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Who am I
I was adopted by an ex-Catholic priest and nun. They got me Naturalized as an American in San Luis Obispo around 1984. My astrological sign is Taurus, and my birth flower are Lillies of the Valley. My favorite colors are red, yellow, and blue. My favorite numbers are 7, 11, and 21. My birth stone is the emerald; however, my favorite is the ruby. I like white gold or silver.
I go by my middle name, Rafael, because ever since I was a little boy everybody called me by my middle name, and I agree because living up to my first name is a very big deal. I remember when I went to Saint Rose of Lima Catholic School back in my hometown of Paso Robles, CA. We had to wear uniforms, blue corduroy pants and a blue uniform shirt. I played on the basketball team. We were very good and won all the time. I think we even won some trophies and sometimes even beat schools in Divisions higher than ours. Paso Robles is in wine country and close to Hunter Liggett, the military base. Templeton, Atascadero and San Luis Obispo were also very close to us. We lived at 749 Olive Street.
I went to Paso Robles High School, and our mascot was the Bearcat. I tried out for the football team my freshman year but didn’t get to play the first game because I was too small, so I switched to Cross Country running and Track. I did well and I believe some of the team trophies we won are still there. I had several girlfriends. In fact, my first girlfriend was a senior when I was a freshman. I started working right away from elementary school, starting with a newspaper delivery job which I did on my bike. I also worked other jobs eventually like a High School and Wedding Receptions DJ, KFC, and Carl’s Junior. After High School I moved to Los Angeles so I could attend DeVry Institute of Technology, but I could not afford it and I didn’t know anything about student loans at the time, so I went to work at UPS. UPS wasn’t giving me enough hours, so I looked into the military and settled on the Army.
I went to basic training at Fort Jackson, SC and learnt so many new things that still to this day help me in life, especially respect and how to cope in difficult situations. After basic training I went to Fort Gordon, GA to learn get military training in my job. After AIT, I went to my permanent station and was flown overseas to Germany. Soon after we arrived I was deployed to SWA in support of the Gulf War against Iraq. We entered Iraq in full MOPP gear and drove through a mine field on both sides of our path. We were with 7 Corps at the time, 22nd Signal Brigade, 51st Signal Battalion. After the war our base was closed, and I switched to a new MOS 31F and we moved from Ludwigsburg to Darmstadt, Germany.
I went to PLDC at Baumholder and NCOA in Fort Gordon, GA. I also traveled around Europe on my time off. I wanted to make the Army a career, but I started having problems and left after about 8 years in service. After the military I looked for a job and got one with Onizuka, AFB in Sunnyvale, CA but they eventually had a base closure. I decided to go to college and did with the College Army Fund and G.I. Bill.
Eventually I moved to Sacramento County and met my second wife whom I had two children with. I bought a house in Elk Grove, CA with a VA Home Guarantee on a short sale. I eventually moved to Citrus Heights and sold the first home then bought a second home there.
Unfortunately, my second wife and I got an amicable divorce. We were separated for about 8 years before we got our divorce.
Lately I have been working on a hobby project, publishing a book and releasing three music albums of eclectic, workout, and relaxing music.
The name of the book I published is called "Letters to the World", by me, Jesus Rafael Weber. My music can be found on iTunes, Amazon, Pandora, etc. under my stage artist name of "JRW 21".
Work Experience:
1. Newspaper route Paso Robles, CA
2. Odd Jobs: I did many odd jobs for money took recyclables to recycling plant, washed windows, ran errands for others, swept driveways, did gardening, etc.
3. DJed with my own equipment.
4. Sly 96 FM Boogie Man.
5. Mobile Disc Jockey Z-93 Soundwaves, Paso Robles, CA
6. Club DJ Club Montage, Paso Robles, CA
7. Kentucky Fried Chicken, Paso Robles, CA
8. Carl’s Junior, Paso Robles, CA
9. Electricians Apprentice Apollo Electric
10. Ralphs Grocery Story, Paso Robles
11. Temp Agency in Los Angeles
12. UPS Metro Unload, Cerritos, CA
13. U.S. Army, 31L Wire Systems
14. Call Center Switch Operator, Sunnyvale, CA Onizuka Air Force Base. I routed calls for civilian and military clients. The job ended because there was a military base closure.
15. Music Producer with stage name of: "JRW 21" with produced music on iTunes, Amazon, Pandora and many other worldwide streaming platforms.
16. Published book author: Letters to the World, by (me) Jesus Rafael Weber. Sold on Amazon, Apple Books and Barnes and Noble.
Army Jobs
Wire systems Installer (Communications). And later 31F Small Extension Node (Sen 31F) NCO IC (Communications).
U.S. Army-USA/Germany
I was the leader for several soldiers and sometimes an entire Platoon. We did secure telephone communications by proving customer support and troubleshooting. We also provided secure internet (Packet Switching). I was responsible for millions of dollars’ worth of secure and non-secure equipment including transportation vehicles, phones, cable, and secret technology. Customer service by routing calls and setting phone service both secure and unsecure. Our clients were both military and civilian.
Awards
Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Southeast Asia Service Medal, NCO Professional Development Ribbon, Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Kuwait Liberation Medal.
Many other running, school, and community awards not listed here.
All those above and some Certificates of Achievement between 1989-1998.
Jesus Rafael Weber
Honorably Discharged Veteran
US ARMY NCO
31 L/F NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer)
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Education
Education Timeline:
1. Mexico mostly unknown.
2. Marie Bauer.
3. St. Rose of Lima Catholic School 7th and 8th grade.
4. 1984-1988 Paso Robles High School, Bearcats.
5. DeVry Institute of Technology
6. Germany Head Start
7. CLEP Germany
8. City Colleges of Chicago Germany satellite in class course
9. Central Texas College Germany satellite in class courses
10. University of Maryland Germany satellite in class courses
11. ARMY Training transfer to college credits
12. Gavilan College Gilroy, CA
13. College of the Redwoods Eureka, CA
14. Veterans Upward Bound Arcata, CA
15. Humboldt University Arcata, CA
16. Consumes River College Sacramento, CA
17. Sacramento City College Sacramento, CA
Professional Certificate in E-Business and the Internet
Cosumnes River College - Sacramento, CA
Associate in Arts (AA) in Humanities
College of the Redwoods - Eureka, CA
Skills
Customer Service
Supervising experience
Computer skills
Call center management
Military Experience
Secret Clearance in military
Leadership
In charge of millions of dollars of equipment and soldiers
Joint Operations in military
Apple: Pages, Logic Pro, Keynote, Notes
Microsoft: basic Spreadsheet, Word
Basic Music Production
Book Author
Music Artist
Diplomatic Relations
Writing mine and GOD's WORD
Rasing dead souls with GOD
Peace Maker
Communications
Some of the Authors that I Read Books From
1. ** I have read well over two hundred books since I learned how to read English, from children’s books to fiction to non-fiction books to some classics, but mostly fiction and science-fiction especially. This does not take into account magazine and newspaper articles I have also read for school and college books I read also up to this year. For the last six years I have not been able to finish any books. I always start but can’t focus or my vision gets blurry. I hope in the near future I can start to read again because I love books and to read and especially to finish what I start to read. Today is Wednesday, April 2, 2,025 A.D.
Some of the Authors that I Read Books From
Augusten Burroughs
Alexander McCall Smith
Alexandre Dumas
Anne Rice
Arthur Golden
C.S. Lewis
Charles Dickens
Christopher Paolini
Cornelia Funke
Dan Brown
Daniel Silva
Dean Koontz
Dennis Rodman
Dr. Seuss
Edgard Allen Poe
Eoin Colfer
Eric Carle
Ernest Cline
Gabriel Marquez Garcia
George Orwell
George R. R. Martin
Harper Lee
Haruki Murakami
J.K. Rowling
Jack London
James Dasher
James McBride
Jane Austen
Janet Evanovich
Jeffrey Eugenides
Jerry Seinfeld
John Green
John Grisham
John Steinbeck
Kathryn Stockett
Ken Follet
Khaled Hosseini
Lee Child
Lois Lowry
Louis Sachar
Malcolm Gladwell
Margaret Wise Brown
Mark Haddon
Markus Zusak
May Louisa Alcott
Michael Connelly
Nick Hornby
Paulo Coelho
Peter Jenkins
Phillip Pullman
Pittacus Lore
R.R. George Martin
Sara Gruen
Sidney Poitier
Stephanie Meyer
Stephen King
Stieg Larson
Suzanne Collins
Veronica Roth
Vince Flynn
Wilson Rawls
Yann Martel
Some of the Places I have been to, lived in or visited, Countries and or Cities not all in order:
1. Mexico, Mexico City
2. Mexico, Guadalajara Jalisco
3. Mexico, Monterey Nuevo Leon
4. USA, Los Angeles (Uncle Manuel and Aunt Marina)
5. USA, Los Angeles, Weber’s Adoption
6. USA, Paso Robles, CA
7. USA, Atascadero, CA
8. USA, Templeton, CA
9. USA, San Luis Obispo, CA
10. USA, Morro Bay, CA
11. USA, Fort Sumpter, Charleston, South Carolina
12. Germany, Ludwigsburg
13. Germany, Egelsbach
14. Germany, Stuttgart
15. Germany, Frankfurt
16. Germany, Munich
17. Austria
18. Italy, Milano
19. Italy, Venice
20. France
21. Spain
22. Netherlands
23. Netherlands, Amsterdam
24. Netherlands, Rotterdam
25. Poland
26. Czechoslovakia
27. Switzerland
28. Former Yugoslavia, Serbia
29. Florida, Key West
30. Florida, Tampa Bay
31. Florida, Orlando
32. Oregon, Portland
33. Montana
34. Wyoming, Sheridan
35. Idaho
36. Utah, Salt Lake City
37. Belgium
38. Liechtenstein
39. Bosnia and Herzegovina
40. Serbia on the border of Albania
41. Belgium
42. Turkey
43. England
44. Saudi Arabia
45. Iraq
46. Citrus Heights
47. Sacramento
48. Arcata
49. Eureka
50. Los Angeles
Pets:
Mexico
a crab
a turtle
a little rabbit
Germany, Pets
freshwater fish aquarium
saltwater fish aquarium
piranhas
Shysy barn cat kitten
Aisy barn cat kitten
Minnie Siberian Husky AKC puppy
Sina Siamese cat
Boobibsa kitten of Sina Siamese
California, USA, Pets
a horned lizard
Cody a small poodle
Some Major Life Events
o Birth, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Neglect, physical abuse, molestation, poverty (sometimes we didn't even have our own place nor even a refrigerator), I even ate "dirt little rocks" because I was so hungry, I never met my biological human father, I had my appendix taken out when it almost exploded, I had my tonsils removed,
o Adoption
o Catholic School
o High School
o Mobile Disc Jockey
o Part time labor/jobs
o Girlfriends
o Military
Two wars, Iraq and Serbia vs Croatia support, being exposed to burn pits and chemicals in SWA and in Iraq, going through a minefield in the middle of the night and getting lost at the crossing in full MOPP gear,
o War
o Marriage X2, Fatherhood, 2 boys
o Divorce X2
o Travel
o Operations
o Poverty
o Homelessness
o Abuse
o Volunteering
o Music
o Concerts
o Fishing
o Children
o Jail
o Theme parks
o Germany
o Italy
o Museums
o Floriade
o Yugoslavia
o Driving
o Running
o Wyoming
o Florida
o Education/college
o Two mortgages
o Credit repair
o Pets
o Reading
o Room and Boards
o Family
o GOD
Love, affection, mutual reciprocation of adoration, respect and epiphanies from each other, caring, advice, pleasant surprises to me, discovery, mysteries, teaching, education, funny benevolent jokes,
Fun Things I Did
Not all in order yet:
1. Planet of the Apes Circus twice in Mexico.
2. The pools in Mexico.
3. My 7th birthday in Mexico.
4. San Diego Zoo.
5. Water slides in CA.
6. Disneyland.
7. Universal Studios.
8. Magic Mountain.
9. Art classes in Paso Robles, CA
10.Violin classes in Paso Robles, CA
11.White water rafting.
12.Camping.
13.Trout fishing.
14.Ocean fishing.
15.Swimming.
16.Beach body surfing.
17.DJing.
18.State Fairs
19.Dating.
20.X-Country running.
21.Dancing.
22.Saint Rose Catholic School basketball.
23.Basketball.
24.Wax museum.
25.Monterey Bay Aquarium.
26.Sea World.
27.Shopping.
28.Family reunions.
29.Clubbing.
30.Horseback riding.
31.Kayoning.
32.Hobbies.
33.Card playing.
34.Game board playing.
35.Video games.
36.Watching movies.
37.Watching sports.
38.Watching sitcoms.
39.Going to a melodrama.
40.Going to museums.
41.Traveling Europe.
42.Traveling in the former Yugoslavia.
43.Ice skating.
44.Lisa, Lisa and the Cult Jam concert.
45.Huey Lewis and the News concert.
46.Lionel Ritchie concert.
47.Kool and the Gang concert.
48.LIVE concert.
49.Trick or Treating.
50.Spear fishing, in Serbia on the border of Albania, Jotic summer beach home
51.Going to SF Giants baseball games.
52.Tears for Fears concert.
53.Colbie Calleit concert.
54.Vincent Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
55.Fort Sumter, South Carolina
56.Blue October/Pat Monahan concert.
57.Lenny Kravitz concert.
58.Coldplay concert.
59.Katy Perry concert.
60.Swimming with dolphins.
61.Paragliding.
62.Hawaiian BBQ in Hawaii.
63.Fresh Street Band concert.
64.Disney on ice event.
65.Book Publishing
66.Music Production
67.Working with GOD my Father and Mother
Education Timeline:
1. Mexico mostly unknown.
2. Marie Bauer.
3. St. Rose of Lima Catholic School 7th and 8th grade.
4. 1984-1988 Paso Robles High School, Bearcats.
5. DeVry Institute of Technology
6. Germany Head Start
7. CLEP Germany
8. City Colleges of Chicago Germany satellite in class course
9. Central Texas College Germany satellite in class courses
10. University of Maryland Germany satellite in class courses
11. ARMY Training transfer to college credits
12. Gavilan College Gilroy, CA
13. College of the Redwoods Eureka, CA
14. Veterans Upward Bound Arcata, CA
15. Humboldt University Arcata, CA
16. Consumes River College Sacramento, CA
17. Sacramento City College Sacramento, CA
Jesus Rafael Weber Favorite Quotes from others
“God is too big for just one religion.” – Michael Franti
“Coexist.” - Piotr Młodożeniec
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.” – Mae West
“You can’t just love your country when you win, and you can’t just love your neighbor when you agree.” – President Joe Biden
“No dream is too big. No challenge is too great. Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach.”
– President Donald Trump
"GOD is the color of water." - James McBride
Jesus Rafael Weber Original Quotes
“God has many different faces and is in many different places.” (God is not many different Gods; however, God has a very, very, very vast personality and can “make a face” for each and every known and unknown feeling.)
“The computer is mightier than the pen; however, a pen gets it done faster.”
“Sometimes I like to swim in deep water…I don’t know why, but my own poetry takes me there.”
“Every day you wait to fix something is every day something else is breaking.” (I.e., your will to do something that your conscience is trying to tell you that you must nurture, maintain and uphold to be able to fully thrive.
“If you gamble all your money today, tomorrow you will gamble your life.” (Gambling is very, very, very addictive and doing it daily will lead to homelessness, enemies, and danger from eventually bookies that lend you money you "think" and actually lie to yourself that you can win. You won't. Just don't gamble more than 1% of your monthly net income a month.
“Forgive and honor your veterans.”
"Even nothing is something."
"MAGAA: Make the Americas Great Also."
"If you don't have anything to do then find something you can finish before you start."
"Every beginning must have an end, and every ending should have a beginning."
"I will see you on the rooftops of my Heaven."
"Love will always keep growing in Life."
"Love is every goal."
"Don't ever give up on yourself. You are part of something Greater than yourself...just look up at night and see the Universe above, it's part of GOD and you are in it, thus part of it."
"I see no skin color, I see no nationality, I only see a man or a woman in front of me that I only judge by her actions, deeds and words."
"The only consistency about me is my consistency to be inconsistent."
"Everybody has to put their faith in GOD, or in their allocation of GOD, because GOD is too big for just one race, religion, or individual."
"The ultimate goal of "For the Greater Good" is for 'All of Space to be Happy, thus then so is GOD'".
"1 is GOD, 2 is God Father and God Mother, thus together 12."
"The best revenge for a man of color to do is to go to college get a degree and do something about the establishment." Jesus Rafael Weber
"GOD has many different types of hats."
"GOD wears many different hats."
"You want GOD to help you, yet you keep bombing each other in wars. Don't you know GOD feels every shot." Jesus Rafael Weber
"One day we will make sense of all the senseless." Jesus Rafael Weber
"Nouns are so boring without adjectives and adverbs."
"Unlike any other species, the goals of humans are to strive for greatness and thrive. (i.e., don't try to be perfect and don't accept cruelty from you or anybody else)." Jesus Rafael Weber
Some of my Likes:
3) Talking to GOD
4) Epiphanies from GOD
5) "Working" for GOD
6) Chess
7) Dominoes
8) Spades
9) Hearts
10) Backgammon
11) Collecting Pennies
12) Collecting seashells
13) Jamba Juice
14) Fishing
15) Nature walks
16) Camping
17) Greek food
18) Italian food
19) Sushi
20) Buffets
21) Starbucks Green tea soy latte
22) Starbucks Iced coffee sweet
23) DJing
24) DAW
25) Photography
26) Flowers
27) Dolphins
28) Whales
29) Rhinos
30) Puppies
31) Kittens
32) Clouds white and pink and red skies
33) Swimming
34) Disneyland
35) Concerts
36) County Fairs
37) Writing
38) Museums
39) Vincent Van Gogh
40) Monet
41) Abstract Art
42) Picasso
43) Rembrandt
44) National Parks
45) Dating
46) Making out
47) Red
48) Yellow
49) Blue
50) Lavenders
51) Convertibles
52) Traveling
53) Rain on a warm day
54) Waterfalls
55) Redwood trees
56) Oak trees
57) Wildflowers
58) Tulips
59) Ferns
60) Moss
61) Bengal tigers
62) Love
63) Harmony
64) Peace
65) Safety
66) Purpose
67) Piano music
68) House music
69) Trance music
70) Pop music
71) New wave music
72) Butterflies
73) Ladybugs
74) Pleasure
75) Joy
76) Fun
77) Caring
78) Tenderness
79) Friendly people
80) Kindness
81) Empathy
82) American BBQ's
83) Parades
84) Band music
85) Rock concerts
86) Thanksgiving
87) Christmas
88) Valentines
89) Experiencing other cultures
90) Exercising when I can
91) Running when I can
92) 5K's, 10K's, 1 mile, 5 mile runs for fun but always try for a ribbon, medal or trophy. I am short to middle range runner, always have been.
93) Fruit, all kinds
94) Salads all kinds
Fun facts:
I love to watch a good NFL or soccer game (like FIFA) game, and also often fall asleep while it plays. The curious thing is I fall asleep often towards the beginning then wake up at the end.
I like to sneeze, but not too much. I usually can’t sneeze unless I look at a light or to the left or right of the sun.
When I am waiting for something, I wiggle my toes.
When I was younger I used to like to sketch bulls, castles, leaves on vines, and cityscapes. Later when I took an art class that centered on charcoals I did ducks and barns.
I used to play the violin, read and write music. At Christmas time when all of our families and friends of our families got together I played popular songs on it for them like nursery rhymes songs.
I don't like to step on leaves or flower petals on the ground; however, I do like to jump on a fresh, dry pile of leaves.
Everybody used to call me "Rafael" or Raffy, or Raf; however, sometimes some people called me "Ralph" and that hurt my feelings.
I don't like "dry" hard to swallow food like a dry cheeseburger or no sauce for the meat and veggies.
After I first got adopted to American parents I started odd jobs for money to buy stereo, Discover, and music cassettes by washing windows, running errands, recycling and also by weaving lawns chairs and even learned to Macrame.
"After all", I have found out that I like electronic, instrumental and most non-vocal music because I am upset about the type of lyrics many popular songs have. I like the music and the beats for example of pop not the lyrics of all most all of it.
When I lived in Germany, I had two barn cats, Shysy and Aisy, brother and sister and I got them as kittens. Then we got a Siberian AKC Certified Husky puppy from Florida, USA. Finally we got a Siamese kitten, Sina and when it got older we paid a stud owner to breed with it. From Sina we got another kitten, Boobibsa. I named all the pets. The funny thing was everybody except the Siamese cats slept on the heated waterbed with us. I bought the waterbed for $50.
When I was in Mexico, we went to a Chinese Restaurant. It was my first experience with Chinese anything in this lifetime. I loved it and fell in love with their tea, food and the aquarium in the restaurant it was really neat. Later in Germany I got my own aquarium, a salt water one was one of them. Before that I had a freshwater aquarium with glow fish, like lights in their bellies. I also had goldfish in a little one.
On my first day in Paso Robles I went for a walk to pick flowers for my mom Margaret from the neighbors’ yards. I did not know that was illegal! Yikes! I also got very lost and Margaret my mom and Robert my dad panicked and called the police to find me.
My favorite ice cream shop in Mexico was "31 Flavors" and I always got the bubble gum ice cream. Later I loved the soy ice cream in Humbolt County, from the Co-op. Finally I really like the Ben and Jerry's Chuky Monkey ice cream.
My favorite cars are convertibles. I had a brand-new LeBaron Chrysler convertible in Germany and got it shipped to the USA when I left the service.
I love the Floriade in Holland. The tulips festival, I was there for one. I also loved the Vincent Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.
I love a variety of cheeses.
My favorite video games are: 1949, Centipede, Millipede, Dig Dug, Pac Mac, and Galaxa. Ok, I also like Donkey Kong, but it frustrates me sometimes! The Ape throws too many barrels down so fast!
In Mexico I used to get long canes of sugar cane and chew it all up.
When we went camping by the sea in California, I loved to get fresh black and green licorice and eat it. I also like it from the bag.
I love Yellowstone. I caught two really good trout from a river there and the restaurant at the Lodge cooked it for us, the Weber family.
I like snipe hunting. My uncle Frank introduced it to us, Kolls, Teakens, and Webers. If you don't know what snipe hunting is don't worry about it, just don't tell your kids until they get older, and don't forget your spoons, pots and pans!
In Mexico I used to drink Nesquik. Both vanilla and chocolate. I also used to eat carnation condensed milk, the super sweet kind on corn tortillas.
I really like hot corn tortillas with salt and lemon on them. I ate that in Mexico.
A super really gross thing about me is that I really like pickled pigs feet and menudo on Sundays.
In Paso Robles I used to chase deer up the hills. I liked running after them.
On one of my first Christmases in Paso Robles my mom and dad gave me my first bike. Later a friend of mine from Olive Street where I lived and I put plastic empty milk jugs on our front tire so the bikes would sound like motorcycles when we pedaled.
I like my steak with a bone and medium to well done nice and hot. My favorite meat are Lamb chops. Boy can I ever eat a lot of those! They are delicious!
I like to drink hot tea with a spoon. I like two lumps in my tea.
I love my Zodiac sign; however, even though my birth flower is "lilies of the valley", I also love Japanese blossom trees, with the pink and lavender leaves. When I look at all the petals around the tree on the ground I find it very peaceful and beautiful.
Emeralds are my birth stone; however, I also love rubies.
I love scrapbooks.
I love collecting Marvel and DC comics. I especially love the Marvel Universe comics and "What If".
I love collecting postcards from places I have lived at or have visited.
I used to really like playing the video game "Toe Jam and Earl".
Jesus Rafael Weber
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