before I moved in. In NYC, I decided being a paralegal was boring so I became a Marketing Director overnight. I had 2 amazing gigs being the top boss. Oh, did I mention I was married to a Japanese girl for those 2 years!? Interesting eh? From New York City to the Big House for 30 days, I left and went to Washington DC to work for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, as a paralegal. My dream job. That lasted 2 months and then I came to Bolivia to find myself. In December of 06 I arrived in Bolivia. Instead of finding myself, I found myself a husband, Frederick. We were married in September of 07. I have been working as a Marketing Director and English teacher since my arrival. So, as you can read, I am a loon that loves to move and experience life. In between all my moves, I traveled around the world to some pretty cool places like London and Tokyo. A few hundreds of other places as well.My family is the most important thing in my life. I wouldn’t have said that a few years ago, but I have learned over the years that I was wrong. My mom is the only person in the entire world who is always there for me, good and bad. Now that I am in Bolivia and surrounded by my amazing cousins, I basically don’t have other friends. We just understand each other and are always together. Obviously, my friends are important as well. I live and breathe Rosie among others. My friends make me who I am. I have met some of the most amazing people throughout all of my moves and travels. For every city, I remember my friends more than anything. I am a psycho for keeping in touch via emails. My email updates are my way of keeping in touch with everyone who I have come in contact with. Since I have such an interesting lifestyle, I feel my updates are never that boring.My personality is absolutely insane. I can be north and south at the same time. Oh yeah, that’s why they call it bi-polar. At times it consumes me, but I have learned to regulate and cope. I think I can be funny and outgoing, but since I have been in Bolivia, I have let the life of the party title go to my husband. It is just not the same for me cause they all speak in Spanish and I usually get lost or bored mid-conversation. Plus all my witty comments and stupid jokes just don’t get translated well into Spanish, so I just say them to myself in my head and laugh alone. I am not the crazy drinker that some of you know me as. Shit, back in the days, I was known to get tossed on my lunch break, but now I have toned it way down. I still enjoy drinking but I am enjoying booze found only in Bolivia. (singani)As for the next chapter in my life, well I am moving back to Arizona for a bit. Not sure what will happen once I get there, but that is the plan for the moment.So that is pretty much the inside cover of my book. Oh yeah, of course I am writing a book. My life deserves a book. Who will read it? Well, my kids, grankids and Rosie of course!Smooches,Dave