Travis Bruce, Houston junior, is an ambidextrous Irish that has the luxury of deciding which hand to use in daily tasks since he has the talent of knowing how to use them both. “I usually just write with my left, eat with my left, but then I like throw with my right, and if I was going to punch somebody, I’d punch with my right”, said Bruce. Growing up in his home in Cypress Wood, Bruce was constantly involved in big time competition with his older brother, Robbie, gaining him the title amongst their friends as “Robbie’s little brother”, which Bruce didn’t care for too much. Instead, he wouldn’t mind going by the name of the actor that he says his own parents compares him to, who is Colin Farrell. Besides being a star in two of his favorite movies, S.W.A.T and Pride & Glory, Bruce says the Irish bond that him and Farrell share is just one more reason of why he would be his celebrity comparison. Other than watching Farrell in his favorite movies, Bruce tells of how he spends most of his time making memories with his neighbor, his fraternity Sigma Tau Gamma. The fall ’08 pledge of the fraternity tells of the craziest memory he has with Sig Tau, which was his pledge class retreat, leaving none of the wild details out. Hopefully the tales of this fun-filled trip doesn’t travel back to his girlfriend of six months, who Bruce isn’t quite sure of their relationship status. “Uh I don’t know, I’m not necessarily tied down, but we’re courting. Well at least something like that”, admitted the humorously, confused Bruce.
Bruce surprises me once more, going against the stereotypical facts about a Sig Tau member, when he admits that he himself does not yet have a tattoo. Although he has been contemplating about getting one and which one to get for about three years now, Bruce has yet to face the ink. When the day does come when he feels he’s ready to feel that needle against his skin, Bruce knows now exactly what will be his first piece of body art. “I’m religious, so I want Mathew 7:7. Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you,” Bruce shared. His conversion to Catholicism, religious upbringing, and belief that a tattoo should have meaning and purpose, are the reasons for Bruce’s pick. In search for a church here in Nacogdoches that could slightly remind him of his church back home, Bruce has yet to be successful in this endeavor. The one similarity to his home church that would be nice, is the choice of mass times due to Bruce not being a morning person, especially not on Sundays.
The currently unemployed student, nonchalantly tells of how his employment at the local Chilis ended just after a short three months. Without a two weeks notice Bruce “just stop showing up”. Assuring me that this wasn’t of the norm when pertaining to his work experiences, Bruce explains how the job as a server, for him, was not the greatest thing in the world. That $400 that the FFA (Future Farmers of America) member made in high school in auctioning off the pig that he raised, could probably come in hand now. The similar to work experience, due to the student having to wake up at 5 a.m. every morning to feed and tend to the pig, who he named Breakfast, in the end earned Bruce a good deal of cash and a few pieces of delicious bacon. In the future, when searching for a steady job in an advertising firm of his choice, hopefully the six-foot Irish doesn’t pick up his old work habits.
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