And now from the book of the life and times of Blade:

I was born in october of 1980. I have an older brother and a younger sister...MIDDLE CHILD HEEEYA. But its ok, i have handled it. The thing that stands out from childhood is moving around ALOT. I went to nine (9) different elementary schools: 8 in the great state of Michigan and 1 in Arizona (more on that in a minute). It was fun but i have no "lifelong friends" since i would be in a school...then POOF gone to another. I did have one friend who i went to a two week summer camp with. Two days into it i got a letter from my parents saying that i won a free day at the local water park, and oh yeah we are moving to Arizona.....we left at the end of the week and watched the 60's version of Batman that his mom taped for us BAM! WOP! OOFF!
The "trip" to arizona lasted 6 months, then back to Michigan...didnt even see the grand canyon.
Fast forward to middle and high school...well not much there. Still moving alot (this time we move to motels and efficiencies) and i got my first job as at a flower shop my cousin owned.....as....a mascot...I got to stand on the curb and wave to cars in a PINK gorilla suit.. YAY!
During high school i got into music alot. Listened to alot of punk music and Kiss (even saw them on the kickoff to the reunion tour in Tiger Stadium WOOP). I had a band in school and we played one show. I have the DVD. But during auditions for the next show, my band decided to get drunk and high and missed the audition...left me standing there. NOT COOL.
A week before graduation i had to throw out a drunk that had been living with us for about 7 years...the final straw was when he almost burned our house down again cause he fell asleep with a cigarette. And no one else in the family would kick him out....Blade did.
Oh were to go from here...so much to write so little patience to do it.
I became a season ticket holder for the Grand Rapids Griffins in their second year and decided to be the LOUD ROWDY FAN...and i was. I painted a hockey mask, brought a big flag and lead the cheers. True story i had a sell out crowd of 10,834 all yelling "THESE REFS SUCK" due to some very bad calls...the ref wouldnt leave without security around him...and i was in the upper bowl
Next in 2001 i met Amy We met during a chance meeting online, just happened to be in the same chat room. She said "Hey someone talk to me" I replied...so did 15 others. But she stuck it out with me. She lived 2 hours away from me and i met her when i had to take my sister and cousin and mom to a backstreet boys concert....I DID NOT...i repeat DID NOT go into that show...me and amy went out for pizza.

2004 i get married.

Now for the reason im here. I hit 300 lbs. Weight is an issue in my family, but we take it in stride and always make "fat jokes" to each other. It seemed to make it ok to be fat. Plus when we didnt have much money it sucked, so when we did...WE ATE. Old county buffet, pizza buffet...do you see a trend.
But cant go on like that forever. i see how the weight is affecting my fathers quality of life. He can barely walk, doesnt go anywhere..and feels like a burden to go places with people. Plus he has alot wrong with him, medically. I DO NOT WANT TO GO THERE. it scares the S out of me. So Amy joined this site, told me to....i did..Best decision ive made in awhile.

Friends are not something i have alot of. In fact i can count em on one hand. But since joining here i think i need additional hands because im always getting boosted and helped and talked to. This is awesome to me. Thanks.

...i know i missed alot. So there could be other editions