About Me

 

Biography

 

Raymond Christopher Bird

Entered the earth’s atmosphere on February 12, 1955

Crash landed in Queens, New York City.

Mother Ship – Elizabeth Bird age 20 at time of landing.
Injection Engineer – Howard K. Bird age 35 at time of landing.
Sibling Ships – 2 previous landings, Patricia & Dora - 3 post landings, Roslyn, Myron and Eugene.

Docking Stations:
1955-1959             Corona Queens
1959-1972             Far Rockaway Queens (Redfern Projects)
1973-1976             Inwood, L.I. New York (Nassau County)
1976-2001             Plainfield, Westfield, New Brunswick, Hillside and North Plainfield, New Jersey.
2001-Present         Columbia, South Carolina.

Replications:
Jabari Hanif Bird
Omar Kafele Bird

Current Ship Status:

Running smooth at illuminating speed, thanks to new Captain and Chief Engineer, Noemi.

That’s correct, I am from another place in space, here to enlighten, entertain and enjoy the human race.  Fifty two years on this planet and I have yet to discover something new.  It has been, it is, and always will be, all about the money.  Sad, that will be the full and complete report I take back to my place of origin when my assignment here is over.  The earlier reports were different, but I think those were recorded when you guys were called dinosaurs or something.  Regardless, I AM HERE!

During my pre-flight preparation, I was given a choice of humanoid body styles to choose from. Having tapped into your broadcast system I overheard that “Tall Dark and Handsome” was very popular with your female species, so of course, that is what I chose.  Had I known at the time that the “Dark” part would be such a hindrance, I might have reconsidered.  When I was twelve earth years old, I spaced mailed a request to the techs to have the “Dark” exchanged for “Lighter”.  They spaced mailed me back with the following response:“Due to recent cutbacks in our tech department, all request for humanoid body changes must be made in person. Space mail is a lot slower than email, I was thirty eight when I got that response.  I received a recent change in policy notice, but I told them to forget it.  When I turned fifteen, I was Black and I was Proud and I loved James Brown. 

 

I love everything about the 60’s and 70’s.  We had dreams, drive and a make no compromise attitude.  One of our dreams was to make our lives better so that our replications could have the same benefits as the little light colored kids.  Our dream came true. Now we have little spoiled, TV. watching, video playing, do nothing, dependent brats.  Success!  Just kidding, not all of them are brats.  But for those of you who are, get your parents to buy my book so you can learn about independence on a grand scale.

   

The eighties were not so bad, but the nineties and on, have been a real smachleven! (Smachleven is a derogatory word we use at my home.  It is also synonymous with U.S. Government.  I still have my radical beliefs from the 60’s and 70’s,  radical being a far reach from mainstream.  For the fact finders and in depth thinkers, mainstream is the real radical.

 

I’ve always loved to write, most of my immediate family are writers.  My sister Patricia was the first published writer.  “Mary & Other Ordinary Women” Poems by Patricia Bird-Landrum . ISBN 0965-7006-0-7.  I have to give props to my Sis, she is one of the spirits that watch over me. 

 

Yes writing is a family trait.  I guess it stemmed from my mother.  She used to write me a six page letter about cleaning my bedroom.  Yes her writing was torture, but it was writing nonetheless.   I started writing poetry when I was ten.  I wrote some good stuff, even put some of it to music.  Can’t show you any of it at this time.  I vaulted it for my heirs.  It will be worth a lot more when I’m dead.  Hey, you’ve got to plan for the future.  Later I wrote a lot of technical documents and communiqués.  Then I decided it was time for the big step, the novel.

I had a great idea and I knew it would send a message, and important message.  I was ready to put pen to pad and then I did a market study.  I realized that even though I had a great message, the average book reader needed a story line.  It’s like watching a movie about a poor woman who was beat by her husband or a documentary about battered women..  The movie would give the viewer someone to identify with, a character.  Hence, I put my message in a well developed story in hopes that more people would get to hear it.

I love to write and I do what I love.  Finishing and publishing my first book was exhilarating.  I have a good job, a fairly nice and comfortable home, and I have a beautiful, sexy, intelligent and talented woman.  No reason to cry.  {You know I’m going to get some when she reads this}

My one wish is that the message in my book gets to the people that can turn my fiction into fact.  It’s there, it’s easy and it should be done.

I could go on and on after all I am a writer, but I don’t do me very well.  I do believe in one thing and that’s integrity.  I live it and I expect it.

 

Peace,