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When I thought I might be an actor

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Hi. My name is John. John Hattaway if you are paying attention to the URL you arrived here from. If you originated from sw-c and don’t know who I am… well… I am sorry but there may be little help for you.

For those that are interested, I am a senior in college. The college is Brigham Young University. I transfered here from Southern New Hampshire University after doing a couple of semesters at Salt Lake Community College before that I was at Brigham Young University. In short, the journey to get back to BYU was expensive and interesting and in some ways very drawn out. However, by December 18, 2008 I will be a college graduate complete with a diploma. Let’s see, I am now in my mid-30’s and being old like that, it’s taken me a little over thirteen years to do what I started out to do after I got back from my LDS mission.

And yes, I am also a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Active and all that. I go every week unless something (like illness) gets in the way of my going. Sometimes that happens.

I am married to Erin. She blogs too. She is a graduate from Brigham Young University after transferring from the University of Scranton in Scranton, PA. It’s a Jesuit University and she really enjoyed it. However, her choice to move west from where she schooled and where her parents live was based on her going on a mission. She served an LDS mission in London England. I served in San Jose, CA.

We met in a philosophy class. She was there to get some of those pesky philosophy credits out of the way. I was there because the class was introduced to me by a professor I respect. I don’t know that I would take that class again, though meeting Erin made it almost totally worth it. The outcome was the two of us having seen the worst movie ever made (Love’s Abiding Joy) and then having hot chocolate and then seeing each other and/or talking to each other almost every day until Erin went home for Christmas and even then I flew out to spend time with her and meet her family and go to New Hampshire and we got engaged.

About a year after we met, we were married. Now we are expecting a baby. The baby’s website is codename: CAMPER-dot-com and requires you to have a login to access any of the information. No, we don’t have a name yet. Yes, there are names we are considering and have in contention. As a result, Erin’s mom thinks baby is coming home nameless. Which, I have to admit is possible. Though I wouldn’t bet money on it.

Currently, I am living with Erin in Provo, UT. Makes sense since I am still actively attending BYU. At the end of the year, and just before Christmas, we are planning on moving to Western Massachusetts. This should be fun as I am looking at graduate school in New England. My focus: writing. Specifically an MFA in writing. MFA stands for Master’s of Fine Arts.

At preset I am currently looking for work (more toward passively looking for work) in Massachusetts with a focus toward Universities and Colleges. I have a couple of places I am very interested in. Time will tell whether or not I can get the job I want.

Oh, for those who are curious I come from a relatively large family (outside of Utah) and most of my siblings live in or around Utah. Mostly in. I am one of the oldest of the children and was the fifth Hattaway sibling to be married. That means older two siblings are married and immediate younger two siblings are married. The three below that are unmarried (as far as I know).

–John