Yeah, I never had the drive to pursue music as a career.* Others
   had the drive for me, but I didn't like being driven by others
   :-)* [my music teachers ... were always, "you have so much
   POTENTIAL - I'd kill for your talent".* But see, that's their
   dream - wasn't mine. Never went to India; grew up in NJ.* Was
   going to join a monastery in my mid 20s (extreme religious
   phrase) but convinced to come back home to take care of sick
   grandmother. Ended up getting a good job for a few years.* Saved
   up $$.* Bought house in FL 13 years ago so my brother + his
   family, my mother + myself could live. Started a business after
   asking my brother, "If you could do anything, what would it
   be?"* My brother, not much of a talker about those types of
   things (he's like a shock-jock and likes ridiculing ppl for
   laughs when he does talk :P ) - he said "work with animals". So,
   animal trapping it was.* I learned all about how to run a
   business, advertising, marketing, how to beat Google at its
   game, SEO, etc and how to deal with lots of crabby ppl in the
   process, all living on 5 acres in the middle of the woods
   ("swampland"/"the world's largest suburb" - the subject of the
   ancient joke, "I got some swampland to sell you" - it was about
   this place). Learned to juggle mortgage, bills, etc while
   working from home. Monastery?* Well, it became my retirement /
   life falls apart plan.* Only stayed for a few weeks at that time
   but I realized it was a lifestyle I could always return to.* I
   don't mind praying for my supper.* I'm not religious, I neither
   believe nor disbelieve, but if it was my job, well, I'd put my
   all into it. So, you never know where life will take you. Never
   worried about a mate; yet, not* adverse to it either.* Lots
   about relationship drama I didn't like in my teens/early 20s;
   which is probably a bit of why I 'went religious" in the first
   place; a nice, socially acceptable way to get out of all that
   drama.* It's not that I didn't enjoy their company and all the
   activities involved with relationships... never had any issues
   there - but, well, I'm a nerd through and through and live in my
   head and I figured there's no rush.** I'm good enough looking
   and have a nice personality, so I was never worried about
   finding somebody or ending up lonely, should I ever go that
   route. Age-wise?* Well, I got thrust on this planet without my
   permission, but yet, here I am.* Happened to be when it was. I
   could've been born 11 years ago.* I could've been born 872 years
   ago, or 97 years in the future. I'm just glad to be here :)