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About Me

but no, really, im a normal guy. i love my family and i put them before myself. i have a great dane/charpe mix named caine and a basset hound name krister. im a chef at an upscale joint in charlotte. i listen to my music too loud and enjoy sleep far too much. i like scotch and gin on the rocks followed by pbr. im covered with tattoos and piercings. and i care little for others opinions of me because they dont matter. all that matters in life is you and God.

My Interests

cooking, skateboarding, music, tatooing. tattoos,holes, playing with my kid. hanging out with my awsom wife. bang bang. halo. my dog. spraypaint, got to love the spray paint. squids. really sharp, expensive knives. dickies. allclad. blue jeans. t-shirts, and chucks.

I'd like to meet:

ol blue eyes, g.g. allen. tookie. any of the guys from street fighter....what? theyre bad. jack bauer, shirley manson, brian molko, bill hicks.ol dirty bastard quinton tarentino, bling bling, indecliners, people who are not stupid, billy corgan again, james iha again, awol one, and the rest of you.

Music:

lately its been interpol, awol one, ninthcloud, and strapping young lad, but i like a bunch of stuff. beastie boys, 311, placebo, pumpkins, sonic youth, queens of the stone age. unkle. opeth. lamb of god. meshuggah, pantera. radiohead cypress hill. pac, ol dirty bastard. zeplin. bob marley, mos def, david holmes, portishead, symphony x, dillenger escape plan, norma jean, biggie, zappa,the dead, whoever it is that sings " one toke over the line." aphex twins. chemical brothers. crystal method. the misfits. david homes. and a bunch of other really weird stuff that you would probably laugh at.

Movies:

seven, the way of the gun. pulp fiction, jackie brown. kill bill. anything tarentino. natral born killers. the good the bad and the ugly. two mules for sister sarah. slim suzie. we just watched revolver, its probably the best new movie ive seen in a while, oh, and into the wild.

Television:

i dont watch it and i think the rest of the world needs to scrape the t.v. resin from its eyes. its eating brains.

Books:

cooking books....by that i mean cooking theory and technique. weird stuff. clockwork, house of leaves. political shit.

Heroes:

my wonderful daughter serenity and my awsome wife kim. moms and dads. momma don. heath. jake. livi. brian molko. billy corgan. that guy who invented video games. a bunch of guys who are really good chefs. chris adler. dragonforce. anyone who fights to protect what is theirs. my late grandfather. not the republicans. pac, biggie, odb, bling bling and bobb shields. geoff blount is now on this list for telling me about the kick ass job i now have. thanks smoka.

My Blog

tattooed.....again

so i went yesterday and had some more work done to my sleeve. we started the line work for the koi fish on my right arm. wrist to elbow is almost fully covered, i just need to get it filled in and put...
Posted by chef on Tue, 13 May 2008 04:53:00 PST

i need

i need a vacation in a bad way. i dont think ive had one since this time last year. i think the family and i are going to the beach for two days in the next couple of weeks. i will enjoy it. i dont sl...
Posted by chef on Sat, 10 May 2008 04:33:00 PST

my wonderful wife.

i just talked with my wife on the phone. i cant help but be thankful for someone who loves me amid the craziness that is life. kim, you keep me going every day. i will never fully be able to show you ...
Posted by chef on Thu, 01 May 2008 06:29:00 PST

updates

so life is good. im liking the new job even though its way more stress. im gaining alot of new knowlege and being able to see more of the inner workings of the industry, and im getting paid. my chef i...
Posted by chef on Thu, 01 May 2008 05:32:00 PST

when life is life

recently i noticed something about life. something i feel i never really stopped to look at. life is so fragile and easily broken or lost. i lost my grandfather a while back, that was hard because we ...
Posted by chef on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:55:00 PST

real real happy

got the sous chef job in charlotte. i cooked on the lunch line and they liked what they saw. ill be humping a lot more and the stress will probably kill me, but ill be getting experience and 35-40k a ...
Posted by chef on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:39:00 PST

updates

so im not cooking for the charity thing, but its still happening. i may be calling it splitzville with the place i work at now to take a sous chef possition in charlotte and a high end/volume place. i...
Posted by chef on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:51:00 PST

so thankful

so this year is going to be filled to the brim. ill be working and going to school kim and i are going to guatemalla for a week this summer to build houses for widows and orphans. serenity will be tur...
Posted by chef on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:42:00 PST

life

its still good. the winter has been long here, but were starting to come out of hibernation. im out of school for three weeks, so were all going to get a lot of time together. weve needed it. who ever...
Posted by chef on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:13:00 PST

things could be getting wild

so i was at work the other day when the phone rang. on the other end was a chef i know, calling to ask if i needed a job. i was silent for a minute. this was due to me already being at work and being ...
Posted by chef on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:35:00 PST