Thanks for doing these Lyn. <3
Let's see, I'm 28, I live in Kent, Washington, and I develop defense software for somewhere that starts with a B and ends with Oening. I also have the coolest brother, who is 31 with a wife and two kids. Overall, I'd say my life has been a very fortunate one with some bumps in the road, but probably nothing more than most other people have had to deal with. I guess I'll start from the beginning.
I was born in Scottsdale, AZ when my dad was a base labor construction worker and mom worked as a bank teller. We were poor, lived in a small trailer and I wore clothes that were hand-me-downs from my brother, and made by my mom. I guess I was a very liberal little kid, running out of the house and stripping off clothes, terrorizing the neighborhood with my two year old hotness. I don't remember all that, but I am reminded of it often from my mom. Anyway, my dad is the hardest worker I've ever seen, and through his hard work (as well as my mom's), he worked his way up the construction ladder. Until the 1st grade, we moved pretty much every two years - to Colorado, Texas, back to AZ, back to CO, back to Texas, so as a young kid, I never had many real friends other than my bro. Things changed when my dad got a job to help build the Saturn manufacturing plant in Tennessee.
We moved up to this really small town of about 2000 people in Chapel Hill, TN where I started 1st grade. Normally, you'd think a town that small wouldn't be too welcoming to newcomers, but it was exactly the opposite - we were immediately accepted and befriended by most everyone. Within days, I met a guy that'd become one of my lifelong friends, Aaron. His family also pretty much adopted my family...their family clan lives all within two miles on the same road, a road that bears the family name. We're the only family that they'll sell land to (who aren't blood related). Fantastic people, I love em to death. So, from 1-6th grade, TN became where I "grew up". Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end.
Right before 7th grade, we moved up to Spanaway, WA. I'll cut a lot of other stuff out, but I was pretty depressed, went in to get a physical for football and the doctor looked at me and said, "
ou're fat, you're never going to have a social life being that fat", which promptly crushed any self esteem and self worth I had at the time. This problem would plague me for about 12 years. I pretty much developed the same body complex I've heard women deal with, so on that level...I can relate. I had a hard time talking to new people, women especially. I wasn't very outgoing, prefering to spend time at home reading books or just hanging out with my best buds (all of which remain my best friends to this day). That sort of cycle continued throughout high school, and into college.
I graduated HS with a 4.0, valedictorian, captain of the football and track team, blah blah. I got accepted into and graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 2001. My first real job was for a military contractor doing support things for the software on the Stryker and other Army vehicles. It sucked, I hated it and moved on to the current gig, where I work on an Australian bird sorta like the AWACS. Fun stuff, I love it here.
Now I'm single, professional, and enjoying the hell out of life.
With regards to other aspects, I'm very interested in social dynamics, especially with regards to dating. I mentioned earlier the part about being bad with girls due to lack of confidence or love for myself, which I changed about 4 years ago. I realized I'd been getting into bad relationships because girls liked me, not because I chose a girl that was a good fit for me and what I have to offer. I didn't like myself, which was dumb because how could I offer a girl anything if even I didn't like what I would give her. So I changed it. I found certain materials that helped me improve myself, figure out how to love myself, and be a better person. I developed what people call "game", and I learned how social interaction works to the point where I'm in complete control over my success with women. I learned how to relate and talk to women in a way that we both "get" each other, which a ton of guys really have no idea how to even comprehend. More importantly than just chicks, it lead me to be a better person overall. The fun part is knowing that I can be as wildly successful dating as I want to be.
Me in a short(ish) way. Oh yeah, some random facts - I've been the best man in 4 weddings (always the maid of honor, never the bride lol). I have two cats, both are black as night. I do the martial arts style Krav Maga, as well as train under the Bas Rutten MMA system. I think mornings are the bane of my existance (unless you count 4am and me not having gone to sleep yet). I very much dislike negative people. I'd probably have sex with DE if I drank Jager.
Feel free to ask any questions, another thing you'll find about me is there's not a question I won't answer.
Thanks for reading, and if you didn't:
SUMMARY: I was born, I grew up, and if you were on fire, I'd probably piss on you to put it out. Probably.
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"Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we
enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." FDR
