I was born in a tin shack in a swamp on the banks of the Kishwaukee River in Northern Illinois. That would have been some time after WWII, I don't exactly remember when. After about 12 years, the folks had myself and three other kids and couldn't catch enough muskrats and beavers to feed us all so, being the oldest male, I was forced out of the nest.
I hopped a freight, it was when John Kennedy was running fer President, and found myself in Green Bay, Wisconsin where I found work as a swamper on an ocean-going cargo ship.
We shipped out right away and soon I found myself in Brisbane, Australia, where I contemplated my next move a tad too long . . . . the ship sailed off without me!
I slept in alleys for only a week before I found work in a little pub, cleaning up after closing time. Finally! A Roof over my sorry head! I was paid a dollar a day with room and board so I was happy!
I fell in lust with a young barmaid which, of course, got her Pa after me. He meant to kill me so I lit out and hid on the docks until I found more swamper work and soon shipped out to Los Angeles, USA.
That town was way too big for a poor country boy so I thumbed a ride East and reached Phoenix, in Arizona, a Desert town, not yet too big.
From Phoenix I called back home and the Sheriff told me that my folks had lit out for Arizona a few months after I had left, figgerin' that, if there weren't no muskrat, there might be some stray cats in a city. They were already in Phoenix!
I soon rejoined my Family. Pa had found real work and they had bought a house on the edge of a cotton field West of town. I finished my schoolin' finally, after a year on the high seas, and took to bein' a Desert Rat.
After my schoolin' were all done, I hired on with the Arizona Highway Department. I stayed on that job, travelin' all over the Great Southwest, for 30 years, retired 9 years ago and moved to Southeast Arizona and been here ever since, in my little cotton farmin' town on the Banks of the Gila River.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: King Normie
Birthday: Some time after WW II
Birthplace: a swamp in Northern Illinois
Current Location: Rural Arizona, Chihuahuan Desert
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown/Grey
Height: 72 Inches
Right Handed or Left Handed: Depends on the Task at Hand
Your Heritage: Cro-Magnon
The Shoes You Wore Today: My Work Boots
Your Weakness: Tobacco, Booze, Purty Girls
Your Fears: Driving, Heights, Purty Girls
Your Perfect Pizza: Cheese, Sausage with plenty of Pizza Sauce!
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: New Year's Eve!
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: Huh?
Thoughts First Waking Up: "I'm Alive!"
Your Best Physical Feature: My Brain
Your Bedtime: When I am Tired
Your Most Missed Memory: Claudia
Pepsi or Coke: "Vodka & ________"
MacDonalds or Burger King: No
Single or Group Dates: I prefer two girls over one, three gets too complex.
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate, like any Good American!
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee
Do you Smoke: Yes!
Do you Swear: Hell No! What the Damn Hell you mean by that?
Do you Sing: Gloriously! Especially Scat . . . . .
Do you Shower Daily: Hehe
Have you Been in Love: Many, many times - most important, Claudia. . .
Do you want to go to College: OK . . . . cute little girls there, right?
Do you want to get Married: Who is asking?
Do you belive in yourself: Jesus First, King Normie Second
Do you get Motion Sickness: Nah!
Do you think you are Attractive: Gorgeous!
Are you a Health Freak: Only in my Old Age, unfortunately.
Do you get along with your Parents: Much better, now that they are dead.
Do you like Thunderstorms: Of Course!
Do you play an Instrument: Several. Harmonica, Recorder, Guitar, Banjo, etc.
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: A little . . . . .
In the past month have you Smoked: Maybe . . . Who is this, really?!
In the past month have you been on Drugs: nothing Illegal.
In the past month have you gone on a Date: I Date Myself.
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Nope! Not in the muddle of the Desert!
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: Nope! Diabetic!
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Canned Tuna! Raw Fish!
In the past month have you been on Stage: Every time I leave camp!
In the past month have you been Dumped: Yes
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: Hell, Yes!
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: A few Internet Hearts . . . .
Ever been Drunk: Today?
Ever been called a Tease: Yes
Ever been Beaten up: Within an inch of my life? Yes
Ever Shoplifted: Once, when I was 15. A 15-cent cigar. I still rue the day.
How do you want to Die: Quickly,Suddenly.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: A Cadaver
What country would you most like to Visit: Italy
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Doesn't Matter
Favourite Hair Color: Doesn't matter
Short or Long Hair: Long
Height: 4'8" to 5'4"
Weight: 80# to 120#
Best Clothing Style: Western Slut
Number of Drugs I have taken: Pretty much all of them, when I was younger.
Number of CDs I own: 40 or so.
Number of Piercings: None
Number of Tattoos: Two
Number of things in my Past I Regret: Various Friends that I have chased away.
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