July 08, 2002 - 1:36 AM

June 1983:jonnybox is born in the region of Surrey.

Around 1987:He fell in the biggest patch of stinging nettles ever while being piggy in the middle to his dad and sister who were playing frisby. His resultant tears bore him a big Mr Whippy ice cream.

Also around that time: jonnybox started primary education. He would protect his elder sister when bitch fights erupted and another girl tried to trick people into sitting on dog poo disguised beneath leaves.

September 1988: He began in a "Preparatory" school. I.e. one for rich kids and snobs.

1990-1996: He did little or no work and yet was top in nearly every class. He had to learn french and latin before most people knew english.

1991ish:He discovered his wild side, getting not one but two red marks for playing murder in the dark in school. The second was because he also admitted to being the one who closed the blinds. Oh gosh!

He also started listening to some Brit-pop in the form of Blur, and Queen in the form of a school bus full of foot-stompers.

Summer 1996: His parents divorced having been seperated ever since they were unable to stand each other. His father was exiled from the house and lived in London with his job and mistress from the Ivory Coast. His mother struggling to come to terms with it.

He was now more into Dance music from the likes of Moloko, Spiller, Darude and Basementjaxx, as well as the insatiable All Saints.

September 1996: jonnybox moved to a Grammar school to be integrated into the lower middle classes. He did even less work than before on account of it not existing to be done.

He made little effort to make new friends, felt lethargic, lost weight and got sick prompting the use of an Asthma inhaler which also made him sick.

These symptoms were not obvious to himself, but his mother probably suspected her son was a loner and depressed.

January 1997: jonnybox stepped out of the shower and looked sideways on in the mirror. A strange looking, boney bump was jutting an inch from his chest. His sister confirmed that it was not normal looking and his mother took him straight to a GP.

His GP, referred him to a doctor who diagnosed pneumonia on account of apparant scarring on his left lung.

His other doctor recommended a biopsy- removal of specimin tissue under anaesthesia. He was left with a 3 inch scar on his chest where the surgical saw was used.

His doctor later referred him to the children's Oncology department, where he was diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkins Disease. The cancerous tumour originated in lymph glands in the chest and spread into the breast bone creating the lump, and deep into the left lung.

The following day he was started on chemotherapy, on the ChLVPP protocol. This involved up to 17 toxic pills a day, weekly injections of a toxic drug and regular hospital visits for blood tests, X-rays, CAT scans, MRI scans, body examinations and appraisals.

January - August 1997: jonnybox's chemical routine continued. He went to school intermittently to appear to be dying and to skip sports. He did little or no work, and missed little or no work. Side effects of chemotherapy drugs included, fatigue, nausea and vomitting, headaches, tingly face, very chubby face, neutropenia which makes one prone to other diseases (namely shingles), psychological changes, depression, peeling skin, raw throat, weight gain and loss, diarrhoea, constipation and nightsweats that neccessitated sleeping on towels and rotating duvet, pillow and body several times during the night. He had it easy compared to other chemotherapy patients as he did not lose all of his hair.

He was supported entirely by his mother. His father all but severed contact and his sister nagged at every possible moment. He had few real friends and felt isolated.

He went to a crazy so-called "healer". He was made to relax while the healer waved hands around to dissapate the tumour. He went to one counselling session but found the counseller only wanted him to bitch about things he didn't want to. He also experimented with growing wheatgrass in order to make repulsive drinks containing chlorophyll.

Summer 1997: jonnybox had a terrible summer.

September 1997: School started again, but jonnybox did not go back for a while. He had to have radiotherapy 5 days a week for one month. Side effects were extreme exhaustion and weakness, intense nausea and vomitting, fatigue, depression, sunburn and inflammation of lungs.

Autumn 1997: jonnybox remained completely exhausted and immobile but began back at school. He had to take steroids to help the lung inflammation (which he discontinued several months later out of a wish to be finally drug-free). He had been a relative stranger in school and gradually tried to make friends out of aquaintances.

1998: He finally settled in to school life. He was unstressed although still slightly depressed. He took up mountain biking- slowly- in order to regain fitness and health. His character had been warped into one of compasion and feeling, but retained the good old sarcasm and cynicism. He began to relate more easily to people, even those with completely different backgrounds, but has always found many of the same age to be immature idiots. He started his first experiences with girls but had no idea whatsoever how to interact with them on account of never being around them before.

Summer 1999: jonnybox completed his GCSE exams, gaining 4 A*s, 4 As and 1 B. He was slightly disappointed but not suprised considering the lack of effort put in. He took a Mensa IQ test and scored 159.

January 2001: jonnybox passed his driving test after the second attempt. He immediately scratched his father's car while parking in a multistorey car park for the first time.

June 2001: jonnybox completed his A-Levels with grades ABBB which are enough to get him into the the London School of Economics the following year. He completed secondary education.

Soon after his 18th birthday, jonnybox found himself careering into the side of a road approaching a roundabout without any braking control. He completely rogered the car for �2500 worth of damage. He was in serious shit with his father and has only driven once since (illegally in Canada). He recieved much stick from his sister who was also sharing the car and could no longer drive.

Summer 2001: He discovered the Mecca of UK Garage dance clubs. He travelled with a group to Ayia Napa in Cyprus which is bloody awesome. His musical tastes were changing towards UK Garage while still interested in Dance, and some R'n'B and Hip Hop. On this trip he fell out with some supposed "friends" who were acting like idiots and splitting up the group.

Summer 2001 - present: He has been getting involved in chatting on the internet. One object of affection and intense feelings of soulmateship really occupied a lot of his attention and those feelings of compassion and empathy were thrown in this one direction, to later disastrous events.

January - March 2002 jonnybox took up his most enjoyed pastime of skiing in Quebec, Canada. A group of 200 from the UK all converged on a small mountain village to wreak havoc in the bars and [excellent] stripclubs and on the slopes. Many were from very posh backgrounds and acted very irresponsibly, but jonnybox was still able to meet a number of nice, genuine people. One roommate actually had sex in the dorm several times while there were 3 other people trying to get some sleep and recover from hard skiing. To show for the experience, jonnybox, gained a ski instructor qualification, CSIA 1, and had the stressful pleasure of teaching some American children to ski for a week.

April 2002 jonnybox made a foolish mistake while trying to occupy his gap year. He travelled to Los Angeles to meet the internet siren who beckoned him. Initial signals were good and sweet, but reality quickly went sour for no apparant reason. Shunned, he tried to stay put and fix things but had to give up and see more of California and Mexico.

Present, July 2002 jonnybox is at a loose end. No plans for travel exist and working has been too constrictive.

June 1983:jonnybox is born in the region of Surrey.

Around 1987:He fell in the biggest patch of stinging nettles ever while being piggy in the middle to his dad and sister who were playing frisby. His resultant tears bore him a big Mr Whippy ice cream.

Also around that time: jonnybox started primary education. He would protect his elder sister when bitch fights erupted and another girl tried to trick people into sitting on dog poo disguised beneath leaves.

September 1988: He began in a "Preparatory" school. I.e. one for rich kids and snobs.

1990-1996: He did little or no work and yet was top in nearly every class. He had to learn french and latin before most people knew english.

1991ish:He discovered his wild side, getting not one but two red marks for playing murder in the dark in school. The second was because he also admitted to being the one who closed the blinds. Oh gosh!

He also started listening to some Brit-pop in the form of Blur, and Queen in the form of a school bus full of foot-stompers.

Summer 1996: His parents divorced having been seperated ever since they were unable to stand each other. His father was exiled from the house and lived in London with his job and mistress from the Ivory Coast. His mother struggling to come to terms with it.

He was now more into Dance music from the likes of Moloko, Spiller, Darude and Basementjaxx, as well as the insatiable All Saints.

September 1996: jonnybox moved to a Grammar school to be integrated into the lower middle classes. He did even less work than before on account of it not existing to be done.

He made little effort to make new friends, felt lethargic, lost weight and got sick prompting the use of an Asthma inhaler which also made him sick.

These symptoms were not obvious to himself, but his mother probably suspected her son was a loner and depressed.

January 1997: jonnybox stepped out of the shower and looked sideways on in the mirror. A strange looking, boney bump was jutting an inch from his chest. His sister confirmed that it was not normal looking and his mother took him straight to a GP.

His GP, referred him to a doctor who diagnosed pneumonia on account of apparant scarring on his left lung.

His other doctor recommended a biopsy- removal of specimin tissue under anaesthesia. He was left with a 3 inch scar on his chest where the surgical saw was used.

His doctor later referred him to the children's Oncology department, where he was diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkins Disease. The cancerous tumour originated in lymph glands in the chest and spread into the breast bone creating the lump, and deep into the left lung.

The following day he was started on chemotherapy, on the ChLVPP protocol. This involved up to 17 toxic pills a day, weekly injections of a toxic drug and regular hospital visits for blood tests, X-rays, CAT scans, MRI scans, body examinations and appraisals.

January - August 1997: jonnybox's chemical routine continued. He went to school intermittently to appear to be dying and to skip sports. He did little or no work, and missed little or no work. Side effects of chemotherapy drugs included, fatigue, nausea and vomitting, headaches, tingly face, very chubby face, neutropenia which makes one prone to other diseases (namely shingles), psychological changes, depression, peeling skin, raw throat, weight gain and loss, diarrhoea, constipation and nightsweats that neccessitated sleeping on towels and rotating duvet, pillow and body several times during the night. He had it easy compared to other chemotherapy patients as he did not lose all of his hair.

He was supported entirely by his mother. His father all but severed contact and his sister nagged at every possible moment. He had few real friends and felt isolated.

He went to a crazy so-called "healer". He was made to relax while the healer waved hands around to dissapate the tumour. He went to one counselling session but found the counseller only wanted him to bitch about things he didn't want to. He also experimented with growing wheatgrass in order to make repulsive drinks containing chlorophyll.

Summer 1997: jonnybox had a terrible summer.

September 1997: School started again, but jonnybox did not go back for a while. He had to have radiotherapy 5 days a week for one month. Side effects were extreme exhaustion and weakness, intense nausea and vomitting, fatigue, depression, sunburn and inflammation of lungs.

Autumn 1997: jonnybox remained completely exhausted and immobile but began back at school. He had to take steroids to help the lung inflammation (which he discontinued several months later out of a wish to be finally drug-free). He had been a relative stranger in school and gradually tried to make friends out of aquaintances.

1998: He finally settled in to school life. He was unstressed although still slightly depressed. He took up mountain biking- slowly- in order to regain fitness and health. His character had been warped into one of compasion and feeling, but retained the good old sarcasm and cynicism. He began to relate more easily to people, even those with completely different backgrounds, but has always found many of the same age to be immature idiots. He started his first experiences with girls but had no idea whatsoever how to interact with them on account of never being around them before.

Summer 1999: jonnybox completed his GCSE exams, gaining 4 A*s, 4 As and 1 B. He was slightly disappointed but not suprised considering the lack of effort put in. He took a Mensa IQ test and scored 159.

January 2001: jonnybox passed his driving test after the second attempt. He immediately scratched his father's car while parking in a multistorey car park for the first time.

June 2001: jonnybox completed his A-Levels with grades ABBB which are enough to get him into the the London School of Economics the following year. He completed secondary education.

Soon after his 18th birthday, jonnybox found himself careering into the side of a road approaching a roundabout without any braking control. He completely rogered the car for �2500 worth of damage. He was in serious shit with his father and has only driven once since (illegally in Canada). He recieved much stick from his sister who was also sharing the car and could no longer drive.

Summer 2001: He discovered the Mecca of UK Garage dance clubs. He travelled with a group to Ayia Napa in Cyprus which is bloody awesome. His musical tastes were changing towards UK Garage while still interested in Dance, and some R'n'B and Hip Hop. On this trip he fell out with some supposed "friends" who were acting like idiots and splitting up the group.

Summer 2001 - present: He has been getting involved in chatting on the internet. One object of affection and intense feelings of soulmateship really occupied a lot of his attention and those feelings of compassion and empathy were thrown in this one direction, to later disastrous events.

January - March 2002 jonnybox took up his most enjoyed pastime of skiing in Quebec, Canada. A group of 200 from the UK all converged on a small mountain village to wreak havoc in the bars and [excellent] stripclubs and on the slopes. Many were from very posh backgrounds and acted very irresponsibly, but jonnybox was still able to meet a number of nice, genuine people. One roommate actually had sex in the dorm several times while there were 3 other people trying to get some sleep and recover from hard skiing. To show for the experience, jonnybox, gained a ski instructor qualification, CSIA 1, and had the stressful pleasure of teaching some American children to ski for a week.

April 2002 jonnybox made a foolish mistake while trying to occupy his gap year. He travelled to Los Angeles to meet the internet siren who beckoned him. Initial signals were good and sweet, but reality quickly went sour for no apparant reason. Shunned, he tried to stay put and fix things but had to give up and see more of California and Mexico.

Present, July 2002 jonnybox is at a loose end. No plans for travel exist and working has been too constrictive.