HOLLY SPRINGS —
How does a man who received a .4 GPA his first semester of college end up graduating with high honors (4.0GPA) years later? GOLO member Slayah says it’s called growing up and “getting my priorities straight.” He says he owes it all to the influence of the United States Army.
Meet, Slayah:
Angela: You state on your profile page that political groups are filled with liars and crooks. What brought you to that conclusion?
Slayah: 39 years of being alive. (Pauses and we laugh) It’s been a long time since we had any elected officials who are worth a darn to begin with. Ninety percent of the campaigns sling mud and bring out negatives to hide their own. They get into office and they do nothing. They sit on their fat butts and collect a paycheck. The people who elected them get the short end of the stick.
Angela: Are you expecting anything different this time around?
Slayah: No, I’m going to write in for Garfield, have some lasagna and be fat and happy.
Angela: So all of this talk about change doesn’t faze you?
Slayah: I have yet to see a legitimate plan that would truly be put into place by any of them.
Angela: Would you ever consider running for office?
Slayah: I would be willing but I’d never get elected because I’m too honest. I’ve never been one to pull punches.
Angela: Do you consider that a sad state of affairs? That you can’t be honest?
Slayah: I do. The whole thing with political correctness…I hate it. You can be honest and blunt without being rude but it’s hard to be politically correct and get your point across.
Angela: Do you try?
Slayah: Sometimes. Not very often. It would take 20 minutes to make a point on one stance but by being blunt you could make your point with five words.
Angela: Are we even clear on the definition as a country?
Slayah: I think the majority of people think it means ‘don’t hurt someone’s feelings.’
Angela: Where’d you grow up?
Slayah: I grew up in small town USA in BFE Oklahoma. All of my family is out there. My parents, sister and her three boy and my aunts an uncles.
Angela: What if anything do you miss about it?
Slayah: Knowing who the thieves are! (We laugh…) The population is like 1,200 people including ants, roaches and dogs. I graduated with 21 people. Everyone knew everyone and if someone’s house was broke into, the cops went to four houses and somebody would get arrested. And for the longest time one of them was my cousin.
Angela: Did he ever straighten up and fly right?
Slayah: NO!
Angela: Talk to me about hunting.
Slayah: I grew up hunting my whole life. We weren’t dirt poor but we were by no means well off. I learned to fish and hunt at an early age. Most of our meat came from what we killed or caught.
Angela: How young were you when you started hunting?
Slayah: I had my first rifle when I was 6-years-old.
Angela: (freaks out and gasps) Oh my God! Really?
Slayah: All my friends had a bb gun. I had a .22 rifle at 6 and a shot gun at 7.
Angela: May I ask what you have now?
Slayah: (slight pause) I have a black powder rifle, seven millimeter magnum, a .270, a shotgun, a 9mm and a 45.
Angela: Alrighty then….I don’t anticipate you being the victim of a crime. Have you taught your daughter how to shoot?
Slayah: She started shooting on a sponsored team when she was 12. She shoots skeet and archery.
Angela: So you’re not worried about boys then?
Slayah: No. She knows the deal.
Angela: Tell me one of your little known hobbies.
Slayah: I love to cook. Everything from grilling to making ziti and stuffed shells.
Angela: What would you do with two million dollars that you had to spend and couldn’t keep?
Slayah: I’d build me a compound; buy as much land as I could in Montana and Wyoming and move as far away from civilization as possible.
Angela: Like Little House on the Prairie?
Slayah: I guess. I just want a cabin in the middle of the woods.
Angela: Tell me about the earliest birthday party you remember.
Slayah: My 6th birthday. Spiderman was really big back then and I had gotten a battery operated Spiderman on wheels. I opened it up put batteries in it and one of my friends grabbed it, ran it off the table and broke it.
Angela: Did you cry?
Slayah: No, I hit him.
Angela: Have you always been a tough guy?
Slayah: Yeah. In the area I grew up in everyone made their living farming. I started cutting grass at 7 years old to make money. I wanted to be just like my dad.
Angela: Do you think parents today are too easy on their kids?
Slayah: Most of them, yes. We tried the time out stuff but I knew it wouldn’t work because my daughter is my twin in female form. At about age 4 it got to where my wife had to hold her during time out. I told her that had to stop. Spanking a child is not abuse.
Angela: Who are you buddies on GOLO?
Slayah: Unfortunately I can’t say everybody. Oh, Rabid Wolf and I have good banter. Yogi. Decker’s kind of off and on, Studley, Feisty, Huck, definitely Sessy and bla blah. I’ve got way too many friends and I get new requests quite often.
Angela: Who’s your biggest GOLO adversary?
Slayah: Con Amor.
Angela: But do you guys have good debate?
Slayah: Yes.
Angela: If you were reincarnated, how would you like to come back to earth?
Slayah: As a dog. Actually my dog. He’s spoiled rotten.
Angela: What do you want your daughter to tell her grandchildren about you?
Slayah: My father went from being a grunt in the infantry to an engineer in the civilian world and graduated with highest honors.
Angela: Wow, I’m so impressed.
Slayah: I spent four years in the Army and when I came out I was a better man for the experience and I had my priorities straight. When I went to college the second time I wanted to learn and that made all the difference from when I went right after high school.
Angela: It’s been a pleasure. Thanks for chatting with me.
Slayah: You’re welcome.
