I’m reinventing myself as a bodybuilder, writer, college student and Japanese citizen after my year in jail. I wrote 16 flash fiction stories in jail and 140 pages of a novel titled ‘Shadow Moses’ (I’m not sure if I’m going to complete that story as keeping interest in writing is tough, but I don’t know what else I want to do with my life). I’ve been a wrestler, cage fighter, line cook, landscaper, supplementary instructor and have worked dozens of temp jobs. I did bodybuilding for a year when I was about 21 (8 years ago) and found that I was pretty good at it despite never competing. I’ll be competing this time and see how far I can get without steroids and then maybe how far I can get with them.
My name is Jose Ramos, I live in Lowell MA and being locked up sucked. I have some mental health problems and tried to kill myself and my mother in 2021, causing me to catch my first case and end up on probation for 3 years. Then 6 months into probation I had a mental breakdown and attacked a police officer. That is what led me to spending a year in jail.
I have always been into anime and video games, a weeb. After having tried to kill myself I decided I’d do the things I’ve always wanted to do including go to Japan. I’m currently studying how to speak Japanese and when probation is up I plan to live and possibly study in Japan.
For now I just want to get the basic facts of my life established and I plan to dive deeper into my experiences such as wrestling, time in jail, and share some of my flash fiction and daily routines as well as my bodybuilding progress.
Welcome to my life, hope you enjoy and wish me luck.