I was born on October 8, 1980 in Cleveland, Ohio. Right then and there my parents had their hands full. As a child and even till this day I had too much energy for my body to handle and I basically bounced off walls. I drove my dad crazy at night because I never wanted to go to bed and I always would sneak downstairs to watch TV. I threw fits when he caught Me. Yeah, I guess as a child you could call me ornery. My parents put me in preschool when I was 5, probably just to get rid of me. At 6, I enrolled in John Glenn Elementary School and put some of my teachers through hell because I loved to talk. When teachers spoke, I’d either interrupt them or sleep. So you can say I wasn’t a good student especially with grades, but I would still be a favorite because I would always try to charm them. Yes as a child I loved women. I never went through the I hate girls phase; chasing girls around the playground was my game. I had many girlfriends but they were those childhood relationships where you barely talked to each other, you just said you were going out.
Fifth grade came along and my parents went thru a really bad divorce that I won’t even get into. Basically I had to move with my mom and her new found love, Donnie, to Brunswick, Ohio where I went to Hickory Ridge a half of a year. This is when I actually started trying in school, but you better believe I was still talking all the time. Then the school districts changed and I had to go to Memorial Elementary. So I had to find a whole new group of friends. Three elementary schools in a matter of a year was really hard and if that wasn’t enough I had to go to Edward’s Middle School the next year. Whenever I went to another school I would always notice the girls I thought were hot and try to talk to them.
I thought only one girl was hot in the school, this girl Jenny. She was beautiful in every way. One day her best friend comes up to me and asked will you go out with Jenny? I was speechless because I would always noticed her but didn’t think she even saw me. I mean we never even talked before but she wanted to go out with me. I said no till this day I have no idea why. That night I thought about the whole thing and I was like what the hell is wrong with Me. So the next day I told her friend I would go out with her. Still haven’t even talked to Jenny but I’m going out with her. I get Jenny’s number from her friend and call her that night. I was soooo incredibly nervous. I didn’t know what to say. She picked up and her voice was so soft and sweet. I almost fainted. Luckily I didn’t because we ended up talking for hours. We talked all the time on the phone, but at school even when I saw her we didn’t say a word. I was really immature with the whole situation and after two weeks I broke up with her. Why, till this day I don’t know; I really liked her. I just got nervous around Jenny. I still wonder what happened to her because during mid semester of my 7th grade year my mom, Donnie, Jimmy (Donnie’s son), Tonia (Donnie’s daughter), and I moved to Parma and In ever saw her again. We moved into another school district then where I used to live in Parma.
I went to school out of my dads house but lived with my mom so I could attend school with all of my old friends. This became a hassle so I told my mom I wanted to live with my dad. Boy did hell break loose. My mom was heartbroken. She felt like I didn’t like her anymore even though that wasn’t the case. I won’t go into detail but it was hell for a little bit. After getting out of Hillside Junior High I went onto Normandy High School where I had so much fun. I played: baseball for 4 years and was co-captain my senior year, basketball for 3 years, cross country for 2 years and tri-captain my senior year, and swam a year. I also boxed but not for school. I guess you can say I am really competitive and love being under pressure. I like when people tell me I can’t do something because I will go right out and do it just to spite them. Also in high school I was President of the Student Government, Senior Editor of the year book, on Academicians (which is Normandy’s national honors society) yeah believe it or not I’m pretty smart, Senior Advisory Board, Mistletoe Prince, and on Homecoming Court. In high school my house was known as the party house even though I didn’t drink. I think its funny watching all my friends get drunk and make asses of themselves. People respected me more because I chose not to drink. Every Sunday my friends came over and We would watch a wrestling pay per view and eat pizza and just talk about stupid stuff. Yeah it probably sounds lame but those were some of my most memorable and best high school days because we all loved wrestling and we were together.
High school was definitely a learning experience: I started finding out who I was and where I want to go in life, I had a girlfriend (Liz) in 10th grade for 6 months which taught me a lot about relationships, and kind of felt like I’ve been through it all. Boy was I wrong when I attended Miami University of Ohio: I wasn’t the big man on campus, I didn’t have any friends there, but I was up for the challenge. I went out all the time met new people and tried to have as much fun as possible. I loved college because it was a well needed change. It brought me to a realization that I haven’t been through it all and I don’t know what I want to do with my life. The only thing I knew was I wanted to have fun. I took my first sip of alcohol in Nov. of my freshman year. My friends back home couldn’t believe it but I was getting older and it was a better environment to drink, so I did.
Then I found a girlfriend, Kelly, in my second semester of my freshman year while I was in class. The story of how we first started talking was so funny but very very long. So Greek rush comes up and I like the Theta Chi Fraternity. Theta Chi wasn’t the hottest guys on campus, they weren’t the most popular, the reason why I picked Theta Chi was they were the most genuine but yeah they are pretty popular and Ill let you be the judge of if they are hot or not. But that’s the quality I look for in good friends and joining was one of the best decisions of my life because they let me be myself. Pledging was so much fun; I got to meet some really cool guys. Kelly and I were still going out and she was perfect. She had the best personality and outlook on life, but when the summer came I hated the distance so we broke up.
The next semester came and I tried out for The Real World. I really needed a big change in my life because college wasn’t fulfilling me anymore. There was something missing. My fraternity brothers helped me make a tape to send. I got a call back and had to fill out a 15-page application. Let me tell You I was so psyched to get a call. I couldn’t believe it but I had no idea there was more to come. My friend really wanted to tryout as well so I told him I would drive up to Detroit and tryout there with him. We stood in line for 8 hours finally get in and we talk in a group about certain issues. The lady told a couple people and I to stay back. She told us we had to fill out a 15-page app. in the back. My friend waited 3 hours for me to fill it out. We went home and I filled out the same form again and sent the papers. Then I had two phone interviews and a personal interview then Palm Springs. The rest you can watch on TV. So that is my life in a nutshell. Yes I missed a lot of parts but you get the gist of my life. Thanks for reading.
