Andrez Lozano

About me:

Hello, my name is Andrez. I was named after my father; whose family is from Bolzano, Italy. My mother was Spanish and Greek. So that makes me a handsome Greek-Spanish-Italian. Boo-ya! Im also an April-Taurus born in 1977 @ The St. Paul Memorial Hospital in Dallas, TX; just a couple of blocks north from the famous Parkland Hospital (where JFK was taken to after he was shot). He should have been taken to St Paul; he'd probably still be alive. (kidding by the way), I have to say I'm j/k, some tight asses don't know my twisted personality. I don't take life too seriously, only when I'm at work or on a project. I'm the youngest of nine and the cutest of them all … the best way to describe my personality; if you seen an episode of What’s Happening!! I was Dee the sarcastic daughter. I guess after having 8 kids my mother didn't have the energy to discipline her baby. She gave me anything I wanted and w/ out question. So yeah, you can say I was spoiled … as long as I did well in school she didn't care how I acted. _____________________________________________________________________________ In 1980 she had decided to relocate to Los Angeles. LA was great growing up, I had a great childhood, we lived minutes from downtown LA; I grew up quicker than I know I would have in Dallas. LA public schools were tough; there wasn't room for shy or timid boys … Even though I knew I was gay when I was in pre-school, I always stood my ground and remain out of the way of those LA gangs. Who were all around most of the time (back then). What I remember the most living in LA was the beaches in Huntington and Long Beach, and who could forget Malibu! Almost every weekend my mother and I would hang out on the beach. We'd shop, get our hair cuts, eat, walk then lay out on the beach. Towards the end of the day we watch the sun set, either on the beach, or some nice restaurant. She'd make sure wherever we were we'd (in her words) watch that fu#kin' sun set by the ocean. Ever since I can remember my mother and I had a great relationship. I became a smart ass along the way, but she loved it, she told me that I was her favorite b/c I talked back, used sarcasm and was funny about it. I told her I learned it from her. She also had a sailor’s mouth. My other siblings were plain and lacked excitement. Yeah, she fueled the fire and created a monster! _____________________________________________________________________________ By that time I was 15 most of my homophobic siblings had moved on and begun making family of their own back in Dallas. We eventually moved back to Dallas early of ‘92, to the Farmers Branch/Addison area. It wasn't until July she announced to the family she had six months to live, and in just four months she died 10 days before Christmas (on Dec 15, 1994); the cause of her death- lung cancer. The very next day I was forced out of my home, (b/c of my sexual preference). The night before all I can remember is crying myself to sleep, just to be awaken by my oldest brother and oldest sister who were there to make sure I was out by the end of the day. I wasn't allowed to take anything but the items in my bedroom. Till this day I have just memories & dreams- no physical items of my mom. So there I was homeless, abandon, numb, alone … my mother just died and I had no idea how I was going to survive. What I had to endure the next two years is another story; I'd like to blog about someday. _____________________________________________________________________________ In 1996 I met a girl in high school, her name, Schuyler. She knew of my living situation and soon after we met she invited me to move in w/ her and her family in Allen. I was living w/ extremely religious Christians in Lucas, TX; friends of my teacher (I knew when I was attending Garland High) who talked them into letting me stay w/ them. Penny who is Schuyler's mother took me in … when Schuyler picked me up from the Jesus freaks, and I entered the house. I looked around, the place w/ nicely decorated and conservative like. I was nervous that this lady would be like the other religious or extremely conservative republicans I lived with. Anything was better than living in a church. (not really a church but it might as well been). She was calm and only said a few house rules, like that’s where the trash is taken to, help yourself to the refrige and make yourself at home, w/ a friendly southern accent. She’s from Shreveport and sounds like Julia in Designing Women. I'm not kidding. _____________________________________________________________________________ A year later I was hired to travel in and around our major cities from coast to coast, the reason I came up with my screen name USAndrez. I was USAndrez on hotmail (still am), WebTV and then finally on AOL in 2001. The job lasted two yrs & I literally have hundreds, perhaps thousands of photos of my trips, some are posted here on MySpace. They were fun and scandalous times … I eventually moved to the Oaklawn area, which is the gay district of Dallas. I’ve been going to Oaklawn since before my mother passed away. _____________________________________________________________________________ Oct 2000, I moved in w/ a guy who lived in Dallas but moved to Scottsdale, AZ. Funny I forgot his name but we shared a house w/ a pool, lots of "fun" and parties. This desert city is surrounded by mountains, palm trees, very different then what I was use to in TX, even CA. Before I moved to AZ, I stored my belongings at a Public Storage north of Oaklawn and flew my ass to Sky Harbor Int'l in Phoenix. I quickly found a job but was in and out of them, trying to find one I loved. I have stories that'll keep you entertained for yrs. A couple of months later I met Daniel, my new roommate; still in Scottsdale. We met on a dance floor in Phoenix. He came up to me just to and said my shoelaces are untied. I walked outside, he followed … after talking we went to his place, they say never to sleep w/ your roomies but we had fun. It didn’t last. _____________________________________________________________________________ In Sept 2001, I met Tim; in an online AOL chat room … he was my boyfriend for 5.5 yrs. It was a good time; I began a new job and a relationship. A fresh start, away from the drugs well, away from the bars, no, away from the one night stands, there we go. We started w/ just some belongings and finished off w/ furnishing a two bedroom apt. _____________________________________________________________________________ In 2006 we moved to Philadelphia (Center City- 13th and Spruce). A yr later we broke up, he moved back to Phoenix and I moved to West Chester, PA. The break up was hard but it was long overdue. The fighting, the lack of trust, I was fed up w/ the drama. ’07 I turned 30, it wouldn’t have been nice if my ex and I weren’t apart and in love as we use to be, but my 30th wasn’t as bad as I thought. My friend Lou took me out to an expensive restaurant, the meal ended costing him $800 (for the two of us), then continued to party in Phila … even went to Atlantic City w/ a few other boys. It was a hot night. _____________________________________________________________________________ In July ‘07. I found my nephew and my sister. We hadn’t seen each other for over 10 yrs! I visited my sis twice that year; and in April ‘08 I drove/moved to Ft Worth to be closer to her. The reason why I decided to move back to the DFW area is so that I could assist her ... My sister is fighting Parkinson's, depression, restless legs and is diabetic. I'm happy that I found the only sibling who loved me for ME and my nephew. My nephew Dean, lives in the Turtle Creek/Oaklawn area, great location I wish I could live in his blg ... On my spare time I tend to spend most it in Oaklawn and if I don't feel like driving to Dallas, I'll have a few at FW's Rainbow Lounge. My goals are to continue school and to move to Miami, or have a 2nd home there. The ocean is irresistible!