About

I was born in 1991 to a couple of Jesus People hippies. My father accidentally became a pastor (it's a long story and I was very young) and has been one ever since. I remember attending church in a large auto body shop, with a beer truck pulled off to the side and frogs and crickets singing back-up. I also remember chasing one of my friends around afterward, and causing her to fall and peel open her chin on the concrete. After that, I caught her easily. In pre-school, I dug up a dead (and at that point furless) cat in my sandbox. We never learned who had buried it, but I would like to thank them. It was an exciting day. I carried it to the kitchen door of our duplex and told my mother that I had discovered a chicken.

My father helped to found a school with a classical emphasis, which I attended K-12. I have a real fondness for the classics (ancient and modern) as a result. Through my elementary years I spent innumerable hours enjoying and getting into trouble with my friend Joe. He lived on the edge of town with creek, large barn, fields, and abandoned rock quarry readily available. We floated the creek on a large chunk of Styrofoam (and sank), went fishing (and got caught) in a bull pasture, collected dozens of mouse skulls (from owl pellets), and took possession of the abandoned combine in the the old quarry. In some elementary grade or other, we were assigned a class presentation on the subject of religion. We constructed an idol (of sorts) out of legos and when the time came we walked calmly to the front of the room, bound a lego-man to a popsicle stake, and lit him on fire. His head swelled up nicely. I couldn't tell you what grade we received, but our classmates approved.

Speaking of fire, when I was in sixth grade, my mother gathered the family around the television to watch a documentary entitled "The Story of English". Instead, after noticing the kitchen light flick off, I investigated, and found the ceiling crackling merrily. The roof burned off, we avoided finishing the documentary, and then we went to live with some friends who were house-sitting for someone else. The backyard was a large pond, and over that summer, I became closely acquainted with turtles, streptococcus and penicillin shots in the rear end. After my turtle-and-shot period, after high school and college, I met (it's complicated), a surfer guy from Santa Cruz, California. And I love him.

Now you know me. But not really. Because I left out all the joy of the dinner table, how my parents read and inked everything I wrote, and the collective imagination that I shared (and share) with my sisters. You haven't heard about the fabulous eight months during which I had a dog named Tyler, or my Grandfathers' war stories, or anything about birthdays or Christmas. And there's nothing in here about Zorro. Oh, well.

Friends

Viewing 12 of 106 friends

Multimedia

Comments

Viewing 10 of 14 comments.

Lady NeeNa

Report | 06/14/2018 8:42 pm

Lady NeeNa


Oh Cool! Welcome Back!!! <3
And I've been good! Busy withe life! Trying to jump back on here slowly....
Lady NeeNa

Report | 06/09/2018 9:43 pm

Lady NeeNa

COCO! Are you Back?!?!?!

Koumeiseidai

Report | 05/10/2018 4:15 pm

Koumeiseidai

yum_puddi Hello! Thank you for your purchase~! yum_puddi
samuel7774

Report | 03/28/2018 3:45 pm

samuel7774

Ehhh not so much.
I mean its like a very cartoony type style.
I don't even like it. Haha
I just liked drawing out the story sometimes.
So yeah I wouldn't really say I can draw.
samuel7774

Report | 03/28/2018 3:34 pm

samuel7774

Oh that's nice!
And well...kind of.
I used to back then, not so much now.
Back then I would write short stories and make little comics. whee
samuel7774

Report | 03/28/2018 2:26 pm

samuel7774

Yes I really did! whee
It was lots of fun to read. 3nodding
Are you a writer or do you enjoy writing?
samuel7774

Report | 03/28/2018 11:22 am

samuel7774

Hello there! emotion_c8
Thank you very much for your purchase. emotion_kirakira
Take care and have a fantastic day. 3nodding
And wow, I am sorry for being nosey but I really enjoyed your "about me!"
It's the most interesting one I've ever read.
Seems like you have a lot to tell.

Mimi with a J

Report | 03/13/2016 6:25 pm

Mimi with a J

Well, I don't know what to get you but I will I hope a Huge Happy birthday will do. heart 4laugh
SpicedCustardTart

Report | 10/27/2015 12:32 am

SpicedCustardTart

yum_puddi Thank you for the purchase and have a somewhat decent day. yum_puddi
Sespian Savarsin

Report | 08/17/2015 4:18 am

Sespian Savarsin

You're back?

Signature

[img:530fac7cca]http://i1347.photobucket.com/albums/p708/cocodelicious1/reserves and profiles/customers deliveries/personal layouts/A1a_zps7083a595.jpg[/img:530fac7cca][img:530fac7cca]http://i1347.photobucket.com/albums/p708/cocodelicious1/reserves and profiles/customers deliveries/personal layouts/A1b_zpsa3bb109b.jpg[/img:530fac7cca]