So, how much can one really learn about the subulties of Ray. He is an enigma wrapped in a paradox with a crunchy batter and juicy on the inside. Ok, so I'm not a microwave burrito, but everyone tells me that I am an interesting person.

I have tried to live an interesting life, despite my 26 years. I have done many things and made my life full and productive.

So, where do I begin, to tell the story of how great a life can be, the sweet young life that is older than the sea. Where do I start... Well, I guess I should start by getting out of this Love Story reference.

I was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on November 6, 1977 at 5:55 p.m. To my parents: Mr. Ray L. Rhoads, Jr. and Mrs. Trudie V. Rhoads (Famalaro) - Divorced. They were happy and content that I was a healthy bouncing baby boy. Cute as a button, I was. I am the oldest grandchild to my father's parents - Mr. Ray L. Rhoads and Mrs. Vunnie Rhoads (Macabee) of Pricetown, Pennsylvania. I am the third grandchild of my mother's parents - Mr. John J. Famalaro and Mrs. Dorothy E. Famalaro (Matter), Deceased.

There's not too much to say about my first year, although I somehow just gave you a family history of 3 generations. God, I'm long-winded

I have a little brother also. I used to think he was some sort of creature from another world. I sometimes still tell him that. He is a good guy with good intentions. John J Rhoads, was born on April 21, 1980. Don't ask me the time, this site is about me, not him.

So, I will jump ahead here due to the fact that my first few formative years are pretty much just like everyone elses. So we will move on to when I was about 9. In 1986, my parents divorced, I believe that this event had a great deal to do with how I deal with relationships today. I remember distinctly that my parents tried to make sure that we knew their divorce wasn't because of us, but what they did to each other. But I digress.

So learning - I take my education very seriously. I graduated from Reading High School in June of 1995, and applied to several different colleges but finally settled on Indiana University Of Pennsylvania. I had a great time in college, I started as a music education major but graduated with a B.A. in music performance, with concentrations in Voice and Piano. I also have a minor in sociology and english. After I graduated from IUP in 1999, I decided to apply to Graduate School. I settled on IUP, because I was comfortable with the environment and I really liked to program. So, I started in the fall of 1999 in the Student Affairs In Higher Education program. I moved into my first apartment and got ready to start class. Graduate school was a challenge but I worked it out. I worked at the African American Cultural Center at IUP. I then got a job as the Program Coordinator for the Safe Zone project at IUP. I was then offered a job as a Residence Coordinator at Penn State-Mont Alto. I had to withdrawl from graduate school becuse I put myself into the hospital. So, I finished the job at Penn State and decided to move on, I wasn't sure where I was going to go, of what I was going to do, and my friend Chad Craig called me. He was living in Syracuse, NY at the time. I told him what was going on and he offered me his spare bedroom. So I packed up 23 years of my life and moved to Syracuse. Eventually, after spending every dime of my savings, I found a job as the Director of Residence Life at Bryant & Stratton College. After that I moved back to Reading, PA to be closer to my family and I got a job as the Director of Choral Activities at Reading Area Community College. I also joined a band Mere Image. So brings us almost to date. Dear god, there is so much more I could write in here. I might even make a college years page.

I'm a fairly easy-going person but I can get rather annoyed at stupid people. Whoever said there was no such thing as a "stupid" person, was WRONG! So, I do my best to not fight with others unless that person is getting my last gay nerve. So there... Have at you.

Wanna see some pictures? Here are some pictures with a little story about them.

Don't you just love how vain I am?

Man: I wonder where that fish has gone.

Woman: You did love it so. You looked after it like a son.

Man: [strangely] And it went wherever I did go.

Woman: Is it in the cupboard?

Audience: Yes! No!

Woman: Wouldn't you like to know. It was a lovely little fish.

Man: [strangely] And it went wherever I did go.

Man in audience: It's behind the sofa!

[An elephant joins the man and woman.]

Woman: Where can the fish be?

Man in audience: Have you thought of the drawers in the bureau?

Woman: It is a most elusive fish.

Man: [strangely] And it went wherever I did go!

Woman: Oh fishy, fishy, fishy, fish.

Man: Fish, fish, fish, fishy oh!

Woman: Oh fishy, fishy, fishy fish.

Man: [strangely] That went wherever I did go.

First fish: That was terrific!

Second fish: Great!

Third fish: Best bit so far.

Fishes: Yeah! Absolutely... ! Terrific! Yeah!... Fantastic... Really great

Fifth fish: Ray hasn't said much about the Meaning of Life so far, has he...?

Good God... I'm not that old yet. I'm only 26. I hope this isn't Middle Age for me... I have so many things I need to do and so much to see.

Uh... I had my tonsils out when I was 6, and my appendix out in 1996. But I have never had an Organ Transplant, let alone a Live Organ Transplant.

I'm looking forward to retirement. I hope it happens when I'm thirty, but it's not bloody likely.

Do I sound enlightened to you? What the hell do I know about the meaning of life.

Two words- Salmon Mousse

I hope you got a little more insight about me. I know that I am very important person and that you have bettered yourself just by being on this webpage. I will now bless you so you will always be a part of my inner circle/cult. Hell, let's have a party. You bring the Kool-Aid and I'll bring the cyanide.