Well, about me.., For the most part, I'm a pretty private guy,..I lived out west for most of my adult life, Worked inner city L.A., Thru the 80's and 90's, Inglewood, Elmonte, Slauson, South broadway, Alvorado st, Alhambra, Valley view blvd., S. Pasedena, Santa Ana, 5th street, South Central, (right near morning side high school), Eagle Rock, Long beach, City of commerce, azusa... North Hollywood,..(whats a white boy from cheektowaga doing here), From riots to drive bys, I was a changed person,..as you could imagine, Some days,... it was hard just to breathe. Not from the smog,... just from the life here...... Alot of great people living there tho...A business guy, a manager, for a few companies, Pretty tough and challenging work,... Before that, when I was a kid, Late teens early 20's, I was a singer in a rock Band in the 70's, ("BEOWULF"), I did some acting,..theater, for a few years...Played piano , a little bit,... did a little song writing,..played percussion,... a drummer,Pretty good at that,.. Did a few NFL Half time shows, Drum and Bugle corps., out of Rochester ny...Pretty cool stuff.......... And then back in L.A.,... Had a shoe store in Hollywood in the early 80's,..Met alot of upcoming actors,...Having no idea, People you met thru work, or a wattress you would meet, Now I know today,..At that time living the moment,..Hell,.. Thats when Merv Griffin still had his TV show on vine, The Whiskey was closed down, cause of the punk rockers rioting every night,.... The Aquarius theater had star search,... And Macgyver was filming at the bank bldg, on vine and sunset....(great bar on the top floor upstiars),..And alot of little neighborhood bars, with little wall lamps, so dark you could'nt see your hand infront of your face, Where people were making backroom deals, For movies or TV shows...Or on the next new talent they discovered,...I wasn't a hollywood brat,... but,...I stould back,... and watched,...Laughed a little bit..And thought,.. If everyone else knew,... Somebody's gonna make alot of money,...They had no flash bulbs or crazy photog's in their face,...No security,..Just bouncers, looking out for their little cash hand outs,..protecting the people, they knew ,who had money,...just like any other city where people new people, who had money,...But this was Hollywood,...And I realized, people here,.. had power,..And that's just the way it was back then,..But times have changed,..And after all that,...Back then,..Took a job working inner city,...The war zones of L.A., On the outside, Most people had no idea... (active duty), thats what we called it, Managing companies for the wall street Gods to make them a profit.. They were killing each other here,..I wanted no part of it..You show them respect, They keep blowing your windows out. There was no more moral value to what they were thinking..., But I stuck it out,... and stayed through the worst time of that cities history....There was no glamour here,... like in Hollywood,...Beverly Hills, Malibu,... or south orange county,... (inner city L.A.), Hmmmm...(what a tough place..),.. 10,12 years of that, and a divorce, was enough,....Thats pretty much how it was there.........Alot of great people living there...will never forget..... Moved to Newport Beach, (Blackies by the sea, The Beach ball , Woodys Warf), Nice places to hang out at.. Oh my God, I never knew people could make the amount of money they did down here,..not me tho.. From Movie Stars, to a guy named Edmund, who owned a lear jet dealership... What a great place, All good people, they all live in a bubble, but you have to forgive them tho,.. South Orange County, Balboa, Lido Island, (scary dark ride), Newport landing, Anaheim Hills, Fashion Island, Yorba Linda, Brea, Irvine, What a world down there,.. Then it was time to move on,.......... Ended up in Vegas, working like a dog, with everyone else, creating that monster in the desert, and then, back here,..(Western New York)... among other things too... been back for a few years or so, and now I Paint.., and life is ok..And I'm here for now..., but who knows..I come from a good family, all good people, lots of nephews and nieces, and alot of love...It's been one hell of a ride. And time to take the seatbelt off." On this journey through life, we have alot of memories, and the new dawn of each day, will bring you more".......... I don't ski, skate, hunt, or ride a ski-doo, not that there's anything wrong with these things, I'm here, like most of us, Looking for tho's, That makes you smile, makes you laugh, makes you feel good inside, the one who gets your attention, when you least expect it. I have had great highs and lows in my life, very grounded person, easy going, (life is to short to be any other way), takes alot to get me rattled. I have passion toward life, work, and the special people who will be in my life...(not in that order tho..),.......... Me, I'm like a dog,.You treat me good?..,I'm very faithful, loyal, best friend, good listener, Honest, I obey, I don't run away, You let me out once in a while?, I come back home,..and when you give me a RIDE?., hmmmm., That'll make me real happy! ... Don't take it all so serious tho....
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