Location: Beginning with the Virgo Super Cluster of Galaxies we'll find our Local Group of Galaxies which of course includes our
Milky Way Galaxy, and about the midpoint between the galactic center and the outer edge of the Milky Way will be the Orion Spiral Arm and this is where 8 planets are found orbiting around a 4.6 billion year old, smaller than average star we call The Sun. Earth is the 3rd planet found about 8 light minutes away. In the North Western Hemisphere there will be a collection of lakes on a great land mass. I am located at the southern tip of one of these lakes. Of course only humans would be able to understand how the hemispheres of our planet are arbitrarily designated but I hope I'm safe in assuming only humans can read this.
Influences:
1) Family --> Despite getting divorced, both my parents have been and are involved in my life. Dad: a hard working, sports loving, generally smart guy. Mom: a caring, understanding, world class cook, and source of goofiness. Sis: really a polar opposite of myself despite the obvious gender differences, she is artistic and I am not, she is high strung and I am mostly relaxed, yet somehow we get along really well and always have. I am lucky enough to have lost only one grandparent, and for a good portion of my life they all lived in the same general area.
2) Chicagoland --> I've spent most my life located no further than 1 hour from Lake Michigan. When asked I say, "I'm from Chicago", but right now I live in Michigan. I got my degree in physics from the University of Illinois at Chicago, but also spent some time studying in Milwaukee. The midwest can be beautiful, melancholy, blistering hot, freezing, exciting, boring, blue-collar, white-collar, bluesy, hip-hoppy, punkish, jazzy, quirky, straight-laced, all kinds of adjectives. This is in many ways has shaped who I am, a variety of all kinds of qualities and ultimately I think it drives me to become a well rounded person.
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