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Rich

The world is my playground

About Me

I am 26 and enjoying life. Some things I like to do are travel, go camping, playing music, caving, off-roading in my Jeep, long walks on the beach... I bought a house in November 2004 so that keeps me busy too. I am pretty much finished remodeling the kitchen, laundry room and dining room. Next project is the master bedroom on the 3rd floor. I plan on remodeling the whole house then selling it before I design and build my next house. Just recently acquired the land to do this so maybe in 5-7 years I'll be ready.
I have been to some incredible places overseas such as Brazil, Scotland, Morocco, France, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland, England and various places in Mexico. I have also been all over the US too which is mostly because of my job. Some of these include: Albuquerque NM, Long Beach CA, San Diego CA, Hartford CT, Providence RI, Boston MA, Detroit MI, Albany NY, New York NY, Philadelphia PA, and Washington DC. I would love to meet people anywhere I go so I will keep posted where I will be next :)
Upcoming business trips/vacation:
Lafayette, IN - Summer 2007 - Yippee
St. Louis, MO - Late Summer 2007
Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg/Northwest Germany/Italy - Summer 2008 3-4 weeks
Brazil - 2009
I have more pictures of places I have visited if you are interested on Panoramio which are pinpointed in Google Earth.
Right now I am studying for the CPA exam so that consumes some time. I hope to have my own tax practice in the next 2 years.
As far as relationships, I pretty much have my life in order and now I would like to share it with someone!

My Interests

Traveling, camping, rock climbing, investing, remodeling my home, long walks on the beach, off-roading in my Jeep, paintball, playing piano, guitar, djembe, having fun with friends, porching it, bonfires, shooting guns, brewing beer, making wine, cooking, canoeing, boating, roller coasters, making others happy, laughing, taking pictures, road trips, hiking, backpacking... Some things I want to get back into: snowboarding, scuba diving, learning other languages

I'd like to meet:

People who are interested in traveling. People who live in areas I plan on visiting and can give me some guidance on places that I should visit.

As far as someone who I would like to date, first and foremost she has to be a Christian. Then from there, someone who is family oriented and wants to have kids someday. Someone who has a career started or has motivation and drive to start their career. I want to take nice vacations and travel the world so if we're both working it makes it that much easier. Someone who enjoys the outdoors. I like to go camping, rock climbing, boating, hiking, backpacking, jeeping, etc. I am very open-minded so these aren't the only things i like to do! So, in four words, Christian, Career, Travel, Outdoors :)

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Music:

The Knife, Royksopp, Nomad, Jack Johnson, Black Eyed Peas, Ben Folds, Linkin Park, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sublime, Gaelic Storm, Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Barenaked Ladies, Coldplay, Dave Matthews, Death Cab for Cutie, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Evanescence, Guster, Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin, Man O War, Metallica, Nabeel, Nine Inch Nails, O.A.R., Outkast, Postal Service, Rusted Root, Snoop Dogg, Stephen Lynch, Tenacious D, Ton more in my iPod

Movies:

I haven't seen many movies compared to most everyone I know so I joined Netflix in an attempt to see more movies. These are some of my favs: Office Space, Kill Bill, Bond Movies, Dazed and Confused, Life, Chronicles of Narnia, MI3, Zoolander, Wedding Crashers, Napolean Dynamite, Meet the Parents, Old School, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Grey December, Legend of Wasaki, Tomb Raider, Indiana Jones, Saw, Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Hellbound, Flesh-Eating Subhumanoid Zombified Living Dead, Part 3

Television:

Travel Channel Steelers Football, Lost, The Office, Black Donnelly's, Alias, Sopranos, CSI, Southpark, Prison Break, Extreme Homemakeover, Fox News

Books:

Bible. I haven't read many books because I can never sit still long enough to read one. Some past books that I actually have read are from Tolkein, Tom Clancy and Dean Koontz. Oh yeah and Calvin and Hobbes for some humor.

Heroes:

Batman - he doesn't have super powers, he just kicks ass

Jesus, My parents, they put their children first and gave me a strong foundation to build my life upon.

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Posted by Rich on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 05:32:00 PST

Albuquerque, NM

I just found out that i will be going to Albuquerque, NM in a couple weeks.  Should be fun!  I have been there twice already so am pretty familiar with the area.  This trip should last ...
Posted by Rich on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:37:00 PST

New York City

Heading to New York City for 2 weeks coming up.  I am staying in Brooklyn and will be working in the financial district.  My cousin Helen lives out there so i will be visiting her as well as...
Posted by Rich on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:43:00 PST

Long Beach, CA

Back to Long Beach again for 3 weeks.  It is kind of a win/lose situation because the area is great to visit but the work sucked.  Thanks to Jen, I always see the best of the area since she ...
Posted by Rich on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:40:00 PST

Washington, D.C.

Went to DC for training for a week.  Stayed at the historic Mayflower hotel in downtown.  With 3 other people on the trip, we toured more bars than sites but that is ok because I saw most of...
Posted by Rich on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:30:00 PST

Buffalo, NY

Next audit is in Buffalo, NY in May for a week.  Not so exciting, but you win some and you lose some.  Plus I'm going by myself so it will be pretty boring.  I suppose I can check out t...
Posted by Rich on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:52:00 PST

Grand Rapids, MI

My next audit is in wonderful Grand Rapids, MI.  Doesn't sound to appealing but when I checked around on the web it sounds like there are a few fun places to go.  Mainly what I'm lookin...
Posted by Rich on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 01:46:00 PST

Going to Morocco

Well, I bought my plane ticket this morning to Morocco!  I am flying into Casablanca early March and staying for 10 days.  My friend Eddie is going to be there.  He is in Chiropractic s...
Posted by Rich on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:53:00 PST

Going to California!

Well, I travel alot with my job and my next trip is to Long Beach, CA (around LA).  I will be there from October 23rd through November 11th.  I need people to see and places to go!...
Posted by Rich on Thu, 15 Sep 2005 02:07:00 PST