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Dale

I am here for Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends and Networking

About Me

Life is defined by the memorable moments. Here is a snapshot of what I am as defined by my past. Born in Sebastopol, parents split when I was 2, moved to Graton, played soccer until junior year at El Molino high school, head was in the clouds through most of high school (or rather up in smoke), spent 3 years at SRJC, then went to CSU Chico for 2 and a half more years, graduated with a business degree, managed Lotus Bakery (family business) for 3 years with my sister, sold the biz, and now I'm traveling. I love my sister, brother, parents, family, and I have met a lot of great friends along the way.

My Interests

Music: Listening to music at home, dancing, going to concerts. Playing Sports: Soccer, ultimate frisbee, basketball, football, tennis. Reading: Sci-fi, spiritual, political, historical, short stories. Cooking: Homebrewing, cheese making, meals. Traveling: Recently been to Mexico, 13 countries in Europe. I want to go to South America next.

I'd like to meet:

Interesting people that want to enjoy life.

Music:

All Types but a couple of my favorites right now are: Ozomatli, Damian Marley, Radio Head, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Outkast, Roots, Dave Mathews Band, Spearhead, Galactic, Police, Ben Harper, Stevie Wonder, Beatles.

Movies:

Willy Wonka, Most of Tim Burton's Movies, Kill Bill, Hero, Pulp Fiction, Usual Suspects, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile, Dark Crystal, Labarynth, Army of Darkness, Donny Darko, American Psycho, Fight Club, Batman Begins, The Departed

Television:

Simpsons; Family Guy; Daily Show

Books:

Lord of the Rings, Midnight's Children, Catch 22, IT, Stranger in a Strange Land

Heroes:

Enron, President Bush, Martha Stewart, Rush Limbaugh, McDonalds, Walmart

My Blog

These States of Mind

Less than a week now to returning "home". A place I have called home for most of my life. A place where many of my friends and family live. A place where I was born & went to school. A place in th...
Posted by Dale on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:20:00 PST

Last bite of Turkey

Part 3. The end. Darius and I are eating dinner in a fast food resteraunt. We eat what I have been eating everyday for the last 3 weeks - doner kebabs. This meal is cheap and satisfying and besid...
Posted by Dale on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:32:00 PST

Border Crossings

Part 2. Day 1 in Istanbul We arrange the room as best we can. Two of us are sitting on the bottom bed and the third is using a ladder as a chair, and being a chair makes a better ladder than...
Posted by Dale on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:13:00 PST

I missed Thanksgiving, but I must now give thanks for Turkey

Part 1. The Introduction One of the best parts of traveling is experiencing the unexpected. But not the unexpected like the last two dirty secrets. No. The experiences I will be telling you about...
Posted by Dale on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:13:00 PST

Dirty Secrets

From the brightest of days can come the darkest of nights. Over the river and through the trees to grandmothers house we go, but wait......that isn't grandma that is the big bad wolf. Duck... duck......
Posted by Dale on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:11:00 PST

Poetic Dissonance

Walking, wanderinglost and foundin the darkunknown groundSights of pleasure smuts, sluts, pornhotels, motelsgrunts are bornSpanking, moaningI want to sleepbut through the wallsthese sounds do creepNex...
Posted by Dale on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:39:00 PST

From the heights of Acropolis

I traveled "quickly" from Sicily to Greece utilizing trains, ferries, cars, and shoes. By "quickly" I only mean that I didn't stop longer than I had to. In actuality it meant 8 hours on train to Brind...
Posted by Dale on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:27:00 PST

I am so hungary I could eat a ________

A horse is a horse of course of course.  Many people, as do I, think horses are beautiful creatures, graceful in motion, and pleasant in manner. But not until I got to Sicily did I thin...
Posted by Dale on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:29:00 PST

Christmas in Paris, New Years in Aprica

In the most touristed country in the world, the number of tourist in a year surpass its population, there is a city that needs no introduction. But to not introduce it would be a disservice to the imp...
Posted by Dale on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:19:00 PST

Spain and Portugal

I met my sister in Barcelona to start stage two of my trip. Austin was stage one, and it was a great time indeed with good beer, wine, food, and fun in abundance. But as one thing ends another begins ...
Posted by Dale on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:03:00 PST