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Me in a nutshell.
I was raised by two loving parents with traditional old school 50's values.  I have an older sister and a younger brother. My sis and I never had a good relationship but not because I didn't try. My brother and I as kids got along great but as teens we probably could have killed each other. Our parents kicked us out, long story, and ever since we moved in together he's been my best friend. I've had a job in about every field you can think of and have always succeeded in them. I studied art for 6 years and was in the high school band, I played clarinet. I helped raise my little niece, my sister wasn't ready to be a mom. I tried my best to be a father figure to my little niece, and sometimes I feel like I failed. I work hard for my father's approval, which I rarely get but when I do it means the world to me. I've been studying photography for a while now and I think it's fired up my artistic passion like nothing else in my life. Well the only thing that comes close is creating a new faux finish.
Well that's about it for now. I tried to keep it short but you know how that goes.

Work

I paint houses for a living. I've done this for as long add I can remember. I've had a slew of other jobs, but I've always come back to painting. I really do enjoy my job. What I've come to love the most is faux finishes. They're so much fun and everyone is completely different then the other. I look at them as an original art piece.

That's it. Lol I just wanted to say that.

7/365

Another late post but here it is.
This is a pic of my bar. It's petty nice and almost as complete as a real working bar. The funny thing is I'm not a big drinker. I have a fully stocked bar mainly for the sake of having one lol. I do make a killer kamikaze that people swear taste like lemonade but don't be fooled by it's subtle taste.

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Ok I gotta tell you a little story on this one so you'll understand why as soon as I saw this I knew this was the pic for today.
As many of y'all know my father has a paint company that my brother and I work for. (we now own it) A long long long time ago Alex, my brother, was helping our dad power wash a house. As Alex helped load the machine back in the truck he forgot the rig was hot and put his hand on the muffler and got such a good burn you could see all the cooling holes for the muffler. He was in some pain but was ok and luckily suffered no permanent damage. So every time I see a muffler with a lot of cooling holes or design I think of how lucky he was that day. Maybe if this design had been on our rig he wouldn't have got burned that day lol. This one's for you bro, an Alex proof muffler.

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Sorry I forgot to post earlier but here it is.

This is Petunia my American Staffordshire terrier. That's Pitt Bull to those of you that don't know. She is a spoiled baby that is scared of paper bags and thunder. She gets mad if I stay up to late because she's ready to go to bed. I never wanted a Pitt and now that I have her I couldn't do without her.

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Today me and Desi went and had lunch  at a place we found via Groupon. It was called Shade Tree Cafe. It was all the way out in Pearland but well worth the trip. Everything was delicious. I definitely will return to this place.

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For those of y'all that play the game are totally familiar with this screen shot. It's been the same screen shot for years and years and has caused more frustration and rage than it seams to be worth. God of War has been one of the only games that I play 100% all the way thru and can't wait till the next release. I just beat the last installment of this series in 14 hrs 26 min and 17 seconds. I'm happy and sad at the same time.