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Clay Fraser

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I'm just a simple man from Oklahoma living in the Pacific Northwest. I am a baker/ pastry chef. I'm not the best, but I'm working on it. Want to know a secret? I don't like cake. I don't like eating cake I don't like making cakes, I don't like the band Cake. I think pie is the way to go. I consider my wife my best friend, though she's not a banjo playing hippie like my other best friend. I am a cancer survivor going on 6 years now, but don't ask me to do any jog-a-thons or fundraisers. I do not feel connected to other survivors. I think people need to learn to be a little smarter and less afraid of cancer than they are. Yeah, it sucks, but you can live with it, I do and I don't need a ribbon to remind me.

My Interests

Food, Books, Music, Laughter, Low-budget movies, folklore of the sea

I'd like to meet:

Giant Squid, Big Foot, old timey Hobos (no new timey bums please), other bakers and chefs, good natured people who just get on with life without making a big production out of every little event in their lives. People who like to read and travel and who understand that reading and travelling don't make you a interesting person

Music:

I like all kinds of music, I like the rock and roll, and the punk that all the kids are listening to. I will listen to anything regardless of genre as long as the musician is doing something new and interesting. I don't like alot of mainstream stuff, not because it's mainstream, but because it is bland and crappy. Lately I have been listening to more folk

Movies:

I hate big budget special effects. I think it's more interesting to see what a director can do with less. Long live Roger Corman

Television:

PBS, nerd tv, cooking shows, infomercials with excitable ambigously British pitchmen

Books:

I'm currently reading a book on folklore and legends of the Sea, I am always looking for new books and authors to read, and old ones as well. I don't like it when people try to project some air of intellectual superiority because of the books they've read, or frown on you when you haven't read the complete works of their favorite 19th century Russian novelist. I do not care what you have read, and the fact that I do not have a favorite book or author does not make me a dull person, it just means I don't play favorites

Heroes:

people who stand up for basic civil rights. This list includes anyone from Pete Seeger to Frank Zappa, and even to Ron Jeremy. The last one might seem odd, but the man is probably doing more for your 1st amendment rights than you are.

My Blog

just checking in

Hello everyone.  I haven't posted a blog in awhile, not much has happened.  Although I do have some pretty funny stories to relate, though I'm not sure how funny they'll be to other people.&...
Posted by Clay Fraser on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:27:00 PST

State of the Clayton Address

Without going into too much detail, I was told yesterday that my cancer has come back.  At this time the doctors feel, and I agree, that surgery would be too devastating.  For now I am going...
Posted by Clay Fraser on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:02:00 PST

Sweet, Sweet Northwest Sunshine

I don't know why everyone always says it's so rainy in Seattle.  Everyday the sun shines as bright as can be.  Sometimes it shines so bright, I fear my house might catch fire.  Alright,...
Posted by Clay Fraser on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:18:00 PST

First week in the Emerald City

Well, Whitney and I have been in Seattle for 9days now, and I think things are going to be alright.  We haven't completely unpacked yet, but we're in no hurry.  I start school on Thursday, a...
Posted by Clay Fraser on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:59:00 PST