Well my life started i Anderson, IN on July 10th 1985.  I don't remember the time I was born or anything else untill I was about 5.  I moved to Elwood, IN when I was 4 years old for reasons I still don't know but itá only about 20 miles away and I was closer to my grandparents, Linda and Jim Arnold.  I remember being in school and getting picked on constantly because I guess it was fun for everyone. At the time I didn't realize what was going on but about 2nd or 3rd grade I had caught on to what was going on.  I found friends like me who could put any kid in there place in no time flat and soon had friends that I would rely on the rest of my life.  The same things went on untill 6th grade where me and all my friends were slowly but shurely becoming more and more popular.  We had no idea at the time.  We just ghouth it was a new way for people to TRY and make fun of us. A new tactic if you will.  LOL. well it was no tactic everyone was realizing that we were the people that everyone was slowly becoming, smart-ass kids that had smarter and quicker come backs for anything they had thrown at them. In 8th grade my parents took me out of school for thier own reasons and made me home school.  from 8th grade untill half way through 11th grade I cheated my way through school.  In Febuary of 2001 Mike Pence, The Congressman my dad works for, won the election and we moved to Va on Feb. 3rd 2001.  My best friend Mark came with me and stayed here with me untill Feb 21st as did my Grandmother, Linda Arnold (Mema), when he left I realized something, I hated Va.  rom then on I did nothing but stay in my room and write peoms saying and quotes tryin to get a hold on what has happened to me. My parents took me to a church one day and I soon started attending the youth meetings.  There I met Beckah, a friend that would open doors for me.  Soon after we started dating and soon after I realized I didn't like her as much as I thought I did.  LOL  sorry.  but while attending her b-day party I met for the first time smeone who would unlock Va for me and open MANY doors for me, but that didn't happen for another year and a half.  In October of 2001 my parents came to me and sat me down,  they told me that they were giving me a choice on where I wanna live, because for the last year I had been going back and forth between IN and VA to visit my friends and keep in touch with my reality in IN.  They told me that I could move back to Elwood and live with My grandma, Linda, and attend public school once again.  I leaped at the chance they had given me.  I moved back in November of 2001, after going through a month of hell with my parents, and felt I had finally reached where I belonged, I was wrong, everything went smoothly with my transition back into Elwood High School and I had more friends than ever before. every weekend was a party and my grades were up, I felt like god had finally given me a break from all the pain,  Then he kicked me straight in the nuts!!!  While attending a new year;s party and my best friend Mark's house my parents called my house looking for me.  My Grandma told them that I was at a basketball party with the team I played for but what my grandma didn't know was that the party was cancelled and I stayed at marks house all night.  My parents being the dumbasses hat they are saw it that my grandma had lied to them about my whereabouts and that they wanted to come and get me and bring me back with them to VA Immediatly.  Me and my Grandma said screwthat and called a lawyer to try and get custody of me so I could finish high school and graduate and still keep my friends.  That was in January of 2002 and the battler went on untill in March of 2002 we finally went before a judge and made out attempt and trying to get custody of me but all hopes were faild seeing as my grandma was in the hospital because of a rare blood disease she has.  needless to say I was forced by police to move back with my parents even though we had proof that my dad has abused me they said it wasl too long ago and that I had no pictures or hospital accounts so there fore I had nothing against them. Well my parents let me stay in scool untill one day in May when they forced me to go back with them to VA and not even notify the school of what was going on, which as you prolly already know made me pi$$ed as EVER!!!  When they finally did get me back to VA I had NO clue what to do now, I had no friends,  had no car, I had nothing to do except wait to go back to IN and see my friends and family.  I continued to go back and forth between IN and VA untill about October when I landed my first job at the Target here in VA.  from there I continued to just work and stay home untill Beckah told me that a couple of her friends are trying to start a band.  I didn't really think much about the whole idea be it that my heart is still in IN.  But I thought that I should try it and make it a way to vent some anger possitivly. After saving up and getting an insurance plan I bought my first car a plynouth sundance, nothing eye catching but at least it was 4 wheels that moved me abck and forth to work.  I went to further band practices.  All my life the only thing I've had going for me was my love for music and basketball and I've strived to make one of those my living seeing how since my arents have messed with my education, getting into a real collage seems almost hopless at this point.  I met Jason Defrietas at the first band meeting and Ron West. They had some songs ready and we jammed. As we jammed and got more and more comfortable with each other I began to see that me and Jason were connecting on many levels.  Going home everynight to a fight didn't make it any better though, so I never told anyone that I've met about my parents and if the subject came up I rubbed it off and tried to make it out as nothing. As I begun to hang with Jason I forged a friendship and tested the waters to see if we were compatible at all, If my brand of humor was something he understood.  Needless to say we clicked adn there was my reason to stay here in VA at least for a while. We began practicing hard and many times a week at a goal of playing a show, Not realizing that this band thing might take off, that I might meet people here that make me not want to leave, that I would get used to the constant unpleasing of my parents. And that pretty much sums up a LOT of my life and if you want the FINE details and have a couple hours to waste then you'll have to contact me.