On November 4, 1994, I was born as Nicholas Ian Clinkscales at 1:00 in the afternoon. My mom says I was fairly easy to deliver (compared to my brother) and that after pulling me out, the doctor delivering me said “What a chunk!”
We lived on the corner of Briar Hollow Dr. in Austin, Texas. Our cousins, aunt, and uncle lived on the same street, but there was a river seperating the two sides.
[Family Members]
Cathy: Aunt
Walter: Uncle
Rachel: Cousin
Sarah: Cousin
We had a female German Shephard named Bonnie. She liked to wrestle with me and pounce on my back, which was slightly painful.
The first Christmas present I remember getting was a red Game Boy Pocket with Pokemon Red Version. I was mesmerized by how I could move people by pressing buttons, and the fights were the most fun thing I had ever done.
Our family was typical; dysfunctional, with a dad coming home from work at dinner time and a mom changing diapers.
[Random Memory]
Our chairs had bars in the back, and I got my arm stuck inbetween them.
My dad had HUGE glasses (about 2 inch lenses) and not very much hair. He worked as a CPA at Price-Waterhouse and made a decent amount of money, bringing us to the upper-middle-class of the community. We didn’t go to church and rarely went on vacation.
My grandmother lived in an apartment about 15 minutes from our house.
[Family Member]
Ruth: Grandmother
Whenever we visited her, she would have a bowl of candy-cherries that my brother and I would eat. When she came to our house, she would always pitch plastic baseballs to me and I would try to hit them over the fence, even though my parents got really annoyed having to go get them back.
Aside from playing Pokemon (and Super Mario Land 2 at this point in time), we would watch the animated Inspector Gadget show. I developed the habit to eat a bowl of Goldfish while watching it.
[Random Memory]
It was coming on so I asked my mom if we had any Goldfish. She said no.
We also watched Blues Clues and Barney.
After finishing this stage of my life, I shall rest my fingers and edit this when I get a chance.