Jerry "Clapso" Avissato
I'm 45 years old and live in Utica, NY. I'm currently attending college with the aim of changing what I do for a living. I have been a Chef for over 20 years and am now studying sociology. I hope to someday figure out how to get the picture of me on this page right side up. After being a registered Democrat my whole life I decided to join the Green Party a few years back. If you wanna get to know me even better click the MY ESSAYS link and read some of my stuff or try the SCI_FI DOUBLE FEATURE in 3-D. My personal mission statement is: Read, Think, Speak, Write, Be. The first 4 will lead me to the last. Merry meet, and blessed be!
I enjoy reading science fiction, writing, movies, skating, hanging out with friends in RL or on the net, mudding, painting, going to open mike nights to read my short stories or poetry, and Chia pet farming.
I have a lovely exwife and two teenage sons Luke and Daniel who live a few blocks from me. My brother Michael and sister Rae both live in NYC. My father lives in a retirement community called Florida.
I have so many friends scattered all over the place it would be unfair to name a few and piss off who I left out. All my friends have one thing in common as they are, like me, extremely WIERD.