Welcome Me, to the City of Blogger

A little about myself:

I'm a gen-xer happily living a mundane life in a community nestled in Suburban Chicago. I have the typical family with a wife and 2 kids. The only thing that I'm missing is the white-picket fence and the family dog. however, if either of my well-spoiled daughters expresses any interest, the dog may be around the corner! :)

The one thing that kind of makes me unique is that I work alongside my father and brother in a business that has been in the family for decades. There are definitely certain perks that I enjoy at work, but as anyone out there (who has worked w/family) can tell you, there are definite fallbacks as well. Yes, I admit, that it's kind of nice that I can spend so much time with my dad and I find it pretty cool that we all get to work towards a common goal. But, on the other hand, I will never have a professional life that is completely seperate from my personal life. Everything I do at work will, and has, flowed over to my personal life, and vice versa.

I am a product of the Chicago Archdiocese School System for 12 years, where I was your typical uninterested, average student. I really didn't care much for school, as far back as I can remember. I'm just not good in that setting. With that being said, I still decided to go to college. I decided on the out-of-state, very expensive, University of Iowa. As I said earlier, I was not a very good student, but still decided to risk thousand of my parents' $$$ and try my luck at college. Well, that turned out to be a bad investment on my parents' part because I didn't live up to my part of the deal. I didn't do a damn thing while I was there, academically. I was a complete waste of an enrollment for the university. I was a "student" in name only. It was depressing knowing that 1) I was wasting hard-earned money that my parents' entrusted to me and 2) was losing faith that I would ever amount to anything.

Sounds awful, doesn't it?

With that being said, I wouldn't trade my Iowa days for anything in the world. Those days were absolutely fantastic. Probably the most fun I've ever had in my life. It was where I met my future wife. It was there where I tasted my true sense of freedom and began to form my own opinions on issues, not just relying on beliefs and information which I had grown up believing (i.e. religion, politics, music, etc.).

So, as this blog continues, I guess I will be sharing some random thoughts on life, current events, pop culture, and any other thing that pops into my dumb little head.

So, here it goes.....