Thanks, Dace.
I guess I will spill the beans.
I am a single father of two, boy 5 and girl, 9. I am a school teacher with certifications in science, vo-tech, and PE. I am a very nice guy and had a wonderful mother who taught me to be extremely respectful of people.(yes sir no sir kind of upbringing) My father was a civil engineer for the FAA. He and my mother stayed together until I was in college. I graduated college in '91 with a BS in education. I started acting in '92 and co-starred in a Disney film called, "The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag", I played Glen and I got killed in the end of the movie. I started training with one of my co-stars, who eventually became a great friend of mine, Red West, who played the plane mechanic on the series, "Baa baa blacksheep". His wife, Pat, is my agent. I have done numerous TV shows both locally and nationally including starring in episodes of the show, "America's Most Wanted" as an actor and local variety shows as a musician. I am a published songwriter and spent four years writing commercial jingles along with live appearances and teaching guitar. I have been a working musicain on and off since '92 and also worked as a session musician mainly in rap studio's around memphis, where I still get calls to do guitar work on projects. I started teaching in 1998 when my daughter was born, (some of you remember me as 031598, which is my daughter's birthday, March 15th, 1998) at New albany High school as a theatre/music/vo-tech/coach and teacher. I helped coach the high school girls basketball team which was 3-27 before I started and 4 years later state champs in division 3A. I moved to Memphis and taught at Horn Lake Jr. High for 4 years as a science teacher and coach of all the girls sports, as well as science departmental head and head of the science fair and other exta-curricular activities such as the news/journalism club. Three years ago, I accepted a position as an advanced science teacher in the Memphis City School system, but divorce and child custody responsibilties steered me towards what I now do, which is Life Health and Physical instructor at an elementary school in one of the roughest parts of inner city Memphis. I get home before my kids get out of school because I actually live across the state line in Mississippi. (Mississippi schools get out one hour after Memphis city schools) I am a very happy person and am currently working on a recording project with my brother and a very good friend of ours as the lead guitarist and singer/songwriter in a band called OCD.(one of our closest and longtime fans suffers from this and it stands for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) We mainly play Pop/punk/rock with some leanings towrds modern rockabilly. I have been in life threatening situations on way to many occasions and feel very lucky to have only had a broken nose, and just a few scars. I love my chldren more than life itself and consider myself to be a hardened optimist as far as my outlook on life! Here is a pic:
Now, as far as AH goes, I have developed this character for over 4 years(edited for wrong year). SkyRock, the character, is an arrogant stunninghunk, but he is honest and as loyal as you will find anywhere. He is very intense and will kick your teeth in if you mess with any of his friends. He will own the hell out of you , then nicely show you how he did it, so that you might learn as well! He gets his arrogance from the hard knocks of life, and meets fear with doubled up left fist and a right handshake if you're cool! He is human and makes mistakes, but would rather just kick the crap out of anyone who won't fight! He is definitely moody, and has been known to get more drunk than "Cooter Brown"! He is the best F4U-1 pilot in the game! hee hee, hear that AKDogg, BluKitty, Sirloin? He finds himself non-attracted to prolonged boring fights and would rather fight from the dis-advantage because it creates total ownage! He has been known to DA!
Well, I probably shouldn't have opened up in here, but what the hell! eh?
Mark
