Who are you??

[Stoked]

Wow, that's horrible. I hope your circumstances change at some point and you have a chance to get to know your daughter.


There used to be two couples in my current ward like that, or actually it was two brothers married to two sisters. Compounding the situation, the two brothers were identical twins.

When I found out my wife and I talked long and hard about it. We debated or months on what to do. I want to know her. She's mine. But the more we looked the more we realized that her mother provided her with a good life. Mom is married, has an older and younger child, and this little girl (would be 10-11 now) has only ever known this man as her father and those two siblings as her siblings. She has never known a life without them. She look healthy and happy. Who am I to ruin that? I can't, in good conscience, ruin her family life when it is a good one.

If she ever looks me up I am more than willing to explore a relationship. But she has a good life and I don't want to take that from her. It would be different if she had a bad life, no father, lonely, mistreated...but she isn't. And All it took was one look at her to know, in my soul, that she was mine. She looks EXACTLY like my other daughters with simply a darker shade of skin and hair since her mom is a latina.

 

[fishonjazz]

I'm guessing your life experience is what makes you the rad dude you are today. Seriously, you have this sense of equanimity to you and I think that's why I consider you one of the chillest dudes on the board. Def beer sharing worthy.

What was the impetus for leaving home at that age? And the bouncing around? I appreciate the trying everything once. Have you tried a strong massage on the perineum during fellatio? You'll be hooked. I tell ya.

Lol, what a way to end a post!

I left home at 18 to head down to cedar city to go to school...
Not 100% sure why I moved so much or why I had so many roommates. I guess I just didn't really have any possessions or anything to tie me to a house/apartment so it was easy for me to move.
I also liked being in a new clean place in new areas. It was somewhat exciting I guess. Often I moved because a friend needed a roommate, or I broke up with a girl I was living with. Sometimes I got kicked out of places for damages. Hell, sometimes me and the person/persons I was living with turned the place into such a ****hole that I would move simply to be in a clean place.
I lost allot of money from deposits that I never recouped. Sometimes I would tell my sister that she could have my deposit if she was willing to go clean the place up. She did a few times, poor thing.
I think I'm the way I am partly due to laziness lol. It's much easier to just be nice to people and like people and get along with them than it is to be a dick to people and have hate for people.
It exhausts me to argue and be angry. So it makes my life easier to just be chill to people.

I still do have a bit of an anger issue at times but it's pretty minor these days thank god.


Come to the bowling alley for the mini meet up on Friday! ( I know you can't due to distance)

 

[JazzGal]

I was born 55 years ago on an Air Force Base in England. My life's been significantly less interesting since then.

I'm a recent Jazzfanz returnee, and it hasn't changed much in the past few years.

***

I guess I can do a little better than that.

Raised in Ogden, lived most of my adult life in Salt Lake, now back to Ogden area. Went to Weber State and Utah State but didn't finish my bachelor's degree. Worked for 25 years as a legal secretary, and now I work in accounting for the State of Utah. I've been a Jazz fan since 1983, about the time my love of sports kicked in, and I have fond memories of Jazz games in the Salt Palace. Due to health issues, my life is rather simple at present, but I make sure to fill it with friends, family, books, sports, and whatever cultural events I can manage.

I've become much less religious and much more liberal in the past few years (likely a surprise to those who knew me back in the day). Jazzfanz played a part of changing my thought processes as I was exposed to a wider variety of people and opinion than I had previously been. So thanks for that - it was long overdue.

 

[VINYLONE]

White male, 30s. Born in Utah but have lived in Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, Memphis and Honduras. Married and have kids (all girls). I like to play with my kids, Jazz, Broncos, read, movies, cook and watching UGLI try and act like he isn't interested in the WingNutz waitresses.

How many kids do you have? Also, what do you do for a living?

 

[VINYLONE]

I am 42 years old, 5'8.5" 165 lbs. Have lived in Missouri, Connecticutt, Maryland, Austria, Maryland again, Utah, Germany, Utah again, California, Maryland a third time, Wisconsin, and finally Utah a third time (in that order). LDS mission to Germany from 1989-1991, still very active in the church. Married, 2 kids. Physics professor. Jazz fan since 1991.

Hobbies: I sing in the Utah Baroque Ensemble. I used to play table tennis very regularly, but that's lapsed a bit. Reading. Helping run Jazzfanz. Bike riding, depending on the weather.

I'm guessing you have issues with your height? Colton, I had no idea you were a physics professor. No idea. You also have one year on me in regards to our Jazz fanship. Go Jazz!

 

[VINYLONE]

22 year old Environmental Economics major @ MSU

Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, moved to Ocean Springs, Mississippi when I was 11. Lived in Baton Rouge for a year when I went to LSU for my freshman year, then transferred to MSU and now live in Starkville.

Part-time delivery driver for Domino's pizza.

Hobbies include: Playing basketball, working out, hiking, reading, gambling, biking, boozing, and trolling PKM on Jazzfanz.

6'2(ish) white male and about 190 lbs.

Considering this post is two years old, I assume you graduated or are close to graduating? If you did graduate, did you get a job in that respective field?

 

[Stoked]

How many kids do you have? Also, what do you do for a living?

I have 5 kids, 4 daughters and a son (surprise!). The oldest two kids are not mine or my wife's biologically. I work for the gov.

 

[colton]

I'm guessing you have issues with your height?

LOL, maybe. Actually not really. As a scientist I have issues with accuracy & precision. I really am nearly exactly 5'8.5". I'm taller than people that are 5'8" and shorter than people who are 5'9". So when I give my own height sometimes I say 5'8", sometimes 5'9", but really 5'8.5" is the most accurate number.

 

[JazzGal]

LOL, maybe. Actually not really. As a scientist I have issues with accuracy & precision. I really am nearly exactly 5'8.5". I'm taller than people that are 5'8" and shorter than people who are 5'9". So when I give my own height sometimes I say 5'8", sometimes 5'9", but really 5'8.5" is the most accurate number.

I'm exactly 5'8.5" as well. (High five) I do the same things.

Sent from my HTC6535LVW using JazzFanz mobile app

 

[enchilada_style]

I was born 55 years ago on an Air Force Base in England. My life's been significantly less interesting since then.

I'm a recent Jazzfanz returnee, and it hasn't changed much in the past few years.

***

I guess I can do a little better than that.

Raised in Ogden, lived most of my adult life in Salt Lake, now back to Ogden area. Went to Weber State and Utah State but didn't finish my bachelor's degree. Worked for 25 years as a legal secretary, and now I work in accounting for the State of Utah. I've been a Jazz fan since 1983, about the time my love of sports kicked in, and I have fond memories of Jazz games in the Salt Palace. Due to health issues, my life is rather simple at present, but I make sure to fill it with friends, family, books, sports, and whatever cultural events I can manage.

I've become much less religious and much more liberal in the past few years (likely a surprise to those who knew me back in the day). Jazzfanz played a part of changing my thought processes as I was exposed to a wider variety of people and opinion than I had previously been. So thanks for that - it was long overdue.

You're welcome, Jazzgal. Thank you.

 

[Douchebag K]

Interesting stories. I'm 44 from Australia, my names John & i haven't had a drink for 6 mon... hang on wrong meeting. Anyhoo a wife, 2 daughters and NBA league pass and that's all you need to live a happy life. I have two jobs, 75 % of my time i'm a Doctor of Optometry and the other 25% i'm a group fitness instructor. Big Jazz fan going back to the late 80's not really sure how that started, and have a thing for American history and the land itself. Not too much else to tell

 

[VINYLONE]

LOL, maybe. Actually not really. As a scientist I have issues with accuracy & precision. I really am nearly exactly 5'8.5". I'm taller than people that are 5'8" and shorter than people who are 5'9". So when I give my own height sometimes I say 5'8", sometimes 5'9", but really 5'8.5" is the most accurate number.

Great answer, dude. So it's more about how you think about things than anything else...

 

[VINYLONE]

19 (going on 20) year old Canadian. Born in Germany. Parents escaped Kosovo during the early 90s when my dad lost his job with the state as an engineer (back when it was still Yugoslavia). The escaping-process is a very tl;dr story, so lets just say its a miracle that my family even made it to Germany, let alone immigrate to Canada.

I was around 3ish when I moved here. Parents didn't know if we would move back to Germany one day (LOTS of family there, almost none here) so me and my two brothers went to German school throughout our years of public education.


Currently going into my 3rd year of University, @ the University
of Alberta. Genetics major (shoutout to ma Boi Zulu) and an Organic Chemistry minor.

My MCAT is in 2 weeks time-- so I have aspirations to get into medical school. My marks are okay, my work ethic could still always be improved upon.



I'm 6'4", lanky as shizz, and 'olive-complexioned'. I, along with my
family, are Muslim much like (ballpark) 70% of Kosovo-Albanians.



Enjoy soccer, basketball, fashion, reading everything, and wasting ours on this time-zapping Internet community.


I'm a pretty nice dude too. Thank the 'rents I s'pose

So you're 22 now I'm guessing? I see now why you think about things the way you do. You're very idealistic and that's not necessarily a bad thing but it comes with the territory of being a young gun. Yes, you are a nice dude. That definitely comes across. Are you enjoying the music? You haven't really made a comment one way or the other.

 

[VINYLONE]

I'm Chris, with an L. Born 1985 in New Jersey. My family moved to STG in 89 and I've been here ever since. Grew up in a big mormon family, middle sibling of 5. Got my GED and dropped out of high school when I was 16. I've never done well in stuctured learning enviroments, and couldn't stand being around stupid teenagers all day. Immediately started working full time at 16. My best friend OD'd when I was 18, which hit me hard. I spent the next 2 years addicted to heroin. Ended up homeless for about 3 months, and finally ended up in jail. Realized if i didn't stop I wasn't going to live much longer. After getting released I went right into rehab, for 18 months. Learned a lot about myself and what I wanted to get out of life. Had my first child at 20 (surprise!) and that changed everything. Met my wife when I was 21. We dated for 2 years before getting married. We spent 5 years as husband and wife. Earlier this year she left me, still trying to peice it all together, probably won't ever know why. I'm now a single father to 4 beautiful children who mean the world to me. Nothing will ever compare to the joy I get out of being a dad. It's my life. These days I'm an automotive technician, have been for 7 years. I find the work challenging and rewarding, and the moneys not bad. I'm in a great place in life, and enjoy every day for what it is. I love playing video games, tennis, basketball, snowboarding, wakeboarding, watching the jazz, riding my motorcycle, drinking beer, and spending time on here.

That's me.

Yo Chris!

Great post. Short, sweet and to the point. Glad to hear you conquered your demons and have become a good father and a functioning member of society. I don't know if there's any history of addiction in your family but if there is, does it worry you that one of your children might be more prone to substance abuse?

In regards to your wife and you trying to understand it. Im guessing the simple answer if you're looking at the aggregate is that you two married too young. Women, obviously, as well as men, do so much changing in those formative years. Drinking beer is good.

 

[Deleted member 848]

So you're 22 now I'm guessing? I see now why you think about things the way you do. You're very idealistic and that's not necessarily a bad thing but it comes with the territory of being a young gun. Yes, you are a nice dude. That definitely comes across. Are you enjoying the music? You haven't really made a comment one way or the other.

Yes sir, 22 years of age. Still going for medical school, have aspirations to do an MPH and work with public health policy afterwards someday.


The music is ****ing FANTASTIC. I've shared your emails with many of my friends already-- I can't believe I've forgotten to give you feedback. It's really dope that you do that, and your taste in music is seriously sublime.


And yes, I'm idealistic, which I don't consider a flaw really.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Yes sir, 22 years of age. Still going for medical school, have aspirations to do an MPH and work with public health policy afterwards someday.


The music is ****ing FANTASTIC. I've shared your emails with many of my friends already-- I can't believe I've forgotten to give you feedback. It's really dope that you do that, and your taste in music is seriously sublime.


And yes, I'm idealistic, which I don't consider a flaw really.

Interesting, I'm flawed, which I really don't find ideal.

 

[The Midnight]

Interesting stories. I'm 44 from Australia, my names John & i haven't had a drink for 6 mon... hang on wrong meeting. Anyhoo a wife, 2 daughters and NBA league pass and that's all you need to live a happy life. I have two jobs, 75 % of my time i'm a Doctor of Optometry and the other 25% i'm a group fitness instructor. Big Jazz fan going back to the late 80's not really sure how that started, and have a thing for American history and the land itself. Not too much else to tell

Haha... gotta love it.


Add "Jazzfanz" to that and you've got my vote!!

 

[♪alt13]

Interesting, I'm flawed, which I really don't find ideal.

I'm not, it's perty great

ME ME ME
oh yeah buddy
I love me some me

 

[infection]

An update for me:

We're still living in Texas. We're eyeballing probably moving back to Utah in about a year. I'm originally from there and my wife's parents moved there about a year ago, so it makes sense. We hate burning our vacation to go to Utah. We've got three boys now but wife is due next week with another boy. About a year ago, I returned to playing basketball after an Achilles rupture about a year and a half before. First time back I ruptured the other Achilles. I'm now retired from basketball. I'm helping coach my oldest son's baseball team. Texas property taxes suck. I'll be taking leave from work for a week and a half starting Thursday, so that's good. I wish Ben Carson got more traction. I like the Philadelphian in Sandy and Kohinoor in Orem. We'd like to move back somewhere between South Jordan and Lehi. However, seems everything is getting congested and yards are smaller and smaller while house prices are going up. When I was in first grade I was with my grandma at Cottonwood mall and saw Mike Brown at the food court eating with a woman. He signed an autograph for me with my construction pencil from my tool belt I was wearing.

 

[Miggs]

BIO:
I am 40 years old, 6'2", 205 pounds, have lived in New Jersey my entire life, was the younger of two boys (my brother is now deceased) growing up, graduated in the top 10% of my high school class with a 3.33 gpa where I was also a 4 year varsity XC and T&F athlete, went to and graduated from The College of New Jersey where I was a first-team all-conference XC runner in the one year I ran and where I also underachieved academically (ie, never went to class) and graduated with a 2.73 gpa. Out of college, I was a headhunter for accounting positions for about four years. I have also had many other jobs during my lifetime including dock worker at a blueberry co-op, line worker at Ocean Spray, deli worker at a supermarket, waiter at Friendly's, host at Olive Garden, meter man for PSE&G, sales rep for a supplemental insurance company, and a temp worker at a law firm specializing in DUI cases, amongst others. I finally used my college degree to become a teacher in an urban district here in NJ for what's now 13+ years, first at the middle school level and now, high school. Growing up, my father was a high school teacher and later administrator while my mother was a registered nurse. I went to a one bulding K-8 school (in what was essentially a hardcore Piney town--think a lot of hicks, Jersey devil, like that) in which every single student was white except one and my 8th grade graduating class consisted of a total of 14 students. Then, I went to a Group 4 (large) high school which was abut 40% black, 40% white, with the rest being primarily Latinos. I assimilated relatively quickly though as my parents (dad most of all) raised us very well. I had a dog growing up from the age of 5-17.


Hobbies:
I enjoy sex, sports, reading, eating at great restaurants, the outdoors, and helping others. I love my wife and 1.5 year old daughter more than anything. We have a 12 year old Chow mix. I stopped gambling and have tried to simplify things, concerning myself with that which is most important.