A Brief History of Guy

Gal beat me to the introductory post, mostly because I was on the verge of unconciousness while she was rearing to go at ~1am (the darned body clock is still set for2nd shift schedule). 

Anywho, I'm the male half of A Guy and a Gal blog.  I was born near and have lived in the same small Tennessee town all my life.  I attended a state college near where I grew up for my undergraduate degree (Biology) and have continued at the same school for my graduate degree (MBA).

I grew up out in the sticks.  It took us about 15 minutes either way to reach the nearest town, and our nearest neighbors were ~150 yards away separated by two tree lines and a street.  It was here that I learned to enjoy hard work, exercising my mind and body, and how to interact with nature (ie, track, hunt, and kill nature during the appropriate seasons).  Whenever Gal and I fully settle down, I like to think we would pick some place similar to my parent's home.

I currently work at the hospital drawing blood for the lab (phlebotomist, phlebo, blood-sucker) and doing mind-numbing work at the college as a graduate assistant (Excell, Word, class rosters, *doze*).  The hospital job is my favorite as it provides a never-ending series of opportunities for excitement and learning.  Like Gal, I tend to describe aspects of work with a heavy dose of sarcasm, but in reality it's a great job and a good place to work.  BTW, we work at the same hospital, which sometimes causes mutual patients to stare questioningly at the two people they thought were coworkers who have suddenly morphed into bickering spouses (playful bickering).

Speaking of, Gal and I were high-school sweethearts who got married two years ago.  I knew I had fallen for her when she caused the Spanish teacher to have a fit and call her into the hall on her first day of class (a long story, Gal was really one of the good, smart, quiet kids in high school). Seeing as she could put up with me, quirks and all, she agreed to marry me and the rest is history.

This is getting to be a long post.  I'll wrap up with some random tid-bits.  I have a deep infatuation with music, especially guitar music (from Robert Johnson to Metallica) and have been known to cause some auditory pain with my own acoustic guitar.  I like playing with things that go 'boom', especially in larger calibers.  I used to practice and compete in Olympic-style rifle sports until school demands pulled me away (some days I miss that old range under the visitor's side of the college stadium).  I try to exercise on a regular basis, mostly so that I can continue ingesting massive amounts of food.  And lastly, we have three four-legged children: Gizmo (cat, three years old, demon-possessed), Ruger (dog, beagldor mix, 1.5 year old, mama's-boy, alarm system), and Abby (cat, 5 months old, polar opposite of Gizmo).

-Guy