My Cultural Collage

This collage represents the culture that I have been most exposed to. In 1987 I became enamored with probably the biggest pop culture influences on my life Star Trek, Star Wars, Superman, and The Wizard of Oz. I grew up in the small town of Miami, OK. My mother was extremely over protective of me, so the aforementioned films/television shows were like my best friends in a way. I owe a large amount of my morals and ethical beliefs to those shows. I began going to school in Commerce, OK in 1997. Later, I played football for the Commerce Tigers where we were blessed with quite a high level of success. My wife, Kristy, and I had a son in Feb. 2009.I joined the Miami Little Theatre in 2009 where I currently hold a position on the board of directors as a member and the historian. We perform our shows at our small towns "diamond in the rough", The Coleman Theatre. In 2010 I had the privilege of being cast as The Cowardly Lion in Miami Little Theatre's production of The Wizard of Oz. My wife gave birth prematurely to our second child with a week and a half left until the production. Emmy Grace was born on Sept. 7th, 2010 during an emergency C-Section. Emmy had a condition called fetal hydrops. I spent my days waking up, driving to Tulsa, OK (an hour+ drive from Miami, OK.), staying there as long as I could, driving back, performing the show, sleeping, and doing it all again the following day. The production wrapped on Sept. 19th and was a resounding success. Emmy Grace died Sept. 23rd.