Greetings from Sunnybrook Farm

Greetings.  I am pushing 40.  I feel like I am 19. I look in the mirror and see my ancestors and not me.  I think it is so funny, (funny as Hmmm, isn't that interesting. Not Funny as in Ha Ha) that as a teenager we strive to be just like everyone else.  In our 20's we start to try and find out who we really are.  In our 30's we are settled into ourselves, starting to finally be happy with who we are. Then 40 comes into view.  I now see my grandfather in the mirror.  I hear my fathers voice coming out of my mouth.  I see my mothers handwriting in my own.  Why didn't some one tell me that after all those years of soul searching, experimentation, laughter and anguish to become an individual that genetics would have the last laugh.   I am a combination of myself and of my parents.  I am the good, the bad, and the ugly.

So dear reader. Here is a brief biography of your author. The most important thing you need to know about me is that I am an optimist.  An optimist through and through.  So if seeing the silver lining pisses you off. You might want to stop reading now.

You have been warned!!!!


I am a Costume Designer, living in Akron, Ohio.  I love what I do.  I will post photos of pieces that I am working on occassionaly.

I am in the begining of an 8 year relationship with my partner John.  We have a gaggle of dogs.  (What is it with the gay's and their dogs?)  John and I are very much opposites.  John is quiet and conservative.  I am not.  John is shy. I am not.  John is reserved.  I am not. But we work, and I love him.

I was born and raised in Connecticut, but my real life didn't begin until 1990 when I moved to the tiny town of Hartford, Alabama.  For me that is when my life really began.  I will go into that later on. 

I am wanting to use this blog to aid in several ways.

 First as I approach my 40th year in August. I would like to loose 30 pounds. 
I am thinking of becoming a vegetarian again.  John didn't like the sound of that.  He is a corn fed meat eater.  I want to use this blog as a diary of my experiences with Vegetarianism and my weight loss.

Second.  I want to use this as a way to clear my head of many thoughts that pop in. To be able to look back and see the way I think about some topics and if possible learn and grow to be a better human being.

Thirdly, I hope that some of my musings and thoughts could help another person.

I look forward to sharing my small corner of the world with you.

Cheers
Jasen