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dain

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About Me

Originally from So. CA moved to OR 12 years ago to go to culinary school with all intentions of moving back. Within 2 weeks I knew I would never move back. OR is what I had been searching for. I've worked in restaurants up & down the west coast. I'm a very down to earth nice guy(believe it!!) I don't like playing games with people. MEAN WHAT YOU SAY & SAY WHAT YOU MEAN, good words to live by I believe. What can I say.....I love the mountains!!! I like to just wander around in the forest & gather edible things(berries, mushrooms various edible plants, etc...Being a chef in Oregon is pretty amazing....The changing seasons bring on different food. Wild game in the fall-Berries in the summer, mushrooms in the spring & fall, just to tap a few of the gems that keep me in love with food.........All types of snow riding excite me. Casting a dry fly right at dusk to a rising trout is next to holy for me........ I have an amazing group of friends that I appreciate so very much.......

My Interests

Fly fishing, skiing, hiking, backpacking, mtn. biking, cooking(of course), reading, traveling, live music and of course foraging for most things wild and edible.

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who has a passion for the outdoors.

Music:

Pretty much go the spectrum on music, not much I don't appreciate.Early influences Rage, Tool, Chili Peppers, Pantera, Widespread Panic, Dead,etc....I mean I could go on for days & days....I'll save you, use your imagination....

Movies:

Caddy Shack, Punch Drunk Love, Waiting, Sin City, Riding Giants & all the ski, snowboard and skate vid's on Charlie vision!!!!Basically anything related to adrenaline or with snow in it........

Television:

Look Out!!!!

Books:

Atlas Shrugged, The Fountain Head, Lonesome Traveler, To Kill a Mokingbird, Where the Red Fern Grows...Anything James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Stephen King....If you haven't experienced Ayn Rand's writing, well, were you born in a cave?????Go to the library or a bookstore, really it's sooo worth it......

Heroes:

My Mother, Brent Kaufman, Hugo, Josh Fraizer & the Hood crew(you guys & gals know who you are)(for pushing the envelope and refueling a dying industry)....Did I mention my mom?????

My Blog

In a Mood

Aww fuck it, didn't know what to write anyway....
Posted by dain on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:32:00 PST