The Beginning

Blogs, blogging, bloggers. Words that I hear all the time, but never really cared about. Who cares what these people think? Why would I want to read that crap? Then I read some, and I got hooked. Then I got jealous and thought "Man, I could do that!" And here we are. Not as interesting an origin story as most comic book heroes, but what can you do? What's that you say? You need more background from me? Well fuck you! Just kidding. Here's some information about me and my life.

I was born in Georgia, raised in Alabama, got married in Alabama, moved to Georgia, moved to California, moved to Georgia, and that is where I currently reside. My wife and I have been married for 6 years, and have been together for 11 years. We recently had our first child, Lucas Elliott, who is now almost 1 month old.

As a teenager I was in a punk/ska band named Hadji and the Turbans. The name was our way of paying homage to Johnny Quest's sidekick and his awesome magical abilities. We played together for along time, and still occasionally get together and play a show. I'll post video of us and put some links to our myspace page.

I worked for Journeys shoe store for a long time and made a good living doing that, but I eventually left the company because I was working 70 hour weeks. I needed more time to spend with my wife, so I looked outside of retail. I now work for a major insurance company in the homeowners claims department. Not exactly what I envisioned when I was growing up, but its a living and I can support my family. My wife is a special ed teacher and has been for 6 years.

I love comics, comic book movies, sci-fi / fantasy books and movies, action movies, medical mystery novels, crime novels, kung fu movies... ok I pretty much like all genres of movies, all genres of fiction (except romance), most genres of music (except top 40s stuff), and most video games.

Video games. Lets talk about that. From childhood to now I have been playing video games. Nintendo, super nintendo, sega genesis, sega saturn, turbografx-16, nintendo 64, playstations 1 & 2, xbox & xbox 360, and of course PC games. About 2 years ago I got hooked on World of Warcraft. It's like crack. That's how addictive this game is. I'm sure you've heard about it, and for those of you who have played it, you know what I am talking about. I don't play as much as I used too, but I still play about 3 nights a week for a 2-3 hours. If you want to look me up in game, I'm on Kalecgos - US server - Alliance - level 70 human warlock Shaihulud. Before you ask....NO, I wont give you any gold, I wont run you and your friends through any instances, and I wont sign your guild charter. I'm in a very casual guild that raids 1 or 2 nights a week, so we aren't seeing alot of endgame stuff, but we are having fun.

So that's all for now. I'll post more later on movies, music, video games, and life.