Its all about me right? What can I say ...read the above and below.
HOBBIES
Doing anything with my partner again, Ms. Valerie, like Biking, Hiking, Snow shoeing, Snow Boarding, Back packing Hanging out with my Daughters (they are nine and twenty,also a 1 year old Grandson.)He's a pretty cool kid. I like to travel short trips to cool places work better for me I think. Sometimes, Other hobbies are writing although I do it very little and i suck at it i do have great stories to tell and once i get started its hard to stop me. I love to shoot photo's and make them into Slide Shows also working out doing video film editing Man. I've skydived before and liked it it could become a hobbie if it was not so scary, working on my home ,listening to music,working out at the Y,being competitive, gardening,reading,fantisizing about doing stuff im not doing,watching Tv,
INTERESTS
My interest include My Wife... Mrs. Valerie funky and functional Art,
fixing any thing, this feeds my need to feel like a Man along with moving large objects and making grunting sounds.
Music is cool and I wish I danced more.
I enjoy reading books about real and real people and real things that have actually happened.
I enjoy cooking good food and sharing it with people.
My dogs,
Oh and my kids they are very interesting to me,
also i have a Grandson... not allowed to call me Grandpa
My home is interest me allot.
other people,
I Listen To
My Friends, the little yellow men in my head, my spouse, my kids,
I Read
Books and Mags.
I Watch
People, the sunset,
Skills I Have
Wouldn't you like to know
Places I've Lived
mostly Oregon, and some short geogrifics in other places
BOOKS
Allot of the movies listed and then some. And things that are true and have actually happened. I'm so sick of self help books I want to barf.
although 'Who moved my secret was great, and very very funny.'
MUSIC
for this i must check my I pod to see what I'm currently listening to
Elvis ( see photo)
Cowboy Junkies,
AC/DC,
Rolling Stones,
Arosmith,
Led Zeppelin,
John Prine,
John Lee Hooker,
Elton John,
Willie Nelson,
Hank Williams,
Waylln Jennings,
Billy Joel,
Joan Osborne,
R.E.M.,
NO Doubt,
Jewel,
Dave Matthew's,
Neko Case,
Trick Pony,
Johnny Cash,
Janis Joplin,
Grateful dead,
Jim Croce,
Sting,
I like 50's Mo. town and classical music also so much more than I'm willing to list.
MOVIES
Into the wild was good although I liked the book better,
dumb and dumber I cant believe Im admitting to this one,
Harold and maude,
August Rush,
American Graffiti,
The babe ruth story
,minus 148 degrees,
Everest(1998),
Into thin air,
I heart huckababees
Rocky (the new one)
love actually
most of the Independent films I've watched.
I do like foreign films,
an American in Paris,
Amelia,
Ma Vie en Rose,
Chocolate,
The constant Gardner
Pink Panther (the original)
geez I can't think of them all there are many more
Best Day of My Life
Still waiting for that one...that being said Having kids is great , being and getting Married "Hooah" Blah-Blah-Blah
Why to Be my Friend
I will grant you Three wishes , you will become instantly enlightened and all the things you've been trying to do will fall into place.
Causes & Charities
My Kids!, Make a wish, people less fortunate than me, JPR and NPR Public TV the schools. Kids that need a mentor IM a part of a couple environmental groups that clean up rivers and stuff like that. Any thing that seems important in the moment.
Places I Eat
Home, Co-op,Soco's Inti of talent The susi place by albertsons in Ashland, Happy falafal,
Best Advice Given
Nobody likes to be told what to do.
Happiness is the ultimate risk.
Our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses.
Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.
The statute of limitations has expired on most of our childhood traumas.
It is difficult to remove by logic an idea not placed there by logic in the first place.
All quotes from the book Too Soon Old,
Too Late Smart. BY Gordon Livingston.
Dream Come True
My Life as it is...Truly.....Maybe with justa little more money though.
Brief Bio / Overview
I'm a dying breed in that i'm an Oregonian ...Not too many of us around here, i was born in Grants Pass and have lived in oregon most all my life. and i now live in Talent with my WIfe and nine year old daughter,I work for myself . i love music and art.
Things I Enjoy
talk radio, running, organic gardening, jon stewart ,stephen cobert,
swimming in high mountain lakes,
Hobbies I Have
Art,
writing,
Building things,
Telling funny and true stories
Pet Peeves
People talking in movies, people that don't wash there hands after using the bathroom,
People that sit at a red light when they have there blinker on to turn right, and are in fact turning right, and wait for the green light, with a clear path. PEOPLE IT'S LEGEL TO TURN RIGHT ON A RED LIGHT IN OREGON!
Place I've Traveled
All over the US, and some biking in Italy ...that's it man oh and Hawaii,Mexico, Thats it man.
Favorite People
Martin Luther King--John and Robert Kennedy--Gandhi--Elvis--John Lennon--Rumi--
Things I Need
To love and be loved. People in my life not afraid to tell me the truth. Music and art. Good food and clean water. warm cloths. and a dry place to sleep.
