I am a 33 year old blue collar worker looking to find a little piece of mind. About a year ago I decided to drop everything, my career (I really wasn't doing too bad), my home, and my life style, for the simple reason that I was not content with how my life was going. In my pursuit of fulfillment I decided to go back to college, where I left off some 11 years prior, I have two years before I graduate with a degree in Wildlife and Fisheries with a minor in English, after that I hope to follow that up with a masters degree in the fisheries aspect. I love to read and write, hopefully I can find a niche to where I can realize a certain amount of perspective to my seeming fruitless life!

My passion is ...

nature.

I know too much about ...

myself.

My parents always told me ...

that I would be president someday.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a park ranger and play running back for the Miami Dolphins.

My favorite memory ...

Football opener my senior year of high school.

Why I write ...

I like the oportunity to have my silent voice heard.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner.

My first job ...

Bean walking

My best moment ...

is yet to come.

My inspiration ...

Jesus Christ and King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

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*Notice the over generalizations of this piece. These over generalizations were done for a specific purpose. I will explain the reason for this at the end of this piece.

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The tell tale dripping of water seemed like a giant clock ticking. It echoed in the cell with an overwhelmingly quiet, "Drip drip drip drip drip...," the only other sounds permeating the air were the prisoners steady breath and the beating of his heart. His heart beat in time with the constant dripping, "boo-booph boo-booph boo-booph boo-booph boo-booph "
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