Birth, St Louis, MO., 1983 - skateboards, BMX, Boy Scouts, hair metal, newspapers, books - Indiana, 1994 - BMX, Internet, grunge rock, punk rock, industrial music, Uncle - S St Louis County, 1995 - Internet, outcast, BMX, pot - Jefferson County, MO., 1997 - girls, LSD, alcohol poisoning, amphetamines, homelessness, recovery, job, parties, blogging, book writing - St Louis, MO., 2003 - Job Corps, drinking, city rat, education, job training - Fort Sill, OK., 2004 - Army, BCT, AIT, degenerate, discharged - Imperial, MO., 2005 - alcoholism, Internet addiction, hallucinations - Daytona Beach, FL., 2006 - homelessness, criminal, jail, epiphany, sobriety - Arnold, MO., 2006 - stability, blog founder, daily writer, networking, independent living - Festus, MO., 2008 - first tattoo, rediscovers music, professional job blogging, self-published first book, adopts dog, attends Jefferson College, reunites with best friend - Pevely, MO., 2011 - re-attends Jefferson College, reunites with family, becomes minimalist, becomes vegetarian - St Louis, MO., 2014 - falls in love with cities, eats vegan, walks daily, lose 50 pounds, get stressed, quits writing second book, has mental breakdown, starts therapy - Pevely, MO., 2015 - enjoys peace and quiet, recovers, takes joy in birds, meditates - S St Louis County, MO., 2016 - walks to get coffee, builds from the ground up, never quits, living in the Here and Now