A Short Biography.

   So you want to know some more about me?
   Well you asked for it, this is a brief biography...

   I was born in 72 back when you could buy a new car for under ten grand,
   I weighed 10 1/2 pounds, When I was born they discovered I had a 
   condition called Spina bifida, I was lucky, it usally consists of a
   hole that allows air to get to the spinal cord, causing paralysis,
   I had a skin over mine which protected it somewhat.
   Now all I have is a bruise where it used to be.
   So I say I'm lucky because I can walk, and today have no remaining 
   health problems caused by it.
   Unfortunatly though, I spent a great deal of my childhood in hospital
   due to other complications from it and because a certain unamed surgen
   decided to convince my parents that I needed an uneccersary operation,
   well we know that now, but back then people just trusted docters, and 
   my parents were convinced they were doing the right thing.
   So at 3 years old I had major surgery, the operation was reversed 
   when I was 16 (because I didn't need it).

   I went to school at age 5, but only went for mornings, I would get to
   tired, caused by medication, at age 7 my parents decided to enroll me 
   in corrospondence school, my social life flew out the window.
   My schooling was ok, but I didn't learn social skills that I needed,
   and had a lot of catching up to do when I got to my teens.

   I couldn't wait to get out of school and left the day I turned 15,
   I was a year behind in my studys.
   I got a job in a Aluminium Joinery Factory, I was there for 8 months
   untill I ran my body into the ground and had to leave. My docter put 
   me on a invalid benefit, and due to having no confidence in myself, 
   and covinced that I wouldn't be able to keep a job, there I stayed 
   untill about age 21.

   I met a girl at about age 19, by the time I was 21 I had a daughter 
   to her, I didn't know much about contraception and later realised 
   that she had intended to fall pregnant anyway, she, like me was very 
   insecure at that time and seemed to think a child would solve all her 
   problems. After finally being able to see that I didn't deserve to be 
   abused or lied too (yes women abuse guys too), and that I would never 
   be able to make it work, I left her, and later got custody of my 
   daughter because she was being misstreated, my parents have brought 
   her up since then, she thinks of my mother as her own, her birth mother
   dosen't even bother sending birthday cards let alone seeing her.

   I got so bored not working that I decided I had to try again, I got a 
   job working as a small engine repair technican, I kept my job for a 
   year untill my boss sold the business, my family had moved out of town
   with my daughter and were living 300kms away from me, I was flatting 
   with a friend when the job fell though, and at the same time came down 
   with a serious virus and could hardly get out of bed, let alone find 
   another job, and then got the bad news that I would also have to find 
   another flat, the landlord had decided to move in to the property.
   So I had to move down to where my parents were, to recover.
   well moved down to this town in the middle of nowhere New Zealand,
   didn't know anyone there, left all my mates behind, I was unemployed 
   for a few months and put some time into clearing an old bush walk 
   though my parents land, down to the lake where they had their 
   boathouse. I looked for a job doing small engine repairs again but had 
   no luck, so ended up taking a job in automotive mechanics, not really 
   what I wanted to do, but I kept at in various positions in a couple
   different workshops for the next six years.
   
   It wasn't to long after I moved down that I found my current partner,
   moved out of home again and got a flat together and had a son to her.
   More recently she decided she wanted to go back to work full time, so 
   we swaped roles, she went to work and I stayed home to look after my 
   son, now he's at school I'm looking for another job... not in mechanics
   this time!
   
   Well that brings us up to the presant day, I hope your not too depressed 
   now!