Hello out there. My name is Trae C. Sharp, but I’m also known as Trae Nice or as “Trae Dog Night” to most of my friends. I’m 26 years old and I live in Fauquier County, Virginia in the small town of Warrenton. Most people think that I was born here, but in reality, I was not. I was born in Bremerhaven, Germany in the middle of a blizzard. I left Germany when I was five months old and came to the U.S. and settled in the state of Louisiana, in the small town of Fort Polk. A town that still had segregated schools and still was not very accepting to blacks, I still believe that the town has not changed it’s racist ways. I came to VA at the age of 3 and settled here in the town of Warrenton, a town in which my father and my mother grew up in. My father figured that we’d be better off living in Warrenton than living in the city. Needless to say, he was right.
Warrenton is an ok town to live in, great place to escape the stress and drama of the city and this town is great for those of you wanting to start a family and it’s great to raise kids here. But, this town is also super conservative. People around here think that being gay or non republican is a crime against nature. Mainly due to the fact that most of the population of this town AND of this county are super religious and would rather bury their heads in the sand than accept people for who they are. In all honesty, these people are still carrying the baggage of a past generation. A generation that was not accepting to people of a different race or people who are gay. I wish that people would just accept others for who they are, but some people would rather be closed minded than be open minded and if a person would rather live in their own little world and not be so quick to judge, SO BE IT!!!!
Over the years since I’ve been here, I’ve become attached to this town. Even though I feel that my heart is in another place, I enjoy life in a small town. There are so many things about Warrenton I enjoy, like walking down Main Street in Old Town for instance. On Friday or Saturday nights, you can usually find me at Molly’s Irish Pub, hanging out with friends and drinking some good dark stout beer. During the fall on Friday nights, high school football games are the talk of the town, typical for a small town anywhere you go. However, when it comes to big league football, The Washington Redskins and The Dallas Cowboys are the two teams of choice here, most of the residents of Warrenton are dedicated Redskins fans...except me. I'm sorry, but I would rather be a Giants fan versus being a Redskins or even a Cowboys fan.
Well, I think that about covers it.....Wait, you want to know more? Well, you're just gonna have to meet me in person.
