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chrisinbama

Relax, it's just me.

About Me


If you're really interested...I was born a poor Black child. Wait...that's not right. In fact, that's just not true at all! OK OK. Let's start over, shall we?
I was born in Providence, RI but moved to Birmingham, AL when I was but a wee girl of 5.
I went to a number of different schools in my younger years (elementary school) up until I hit Barrett. Stayed there til it was time to leave for high school, whereupon my friends and I all headed to the much-anticipated Banks. Of course, it is no longer a high school, which saddens me. (My graduation pic there to the left)
Anyway, not going to go into all the high school stories here...at least not at this juncture.
After graduation I went into the Navy. 1st stop: Orlando, FL for boot camp. Next: NATTC Memphis (actually in Millington, TN) for AD "A" School. I did well enough there to have my pick of duty stations after that, and I picked Pensacola, FL. I was assigned to VT-4, a training squadron. It was cool because we shared our hangar & flight line with the Blue Angels...as well as the wash rack! I will have to post some pictures of that somewhere.
Lots of significant things happened in Pensacola. I met my future ex-husband there. We had two children. First was Joshua, born in Pensacola Naval Hospital (1986). We got spouse duty to NAS Agana, Guam where baby number 2, (strange...it absolutely would NOT let me use the number sign here...had to spell out the word. How weird.) Heather, was born at the Naval Hospital in Agana (1987). Soon after, I got divorced here as well. And good riddance to his @$$ too!
Guam was the coolest place ever! I made awesome friends and memories in every place, but there was something special about Guam the place as well...like the island itself was its own character. I would like to go back someday...I still have local friends there that I'd like to see again. I'd like to show Heather her birthplace.
Moved on to Kingsville, TX...I was stationed at "The Grove". This would be my last duty station, and after completing ten years, I became a civilian again and moved back to Birmingham, AL.
I made a lot of mistakes in those paragraphs, but none of which seemed like a mistake at the time...duty stations and job field moves in particular. No way for me to know ahead of time how those would turn out.
Anyway, so here I am.
Right now, as of this writing, I work at * Diamond Studios. We just moved this past week from Homewood out to Hoover. Whatever. Things aren't going to change because of a new building. That's really all I have to say on that.
OK..that's it until I decide to make changes on my page.
THE END
*NOTE: Ha! No, I don't work at Diamond any longer. I just couldn't take any more of the freaky little man. I mean, enough is enough after all. Working at a new place now. 'nuff said.

My Interests



All things Star Trek (except Enterprise...sorry Scott. I tried.)
Asian & Native American folks and stuff
All things Japanese
Computers/graphics/
internet/web design, etc./
Drawing (calligraphy)/
Braille
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I'd like to meet:



Music:

Oldies
♥ Chapman James! ♥
Soft Rock
Melissa
k.d.
Still listening to my 80's music too, particularly my Contemporary Christian Music
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Movies:


Empire of the Sun
Big Eden
The Last Samurai
( ♥ Ken Watanabe! ♥ )
American Beauty
Most of Kevin's stuff...but, sadly, not all.
Dances With Wolves
Field of Dreams
Pay It ForwardThe Wedding Banquet
Saving Face
Gosh...so many others. I'll have to update this list.
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Television:

♥ HOUSE!! ♥
CSI (Grissom...not the others!!)
Heroes!!!
Lost
Ghost Whisperer
Any gay shows (even if they're bad I have to watch!)
Way too much reality TV.
Whatever's on Logo & ShowTime when I get my 'big cable' back on!! ;o)
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Books:

Harry Potter
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My Blog

Banks High 25 Year Class Reunion

So...my 25 Year Class Reunion is coming up!  If you were in my class, and you have somehow found yourself on my MySpace Blog, please send me a message so I can give you some important information...
Posted by chrisinbama on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:23:00 PST

Remembering little Bronner Burgess

This is such a tragic thing...I still can't believe it really happened, but Rick Burgess' youngest, Bronner (aka "Cornbread"), drowned in the family pool Saturday. I can't begin to imagine. It is so...
Posted by chrisinbama on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:17:00 PST

OK....is that better?

Yeah...so I fixed everything.  Like it?  I like it.  I think it's very cute.  
Posted by chrisinbama on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:12:00 PST

Christmasy MySpace

OK...so I changed my profile to be Christmasy and now it's hard to read.  I know.  I'll work on the fonts later...no time right now...I made the background and only had time to code for the...
Posted by chrisinbama on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:01:00 PST

Iron Bowl 2007

17-10 Auburn!  Woohoooo!!  SIX, Baby...SIX!!!!!
Posted by chrisinbama on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:27:00 PST

Hilarious

Don't get me wrong...I love that Dumbledore was gay...that's awesome...I do wish it was the glorious Richard Harris version that got to revel in it tho. Anyway, that's all fine and dandy, but have you...
Posted by chrisinbama on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:51:00 PST

Yes, I did my own layout. (too bad it looks crappy in IE)

Just saying that in the title so it will show up on my front page.  Cuz I'm smart like that. ;o) So anyway...here is how it looks in FF...like it should: Note that you don't see any stupid line ...
Posted by chrisinbama on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:39:00 PST

USE FIREFOX PEOPLE! (esp to view my layout)

I just want to reiterate that I do all my stuff in Firefox...cuz it's the bomb...and I forget to even check how it looks in IE...and of course, every time I change something I find out later on down t...
Posted by chrisinbama on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:39:00 PST

Luciano Pavarotti


Posted by chrisinbama on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:28:00 PST

Work gossip

Some people just piss me off sooooo bad!!!  Check this out...you're not gonna EVEN believe this... blog blog blog Susan Susan Susan blog blog blogblog blog blog Susan Susan Susan blog blog blogbl...
Posted by chrisinbama on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 03:04:00 PST