About me and how I got here

[Cape Fear]

Hey, I'd like to start out saying thanks to everyone for making me feel at home. I've been meaning to sit down and start my blog for a few weeks now and I guess I'm finally going to do it. I guess I should start by introducing myself. For those who don't know me, which is probaly most of you, I'm Cape Fear, like the river that runs through my hometown of Wilmington North Carolina, not the movie. I'm 38 years old and chronically single. I've recently been recovering from a back surgery to remove the herniated section of a disc in my lower back. How the hell did that happen, you very well may be thinking. Well the embarrassing truth of the matter is, it all started back in May with a cough one morning while working to till the yard. Long story short, too late, is over the next few weeks I had pain move down my left leg and eventually I was unable to stand sit or walk for more than 2 to 3 minutes at a time. Being someone who doesn't like Doctors I put off seeing anyone untill I couldn't stand the pain any longer. I was diagnosed with Lumbosacral Radicalopothy, big word for pain shooting down your leg from the lower back. I then spent most of the next month, laying on one side, waiting to have surgery. After my surgery, I was told that I would have to spend the next 2 to 3 months recovering, which pretty much meant not doing a damned thing, no bending twisting or lifting anything over 5 pounds. So I did what any drugged up individual would do in that circumstanse, I turned to the web. Now I've been an internet junkie since the mid 90's but this was the first time that I had nothing to do but surf the web all day, or night since the drugs they had me on gave me really bad dreams, snakes in the bed and the like. Well, I happened onto a site called fanbox, don't know how many of you are familiar with it, it's not a bad concept but the application itself is a bit wonky. It's basically a friend ring where you collect fans. After lurking on the site for several weeks I happened on a blog that caught my eye, it was our beloved Reap (brownie point 1) Talking about people asking if he was angry and then when he said no they are like, are you sure you're not angry? This ofcourse ends up making you angry and they end up saying something stupid like, I knew you were angry. This really hit home with me because it happens to me all the time, I had been in a pretty deep depression since my operation and someone was always doing the same thing to me. So I sent him a note telling him I'd enjoyed his blog and I totally knew what he meant.(brownie point 2) A few days later I recieved a broadcast on fanbox explaining that he had a weekly show on Pulse Talk and to be sure to listen to the show, which I did. Little did I know how much that one decision would change my life.(brownie point 3) After the show I chatted with this crazy fellow who shot from the hip with what I saw as a total disregard for what anyone else thought.(brownie point 4) Am I laying it on too thick? Anyway he dropped a link to his archives and I spent most of that night listening to some of the archived shows. I laughed so hard it hurt.(brownie 5). I had to hear more, so I stalked him, no not really, but I did join pulse radio as a listener and with in a very short period of time I had come out of my depression enough to actually participate in the chat, which believe it or not, isn't really that easy, cause some of the kids can get pretty vicious till they get to know you. Now you can't get me to shut up.Can't you tell? Anyway, after a few weeks of being in the chat almost constantly I found myself here in Reap Radio Network and the newest DJ, on an as needed basis, at Pulse Radio.(shameless plug) All of which is a direct result of responding to Reaps blog about people making him angry.(brownie point 6) Hey, I wonder where I can trade in these brownie points for some girl scout cookies. Until next time.... Cape

[Dirty Uncle Wally]

Good Cape...Now you can suffer with the rest of us! All joking aside...you seem almost normal.....That is not to be allowed here lol. You Seem like good people....We all are we really do love each other

[Cape Fear]

LOL, Nothing but the truth. Funny how the little things make all the difference.

[Reap Sow]

I'm glad you made it cape..... and there is no need to lay it on so thick you've already been approved

[Cape Fear]

Hey JANE, No, I'm not mad at you, what would make you ask that?
I'm SO glad I didn't wake up and hear that in surgery. LOL
HUGZ
Cape