Tommy Gremillion

New Orleans

Age: 68 Birthday: September 27

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Tommy Gremillion left a comment for John Richeson

"Thanks, John.
I've noticed over time that the site is visited by a select few. I usually get messages at birthday time and someone usually challenges me. I guess they thing I don't remember what was drilled into my head over the 9 years I was…"

Tommy Gremillion left a comment for Ric Cox

"Thanks, Rick. I'm never retiring! If I'm not working I'll be building something, volunteering, doing art, writing,...whatever. I never expected my parents to live to 93 & 84, but they're retired now and bored to tears. Life is all about taking care…"

Tommy Gremillion left a comment for Tom Kelso

"Thank you!"

Tommy Gremillion left a comment for John Richeson

"Thank you John. These truly are the good old days!"

Tommy Gremillion left a comment for Kevin Josephson

"Kevin, I responded before I read your message. I sent you my contact info.
Take care, buddy!
Tommy"

Tommy Gremillion left a comment for John Richeson

"Ahhhh, Take Five - One of my favorites! Meeting Catherine's father and being in his home is truly one of the greatest moments of my Corps experience.
If time permits we will see you in November.
Thanks, Tommy"

Tommy Gremillion left a comment for Tovah Finman

"Thank you! Living true to myself with nothing to fear is just where I wanted to be. Knowledge truly is power! I had a fabulous birthday with a few of my friends on the beach.Perfect!"

Tommy Gremillion left a comment for John Richeson

"Hey John, Thanks for the greeting. We'll be in Tampa the weekend of Nov 7th to visit Pedro's family. It'll be a short and well overdue visit. It'd be good to see you , but with only 2 days I don't think we'll have a lot of free time. Tommy"

Tommy Gremillion left a comment for Eddie and Anne (Baker) McSherry

"Thanks Eddie. Good to hear from you. Went to the beach with my closest friends for the weekend and had a blast. Take care, Tommy"

Tommy Gremillion left a comment for Michael Jones

"Gonzales? No shit? I'm still in New Orleans and still having as much fun in life as possible.
I own several investment properties now and due to the banking/real estate market selling them won't be in anyone's interest for quite some time. Katrina…"

Tommy Gremillion left a comment for Jacqueline Howley

"Hey Jacqueline,
What a beautiful family you have!
In regards to your remarks about the past, yes, I now appreciate all the jokes and all the fun back then. I remember one incident at H.Q. when after a meal someone approached me in the dining room…"

Tommy Gremillion left a comment for Joseph Teodosio

"Hey Joe,
We're in the midst of Mardi Gras season and the actual day is tomorrow, so needless to say we are preoccupied with all the social activities and such. It meant a lot before but since Katrina most folks have a renewed commitment to this…"

Tommy Gremillion left a comment for Bonnie Kim Campbell

"Bonnie Kim,
Good to hear you're doing well and looking fabulous. But that was always your true nature and I wouldn't expect anything less.
I dated an actor and visited him in Stamford a couple of times. He managed the Caberet there and worked in NYC…"

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Gender

Male

Location

New Orleans

Birthday:

September 27

Age:

Way Corp group(s) I was in

Where I live

New Orleans

Married or Single

Married

About Me

I returned to New Orleans after leaving the Corps and have lived here since. One of the main reasons why I joined the ministry was to rid myself of the scourge, and so called "possession", of being gay. I tried my absolute best (more than anyone I've ever known) and never felt that I had accomplished this absurd task. Once my eyes were open to the "real" truth I packed The Way in boxes and haven't looked back until recently. Rhonda was my wife at the time and even though we live our separate lives now we remain very good friends. Our friendship was established well before our Way experience, and if The Way didn't ruin us nothing else will. I am very happy to be living my life now with my partner here in New Orleans. He moved to the US from Venezuela to further his education and to find personal freedom. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering and works in the Oil & Gas industry. We're very happy together and we enjoy an incredibly active and diverse social life. I love my life and the choices I've made. I'm so glad that I'm not involved with religion - even in the slightest way. I now live the freedom I've searched for my entire life and celebrate the joy of living everyday with independent thought.

My Interests

I am always interested in learning more and expanding my mind. When I consider science and all that we know now I believe it's impossible to adhere to the doctrinal messages I've learned from the Bible. I believe we've evolved into the beings we are now and I have a disbelief that a spirit being had anything to do with creating us. It just doesn't make sense to believe that the being that created time, space and even life itself has not spoken to us in 2000 years. Focusing on "this" life makes it more valuable and I now believe there is no afterlife. My main interest was and still is people. Even after Katrina I still have 35 very close friends that have remained in New Orleans and we enjoy life the best we can. Second to that I love restoring historic houses, as I have for many years, and I love to work with older materials. I got the travel bug when I was a kid and I take every opportunity (pending finances) to experience different places, cultures and people. I'm in my 2nd semester at The New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts studying visual arts. This school is unique and the opportunity is rare. We'll see where this takes me, but in the interim I'm enjoying the hell out of it. And then there's our dog Sophie. Truly interesting!

Employment or Career

After I left the Corps I worked for FedEx for 8 years. After that I waited on tables at one of New Orleans' 5-Star restaurants by night and renovated houses by day. That exhaustive lifestyle supported a greater goal of buying and selling my own investment properties. The most recent acquisition was 5 months before Katrina and it flooded, but thankfully none of the others did. I completed the restorations of that property in August of this year (2007). Thomas Gremillion Properties L.L.C. is my business.

Music I Like

Just about everything that originated from New Orleans. I also like Modern Jazz, Rock, Pop, Classical, R and B, Techno, Electronica, Broadway (show tunes), Vocals, and my favorite, Chill (what's playing now.) If this site was more compatible with ITunes it would be nice.

Books I Like

The Classics, History, Poetry, Emerson, Business, Self-Improvement, Some Fiction...and anything about design.

Television I like

I'm not really all that much on TV. l love information, education and movies, but not really big on series and such. I always feel like I should be doing something creative instead of wasting time and getting fat on my couch.

Movies I like

My all time favorites are Hitchcok's "Vertigo" and the classic SciFi "The Day the Earth Stood Still." I don't visit this site enough to update recent movies.

Sports Teams I like

LSU Tigers, New Orleans Saints, but not really big on sports.

Website 1

https://www.myspace.com/tommygremillion

My Email Address:

TGremillion@cox.net

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Eddie and Anne (Baker) McSherry September 27, 2009 at 12:48pm

Tommy ,saw it was your birthday Happy birthday and God Bless! I am glad I got to know you our first year inresidence you definetly were a great friend, thanks We had a lot of fun.
Eddie
Tovah Finman September 27, 2009 at 10:26am

Hey Tommy, a grand Happy Birthday to you, my fellow Libra (Libras rock!). I'm so happy to hear that you're being true to yourself and enjoying your life. That's awesome.
Much love, Tovah
John Richeson September 27, 2009 at 7:19am

Hey there Tommy. Happy birthday! I hope you have a great one today. Great having you here!
Michael Jones September 16, 2009 at 8:35am

Dude, you still down there I see - I am in the Gonzales, La area now for the past 7 years !! What have u been doin? Your humor has been missed for a very long time by this man here !!!!
Jacqueline Howley February 10, 2008 at 3:42am

The only way to get through was to have a sense of humor, not just the WC but life. I deal with so much of other peoples sadness, it is a matter of suvival!

Besides, happiness is contagious! Good to hear from you,
Love,
Jacqueline
Jacqueline Howley February 9, 2008 at 10:55am

Hi Tommy,
What memories that come back! I remember being on dining room set up during that insane time around graduation/way corps weddings/advanced class. What never fails to bring a smile to my face is the memory of you singing "Freddie, Willy and Mabel" to the music of "Ready, Willing and Able"
So good to see your face again.
God bless you,
Jacqueline
Paul Marmora February 6, 2008 at 12:17pm

Wow, Mardi Gras was yesterday! We were so caught up with celebrating Chinese New Year's Eve with our Taiwanese daughter that we never even gave it a thought. It is a huge deal over in Asia, and Hsuan-hui was very keyed up so we tried to do it up right. You should see our house! There are scrolls, banners and lanterns hanging everywhere--even inthe bathrooms and all over outside - in the snow. I did a big Hot Pot (sort of like Asian fondue) for the dinner and we had friends over too. The hot pot turned out great, which is pretty impressinve because I had never made one before and Hsuan-hui has no idea how to cook, but between her memories and my Tawianese cookbooks we made it work very well. Part of the New Year's celebration involves 'gambling' with cards, dice and lots of shouting and slumping, depending on how your 'luck' runs. We used different flovors of chocolate kisses, so even if you lost, you won...It was great fun. But, we were all up rather late. we had numerous calls to Taiwan and spoke to Hsun-hui's parents and both sets of grandparents and then our own proceedings, so I will be ready for an early bedtime tonight.
Gong Ho Shien Shi (I have no idea if this is the right spelling, but it would sound correct) - Happy New Year! And Happy Mardi Gras!
P
Paul Marmora February 6, 2008 at 8:44am

Hi Tommy,
How goes it? Is the moving in going OK? I always feel that is the worst part - all the packing up, schlepping boxes and then unpacking allover again. It usually lasts about 6 months before it is all completely over and you are finally completely settled in. The house sounds intruiging, though.
I have been traveling aroundthe state and freezing in different stages no matter where I go. I even went south to the Juneau area and brought ice cold temps with me and froze there too. I almost want to train in Hawaii this month, but I am almost afraid that my arrival would drop the temps there and all those tropical flowers would be ruined. This is always the hardest month of the year in Alaska. The winds kick up, and the mercury plunges and yuo think there may never be sun again. We will make up for it in June, though...
P
Paul
Joseph Teodosio February 3, 2008 at 12:28pm

HI Tommy,

God bless you brother. Let's chat soon....let me know when you are available and I will call. Want to run a few things by you...Joseph Teo
Clayton Kennedy January 12, 2008 at 8:36am

As always it was great to hear from you. Sorry for my delay in getting back to you...I am not all that good at keeping up with all the items available in this the electronic age! I do a bit better with e-mail as it seems that it is something that I need to check at the office daily. One of these days maybe I'll make the trek to N.O. and maybe you would be so kind as to be my guide...I still love to eat and mix and match my foods to various beverages.
Looking forward to staying in touch.

Clayton