Day 21 - How I Ended Up A Good Fit For This Job

So, I've wanted to throw out a post about how I developed the temperament to handle this position...I've definitely realized just by talking to people that this job isn't for everyone; Some of you would prefer working in a cubicle.

I find that to be insane...but whatever gets you up in the morning works for me...

However, that being said, I wasn't quite sure how to adequately explain my childhood...Being that I'm 25 I grew up in that weird period where technology was starting to boom but where I can still remember MTV playing videos and rocking out on the Original Nintendo...

As a kid I spent a LOT of time around my extended family...So at a young age I was listening to my uncle Dave's Run-DMC and 2 Live Crew cassettes...When the weather was nice, myself, my cousins and my sister would swing outside for some spirited games of Gutter Ball which basically consists of a free for all where people are trying to throw a racquetball off the roof and have it land in the gutter...

Again, it was early in the technology game and back before parents were buying their kids everything and anything to shut them up and ruin their attention span...

Anyways, one of the main culprits behind my personality with kids is my uncle Carlos who - to this day - is one of the funniest people I know...Seriously, how many of you had an uncle making up board games like "Escape from Prison" and "Back to Siberia" ??

The whole point of this post, though, was to just show you folks a little history...

This evening I was at my moms and I walked by a frame with a series of photos...Now, it's about time I come clean to everyone reading: I am related to the kids.

We're second cousins...the CEO is my first cousin...so I'm going to go ahead and post these photos as they were taken by my Uncle Carlos circa 1987-1989 and maybe, just maybe, you'll see why I ended up in a hair salon making the kids sit below a hair dryer with a magazine in front of their faces...

For the record, the photos feature - from left - my cousin Joe (the CEO's brother, my coworkers Uncle and the first "Mannyiac"), myself, my sister Tica, and The CEO...

Here's hoping you laugh...and no, I don't know why 2 are B&W and 2 are color...