Stewart Gandolf:  

Life Life is so cool (though it took awhile to get here). Honestly, for me, life really began when I moved into my own place, right after high school was over. Independence is the only way to fly. Met a girl from Watterson during the summer of 1978, and began dating seriously. (Do you remember Watterson?) That didn't last, thank God. Anyway, I worked my way through college first at a tire store on High Street, and later at a union job at the Columbus Dispatch. Sometimes I still get nightmares that I have failed at everything in life, and have to go back there to work in the same circulation department phone room. (Shudder.) I played a lot of lead guitar the first 2 years at Ohio State, but gave it up because I thought graduation might be a better idea. In 1982 I went on Spring break (in Ft. Lauderdale, where else) with some friends, and we decided over vodka lemonades, clubs, the B52s and a cast of new acquaintances that we should all move to California. So we did. I moved to California immediately upon graduating Ohio State. Haven't been back to Ohio since I moved my mother out here about 10 years ago, though I may go back if Whetstone has a 30 year reunion. I started my first "real job" in marketing in San Diego. Dated someone for 4 years, and fought with her the whole time. Got an MBA. Lived close to the beach. That last part was good. Got into working out, buffed up, ran 10ks and marathons, roller bladed, surfed (rarely) and layed out in the sun. A lot. I was invited by a publicist friend to be a guest of the Michael Jackson Bad Tour in Europe, at the height of his fame. Cheryl Crowe was his backup singer. Ask me someday, and I can give you the real dirt... When I finally returned stateside, I 1. broke up with my girlfriend, 2. had my car stolen and 3....Expand for more