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and story were actually quite personal to me and at times it was pretty heavy. So this next thing will hopefully be as much fun to watch as it will be to make. A friend that I work with at Last Wave, the local brewery in town, inspired this one actu- ally. All I can say is that it has a Nicholas Cage meets Final Destination with a sprinkle of Weekend At Bernies 2 sort of vibe...so yeah. Finally, a little about you? Where did you grow up? How NJ STAGE - ISSUE 48 long were you in the service? I was born in Wayne, NJ but grew up in Toms River from age three on. My mother is from Wayne but my father was from down this way in Atlantic High- lands. I was born on my dad’s birthday and definitely share his love of South Jersey, the water and our beaches. It was a fantastic place to grow up and I’m grateful my parents decided to move down here. I was in the USAF from 2006- 2010 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. w INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 99