Stacey Michael Jones:  

Life 20 Years in a nutshell. ( Humm…, why write a bio no one is going to read? I guess because it will be cathartic. ) So years, where do I begin? I left Three Rivers just as fast as I could after high school. It turns out that was about eight months later. I had a few loose ends to tie up but I quickly bought a one way ticket to LA with what little money I had. ( …in fact if it weren’t for the kindness of the Nothdruft family I wouldn’t have had any money in my pocket when I left for LA.) Around mid February I hopped on a plane and headed west, carrying three suitcases and the $100 the Northdruft family had given me. That was it, no plan, no job, nothing. I knew I was going to stay with a friend from Three Rivers. That arrangement was going to be temporary though because his wife was about 3 months pregnant, so I knew I was going to have a place to stay for about 6 months, that was all. …now it’s over 20 years later, I never returned to TR, except to visit. I never really belonged there anyway. I was born down south and my earliest memories are being on a bus going somewhere, (anywhere). Settling down in TR was my idea of hell. As I tell people TR was just a fourteen year layover on my way to LA. Not that I did anything great wile in LA but it moved at a pace that better suited me. I found work as soon as I got to LA. It was in a pet store but the owner had family from MI and he even knew where TR was. He thought it was funny that I had listed detasseling at a job. I got pissed, anyone that lives back there or has done it for a job know how hard it is. He laughed when I got indignant about him questioning detasseling as one of my jobs and ask when I could start. I told him I could start the next Monday; after all I had just got off the plane. He said, “when?” … I said, “…well I could start Friday.” He said, “when?” … I said, “ …just a minu...Expand for more