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"TallGuy" or "TG" is a nickname my ex-wife gave me. She is the only person who ever called me that. My real name is Bill, after my father (it's better than being named after my mother, I suppose)

I'm 6'5" and shrinking (used to be taller, but I have terrible posture. Recent visit to the doc puts me at 6 foot 4, but I don't believe it). My ideal weight would be somewhere around 200. I am far from ideal: As of August 11 2008, I am finally below 225 lbs., down from a high of 240. I've recently renewed my gym membership, and I'm being more conscious of what I eat, so I may reach my goal yet.

I am a retail business analyst, which is a another way of saying I am a babysitter for our store managers and executives. I work in the IS department for a small haute couture designer, in charge of their retail store systems. I like it a hell of a lot more than tech support, and I get to travel to such exciting locations as Secaucus NJ and Kenosha WI.

EDIT: I will be laid off from this job at the end of 2008. Who knows that the future holds, but I would like to stay in a similar industry or line of work.

I'm a New Jersey native who has lived in Indiana since 1995. At some point, my mindset changed, and I started thinking of Indiana as home. I still follow the New York football teams, except when they play the Colts. I vacillate between being a Jersey boy who is living in Indiana, and a Hoosier who used to live in the New York area.
SEPT 2008 UPDATE : I'm thinking the former attitude is more prevalent. I've been feeling myself drawn back to the East Coast; it's a combination of a wealth of family and friends in New Jersey, and a dearth of them in Indiana.

I've been divorced since October 2006, and am fortunate enough to have had a great friend for my ex-wife. I realize that some people just shouldn't be married, but can still care for each other and be on good terms. We're not as close as I would have liked, but at least we don't hate each other (at least, I don't hate her).

My plans for the future are uncertain. I aspire to become a monk, specifically a Trappist monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. I'm a long, LONG way from being ready, but I'm going to try to spend the next few years working towards that goal. Pray for me, and for my vocation.
SEPT 2008 UPDATE: That monastic vocation is looking somewhat less likely. The more I think and pray about it, the more I have to consider that my "passion" for the monastery may have been a little too hasty of a reaction to my divorce and solitude. I think I'm being called to something else, living according to monastic values, but staying in the world.

Another reason why the monastery may not be for me; I recently started (and then ended) a romantic relationship. It didn't wind up the way I thought, but she touched my heart in a way that I never expected. She reminded me that the world is a wonderful place, and there are some wonderful people in it.


I'm a 40 year old man...
...who has made a lot of mistakes in his life, learned from most of them, and would like to apologize to anyone he has wronged,
...who lives in a house that somehow has become a home for him as well,
...who wants to be free from sin, but when he falls (often, and sometimes hard), knows enough to ask God to help him back up,
...who likes his ex-wife, despite the advice of his friends,
...who enjoys the company of women, doesn't see that changing anytime soon, and is hopeful that the right one is still out there,
...who isn't ready to hide away from the world,
...who may not like his job, and would like to be doing something else, somewhere else, but knows he is damn lucky to have one,
...who is finally comfortable with his appearance,
...who is in good health and knows he needs to take care of himself if he wants to stay that way,
...who knows that life is short, so there no point in dwelling on what you don't have and better enjoy what you do (a lesson I learn over and over, to my great benefit),
...
...
...who is happy.

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