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Making a Monster

By martymcflyer

  • My Birth

    Standing at 1' 8", weighing in at 7.3 lbs, and born at Aurora Medical Center in West Allis, I entered this world
  • Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina

  • First big move

    First big move

    My parents, cat, and I all moved from our apartment to my parents' first house
  • Becoming a brother

    Becoming a brother

    My brother was born
  • More responsibility

    More responsibility

    My sister was born
  • First taste of pain

    First taste of pain

    One day during preschool, I fell off a Tike's table and had to get stitches by my eye
  • First day of elementary school

    First day of elementary school

  • First pet fishes

    First pet fishes

    My brother overfed them a few months after we got them
  • Target down

    Target down

    Osama Bin Laden was eliminated
  • First time talking to the principal for discipline reasons

    First time talking to the principal for discipline reasons

    I threw ice at a kid
  • I got a pet hamster

    I got a pet hamster

    His name was Packer and he passed because he wasn't fed, RIP
  • I met Jonathon Lucroy

    I met Jonathon Lucroy

    At the time, he was the Milwaukee Brewers' catcher
  • First time playing an instrument

    First time playing an instrument

    I first played the alto saxophone and eventually switched to baritone saxophone junior year
  • First day of middle school

    First day of middle school

  • First detention

    First detention

    This would be the first of many
  • 8th grade trip to Six Flags

    8th grade trip to Six Flags

    This was the last big hang-out I had with my buddies from Wisconsin
  • Second big move

    Second big move

    Moved from Wisconsin to Michigan the day before freshman year
  • Locked up at home

    Locked up at home

    I suffered through online learning and a missed baseball season
  • Covid-19

    Covid-19

  • First varsity football season

    First varsity football season

  • Happy endings

    Happy endings

    My cat passed after 18+ years
  • First car

    First car

    The Ford Fusion 2009 whip
  • Second and final varsity football season

    Second and final varsity football season

    Lucky number 13 and a fat pancake
  • Navy enlistment

    Navy enlistment

  • Graduation

    Graduation