Brady Chieffi:
CLASS OF 1975
Point Pleasant Beach High SchoolClass of 1975
Point pleasant, NJ
West Chester University - MusicClass of 1979
West chester, PA
Seton Hall UniversityClass of 1977
South orange, NJ
Brady's Story
Life
My life bio hunh? Sure, sounds easy, are you ready?...let's see, I started young, very young, unfortunately I can't remember much, I was only a baby then. Suddenly, and quite unexpectedly, I got older, but not wiser. I started life skinny, poor and really unhealthy, over the years I got pudgy, middle-classed and healthier, sort of. Popular? Umm, not so much, however, I was well known, which is much different from popular, kind of like the kid that was very different, and everyone knew it, but not necessarily in a good way.
I fought my way through school, kicking and screaming, still didn't win the popularity contests. I've never been the sharpest knife in the drawer. Most kids aspire to do great things, academics, sports, tops in their class...I was a tuba player, not even a really good one either. Mom always said I was a late bloomer...I peaked my senior year, lost the weight, went to college and floundered successfully. 4 years and two colleges later I reached my plateau.
Relationships, I had a few, too many to mention actually, far less worth mentioning. You don't have to be popular, or successful, just lower your standards, and it opens up a whole new world. Some were actually memorable, for a variety of reasons. I'm a hopeless romantic, I fell in love easy and hard, and was usually kicked out of love even harder. I've been thrifty, wasteful, empathetic, selfish, soulful, sinful, caring and an ass...but not all at the same time mind you.
I eventually made a go of the family business for several years, a seafood restaurant...carefully steering clear of hazards and all those clawing to pull me down, safely navigating to calm waters and blue skies, only to be thrown overboard by my own family, that's gratitude for you.
Deep lasting relationships? Like navigating a minefield with a map, unfortunately I was holding it upside down. Marriage...now I know why it's called an institution. Number one lasted 7 years, a truly spectacular failure. I joined the military to save my family, and ended up losing them, I came back to an empty apartment, no furniture, no clothes, no dreams. Sadly, it's always the children that suffer; a boy and a girl...both would twinkle brightly as stars, one would later fade out to nothingness.
Remember back when I said "number one lasted 7 years", yes, that means there was a number two, it also means I'm not terribly bright, but, you've probably picked up on that by now. In a far away pla...Expand for more
ce that I never wanted to go to, I met a person who, well, let's put it this way...have you ever gotten on a roller coaster, and once the restraining bar is lowered you wondered to yourself, was this really a good idea? But, when the ride was over, you still got back on and did it again? Well, it's been 20 years, and I won't give up my seat to anyone else.
Personal losses...4; two were sadly inevitable, but I was there for both. Two were unexpected; one remains a mystery, one was senseless, both still haunt me to this day, and I wasn't there for either of them.
I'm very comfortable with my own mortality, cancer has a way of doing that. Oh, you didn't know? Well, now you do. Oh yes, I've been therapeutically poisoned and I glow in the dark now, pretty cool actually...fed baby food through a hose, now I know why babies hate it. Fear not, however, I'm much better now...hopefully.
I'd served my country faithfully for 26 years, then Uncle Sam put me out to pasture; medically my warrantee ran out, so I was a risk. It was in their best interests to retire me, although not necessarily in mine. So, I packed up my old life and started a new one in the great northeast, although I don't know how great it is. I bought a house, a first for me and the missus, unfortunately in the process we gained all sorts of miscellaneous stuff that one acquires to make a house a home, as well as the debits that go with it. Now I know why my pants no longer fit; everyone has their hands in my pockets.
So, overall, I've been an artist, musician, a singer, an actor, a hippie, a salesman, restauranteur and defender of my country, friend and mentor, father and husband, eccentric, one of the walking wounded and often difficult to understand...and that's only the first 54 years.
So, here we are...I hope you enjoyed the ride. No, of course it's not over yet, well, for you it is. Sorry if it wasn't what you expected, the typical corporate status review isn't my thing. Did I leave anything out? The possibility exists, but no one is paying me for the movie rights, so why bother. I've seen the future, and it told me to remember the past. What have I learned throughout all this? I really don't know, and that's what scares me, but I've got company and that's all that really matters, now isn't it? God bless you all, and yes, he is out there, I'm living proof of that. Take care, and thanks for stopping by, at least you cared enough to look, that's more than I expected.
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