John Harris:  

Once upon a time... er ... In a Galaxy far far away...wait no... It was a dark and stormy night... :D After Graduating from Ringling I reluctantly did the big city thing, spent some time in Dallas and confirmed that it wasn't my cup of tea. After nearly a year of driving to work and being stuck behind the pimps in traffic and watching them dropping the working girls off, I said to myself, self what the Hale are you doing here? So like Old Jeb I packed up and moved and went to God's country, LA, not that pretender in California, but Lower Alabama, the Florida panhandle where I was raised; I could hunt, fish, or play golf if and when I wanted too. I discovered early in life that in spite of what most people think the pursuit of the almighty Dollar aint what brings me happiness. Even though the prospects of employment in aren't as great outside of the big city, there is far more to life then your job. I worked for awhile at Sign Company, hey it wasn't what I went to school for but it paid the bills, and I made some good friends and learned some things there, so I count it as a net plus. And litteraly on a dark and stormy night I had the pleasure of learning one of the greatest lessons in life there is, I faced the possibility of my immanent death in an automobile accident. It's a lesson we all learn, some through combat, some though health problems, and the unfortunate few through plain growing old. I say unfortunate because if one takes that route usually by the time they come to that conclusion most of their time on this earth is behind them, but I digress. I left the Sign Company for a job at a screenprinter, because it allowed me to do what I wanted, and since that time I haven't worked a day in my life, I was and am doing what I wanted, drawing, creating, or as my oldest daughter said in 1st grade when the teacher asked her what her father did for a living, she said my daddy colors all day. Out of the mouths of babes! After a year at the screenprint company, my life again took a change, one for the better, one day in walked Genie, and one look, for the lack of a better term, I was sm...Expand for more