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1. I first thought my last name was Germanic, and its root is; but I always thought my paternal ancestors were German. They're not, they're Welsh. I couldn't believe it at the time. My paternal family comes from an ancient place called the Kingdom of Gwent in Wales, UK. They were Kings and Queens of Gwent. Oh, how the mighty fall.
What is Gwent called today?
2. I was born in a tree. No, not really. But the name of the city I was born in is the name of a tree. This city is the only city in the entire county where the Suwannee River State Park is located.
What tree...I mean city was I born in?
3. The year Elvis Presley died on a toilet is the same year I was born. What year was that?
4. While I was born in a tree, I did not grow up in a tree. I grew up in a river in Tennessee placed in Orange County, Florida. Probably not a good enough clue to most so I'll give another: it's a part of the Orlando Metropolitan area.
What 'river' did I grow up in?
5. I never graduated high school. Never got my GED. Never went to college. I wanted to join the U.S. Navy but I failed the physical and a portion of the ASVAB. I had no recognised skills or education for the adult world. The reason (minus the physical) I didn't get any of those things wasn't because I didn't try but because I found way too late that I have a psychological disability. Apparently I have a disability when concerning maths and spatial reasoning.
What disability do I have?
6. I've had many jobs in my life. I've had so many because I'm stubborn, opinionated, aggressive, in-your-face type person and I dislike it when employers treat their employees as if they're worth nothing. People like me do not tend to stay in one job for long. I had no clue what I wanted to do when I found out I couldn't join the U.S. Navy.
I did find a job I was really good at but I had to do it voluntarily because it required at the least a Master's degree which I couldn't get because of my Dyscalculia (which I didn't know I had at that time period.) I did it voluntarily for many online websites. It's difficult to define without giving away the answer, however, one would be viewing and/or reading a lot of old/new journals, newspapers, books, pamphlets, magazines in concern to certain writings and people agglomerated to those specific things.
What voluntary job did I do for some websites online?
7. One of my hobbies I've been doing since I was 16 years old. I wasn't any good at it back then; actually I'm probably not good at it now. It depends on who you are, I guess. I like to write. I have anger issues stemming from a not so happy childhood and writing helps. I first started writing short stories when I was 12-13 years old but when I turned 16 I thought I'd take a crack at writing like Alexander Pope or Heinrich Heine.
What did Pope and Heine mainly write?
8. I used to collect baseball cards as a kid. I had thousands of them. I stopped collecting them because I found out later, when I got older, they're just not worth the cost. I moved into collecting something else. Like Funtrivia, it's something that helps keep me calm. I have anger issues that I deal with on my own. I have over 4,000 of this variant item. Most of it is on disc but my digital library is starting to grow. They're types of stories with people playing parts in moving photography.
What am I talking about?
9. I had a rough childhood. Other kids would pick on me, even some adults would join in because I was different. A type of intimidation because I was poor, and sensitive to certain situations. What's that typically called?
10. My nickname is 'Nam'. I use 'Nammage' as a default when 'Nam' is taken. My middle name, however, is defined as a room at the very top of a house. In French it comes from a word that means "Watchtower" and a form of the name 'Gerald'. What's my middle name?
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