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About Me

My life has completely 180'd the past 2 years. I have a wonderful, beautiful girlfriend and her daughter are now in my life, as well as my son, Gavin. I recenlty became a father and life is great. I really couldn't ask for much more.
I build high-end bicycle wheels for a company called American Classic. I love my job. I love the bicycle industry, which I worked in for the last 7 years. From retail, to mechanic work, to fabricating custom frames...and now building wheels within the industry, I am no longer on the outside and I feel I've paid my dues.
Photography is also a love of my life and I have some samples in my photo section. I've been involved in photography since the seventh grade, or 1995ish. I haven't been able to put the camera down since. I started in a black and white darkroom through high school, and then went into professional finishing after graduation, which is the same time I began working in bicycle shops.
I am really enjoying my life, and like I said, I can't ask for more. Love you, Much.

My Interests

Photography, bicycles, photographing bicycles...races, random bikes, commercial photos. My hobbies have become my vocations, its great.

Some of my art from December 2006. Ink on Canvas

Music:

Bayside, Alkaline Trio, Face to Face, Jugheads Revenge, Green Day, Elvis Costello, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, The Refreshments, Millencolin, Warsaw, Sponge, etc.Which guitar are you

Fender Jag-Stang
You are the Fender Jag-Stang. You are the guitar of grungey but still rock and rollish guitarists. Really, anyone can work a jag-stang who wants to. Thanks Kurt Cobain.

Quizzes by myYearbook.com -- the World's Biggest Yearbook!The irony of the above survey is that I have FENDER JAG-Stang, in SOnic blue, lefty just like Mr Cobain. SEE my pic for me and my Git'

Movies:

The Back to the Future Trilogy, O' Brother Where Art Thou, Evil Dead Trilogy, Bruce Almighty, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the Movie, Princess Mononoke, Transfomers the Movie, Dude Where's My Car?,

Television:

I have removed broadcast television form my world...it's been nice. I would pawn my TV for $30 before I'd pawn my bike for $300

Books:

Audiobooks, the only way to read...

My Blog

It started when I was a kid....

It all started with winning Sneak Peak passes to Home Alone 2: Lost in New York at the age of 10. Since then I've been pretty damn lucky with winning on the Radio. Home Alone 2 tickets cam...
Posted by Southpaw state of mind on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:41:00 PST

The kid is cool

Fatherhood rocks.Gavin's first bike race, out of the womb, is tomorrow. He's racing Cat 3s, he'll probably win, yep, pretty sure of it. Even got his light enhancing glasses ready....
Posted by Southpaw state of mind on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:54:00 PST

After Nine Months....

We'll if you saw my bulletin on Tuesday, you'd know my son was born. Gavin Taylor Quijano was born at 5:55 AM on May 2, 2007. No complications arose during labor or post-partum. The doctor...
Posted by Southpaw state of mind on Fri, 04 May 2007 05:59:00 PST

Ghost? This could be...

OK, I'll set this image(s) up. I used to take school group pictures...you know when you were in elementry school and you get a photo of you whole class? I was that guy.... We would t...
Posted by Southpaw state of mind on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:12:00 PST

Florida Cross Season is here!

Well, last Sunday I entered my first Cyclocross race in Largo, Florida, just north of St. Pete. I didn't come in last, but I didn't come in first. 16th in a field of 28. Pics u...
Posted by Southpaw state of mind on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:56:00 PST

Weekend rocked, got hives, Purchased Thursday, and rode a bike

I wrote abunch of stuff, but then it was erased, so I'll write again later....
Posted by Southpaw state of mind on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 10:01:00 PST

I'm done with me.

Anyone else, do as you wish. I'm done with me. Read about it soon.
Posted by Southpaw state of mind on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:08:00 PST

SO I won tickets on the Radio....

Last week I won some concert tickets on the radio while at work. We were listening to a station I didn't choose, but they do a stupid trivia question everyday. Last week I was the cal...
Posted by Southpaw state of mind on Sat, 17 Jun 2006 08:39:00 PST

Broadcasting Live

I'm currently in downtown LAkeland, FL, broadcasting live. We're photographing as we speak and I found an unsecure internet connection and logged in! Right now I'm uploading the Women's ra...
Posted by Southpaw state of mind on Sun, 21 May 2006 09:41:00 PST

race day.

Well I raced this morning after a few beers last night and 4 hours of sleep. I had a mechanical during my warm up, so I took some links out of the chain, tightend my cassette lockring some more....
Posted by Southpaw state of mind on Sun, 14 May 2006 10:59:00 PST