Well let's see, I grew up in Seattle, WA. Joined the USMC and then moved to Oceanside, CA in 1998. Growing up in Seattle I spent many weekends up in the Cascade Mountains camping in the rain. I am an artist by birth and currently work as a web designer/developer and senior designer for a local San Diego based eBusiness company.
I joined the Marine Corps in 1989 and got out in 1993. I was stationed on Bangor Naval Submarine Base a rocks throw from where i grew up in Seattle on the base CQB/SWAT team.
I spend my free time being active like hiking, cycling, diving the California coast or jeeping. I have been a diver for 17 years and a professional Divemaster for 7 and have helped to train several hundred students as an assistant instructor with a local shop in Oceanside. I am also a guitarist of 16 years and my influences are, of course, the great Seattle bands from my block, Queensryche, Alice In Chains, Jimmy Hendrix, and from across the pond, Pink Floyd. .
I am an active member and art director for a non-profit company Kronus Society that just got its first segment filmed for BBC and Discovery Channel titled "Killer Squid".
I am also a member of the International Bujinkan Association and have been involved with traditional Ninjutsu since age 14 and have trained briefly under the direction of Robert Bussey and currently with Morgan Webb in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu as it is now known by direction of Sensei Hatsumi in Japan.