Tucker in a nutshell
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Father •Skier•Jiu jitiero + Nak Muay•Linguaphile•Writer•Former Journalist•Bulls Fan
Chicago Native•Brooklyn Lifer•Denver Resident•Person•Wordsmith•Man•Camera •TV
TUCKER IN THE
3RD PERSON
Unabridged.
Tucker James Loosbrock is a corn-fed man of Cuban and Russian heritage, from the Chicago area. Writing about himself is one of Tucker’s least favorite activities. He’d tell you to return to the work. But if you’re hell-bent on reading this novel, Tucker will torture you with a story that has little to do with advertising.
Tucker began his adult career as an American correspondent and office novelty for a Spanish business magazine in Madrid. He covered Spanish banks and translated for his colleagues at press conferences. One time his editor thought it would be funny to send him to an anti-American, Iraqi banking convention. This was back in 2006 when no one abroad liked Americans. The poor kid was subjected to dozens of presentations showing how Bush’s war crimes and "ignorant" Americans were screwing foreign investments in the area. He then had to interview the presenters with his gringo accent. Tucker’s editor made up for it by buying him a beer and promising to find him a nice Spanish woman.
Tucker is now married to a nice Slovenian (American) elevator saleswoman.
He knew commodities wasn't for him the day he discovered someone had defecated in the futures pit to protest a regulation. While he was appalled by this stunt, it wasn’t the feces that drove him away. It was other news he received immediately after–the CBOT would be transitioning from open outcry trading to a docile, computer-powered system. That meant no more chaos. No more people screaming out trades or fighting or even those cool hand gestures (called “arbing”). Tucker often wonders if there could have been an "arb" warning of imminent fecal protests.
Where were we again?
Oh right.
After a year, Tucker returned home to throw elbows in the pits of the Chicago Board of Trade to assist traders in executing commodities trades for clients in Chile, Mexico, Ecuador and Brazil, while attending the Chicago Portfolio School at night.
There are now more children fluent in Klingon than traders in arbitrage.
While Tucker is a huge proponent of brevity, especially when it comes to writing, this bio does not reflect that.
So he ‘ll wrap things up now.
Tucker then finishes ad school. Recession hits. Only jobs in New York. Starts at Anomaly. Learns a lot. Goes to Barbarian Group with a bunch of weirdos, drone pilots and inventors. Does some top-secret stuff at Google he can’t discuss. Is convinced to go back to Barbarian by his current partner Stephen. He and Tucker go to Translation to oversee the day-to-day on State Farm Basketball, Brooklyn Nets and anything else involving basketball. Then went freelance and have been there ever since. Tucker is a huge Bulls fan.
Tucker and his partner re-enact scenes from feminist literature. This is the ending to Kate Chopin’s ‘The Awakening.’
Mr. Loosbrock currently lives in Denver with his Slovenian (American) wife and two daughters. He enjoys wine, skiing, jiujitsu and muay thai, learning languages, and writing stuff not related to advertising. He’s seen the movie Encanto 52 times, and will probably see it a 53rd tomorrow – though his daughter will probably scream at him when he sings along to tracks written by the great Lin Manuel Miranda.
Tucker is ending his bio with a performance of Scarborough Fair.