ronniebear

I'm stuck in the Midwest for another couple weeks, but I'm a true west coast boy at heart. I grew up in a small town in central Illinois, and moved to Chicago when I was just 22. After living 6 years in a big city I knew I would never return to a small town again. Growing up in a small town was not that much fun for me. I never felt at home even at a young age; when I was in 3rd grade I started making people call me Nikki Styxx, and got written up for wearing make up to school one time. I was a simi bully at a young age, because all the other kids picked on me cause I was different. I wasn't a disturbed kid, I was just an outsider trying to fit in... I didn't like country western music, despite how much my dad tried to get me to like it. I turned to a vegetarian by myself at 14, and this was not taken well in a farming community, but I stuck by my guns and did it for three years!
From the ages of 17 to 22 I moved around quite a bit; I finally managed to settle on Chicago for a place to live, but when the real-estate boom happened in 2003 in California I found myself chasing the dream and moved out west. San Francisco is a great place to live, and I think that I might want to raise kids or at least settle down there. For now I'm living back in Springfield Illinois, as my father got sick this last year and I moved home to care for him. When he died I was enrolled in a few classes at the community college here, so when those classes are out in May I'm returning to the west coast. I might settle again in SF, or I might try someplace new!... Any suggestions?