Well, my life is split into four different categories right now: "Work" - "Family" - "BXS" - and "Panik".By day, I am a land surveyor for an engineering company in Cameron Park California. I have been surveying for around 10 years now and I love it. I could never be one of those guys that works in an office all day(I would go crazy being inside that long), so this job works out really well for me. I get to be outside, I get time off whenever it rains, and it is a very physical job, so it keeps me in pretty good shape.In late 2006 I received an email from my High School Sweetheart Catrina , (whom I hadn't talked to since a few e-mails back in 2000 or so when both of us were married). Over the next few e-mails and phone conversations, she informed me that she was getting a divorce and wanted to meet for coffee to catch up. Since that coffee date we have been pretty much inseparable. Catrina has two daughters from her first marriage named Cassandra and Ashleigh, and they are both absolute sweethearts. Naturally It took them a little while to warm up to this long-haired guy that their mom was dating, but within a year of us being back together they were hassling me to marry their mom, and they began calling me "Dad-E" (for Dad-Ernie). I cannot imagine what I could have done to deserve to not only reconnect with the love of my life, but to earn the love and respect of two of the greatest kids on Earth! In Early 2008, I called in a favor from a buddy of mine named Billy and his band Save And Continue . The favor was for Save And Continue to learn Catrina and my song (Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol). It took a few months of scheduling to work it out for there to be a perfect date on which this could happen, but on May 31st of 2008, I went on stage with Save And Continue at their show at The Colonial Theater, and I sang the song to her, and then pulled her on stage with me and I asked her to marry me. She is my absolute soul mate, and she makes me the happiest person on Earth, and as of September 5th of 2009, I will finally be able to call her my wife!!! It only took since 1992 for us to finally reach the goal that we both dreamed of!!!By night, I am the drummer in 2 different Sacramento bands: the hard rock/metal band Brand X Savior and the "Psycho-Pop" band Panik . I have been playing drums for a little over 20 years now, and I can't imagine ever stopping. I have been with BXS since the bands inception on Halloween night in 1994, and I have drummed for Panik Since March of 2008. Nothing in this world compares to being onstage with these bands, it is what I live and breathe for.Anything else you want to know? Ask...
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