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KRIS

Just Awesome.

About Me

So I suppose I could tell you an awful lot about myself. Or really nothing at all. Regardless, you're reading this. Above all else my family and friends are important to me. I volunteer at the Middle School in Newport, OR with the band so the program stays alive.I am involved in the local theater, I teach a Winterguard program I started, sometimes I sleep, but mostly I dream. I love Oregon, but generally despise pockets of it. I think Gov. Tom McCall was right, Visit But Don't Stay. I live in a Tsunami zone. What does that mean? A siren MIGHT go off (if Newport even had sirens) in the middle of the night, and I better hope I can run fast, or swim well. But I wouldn't change it for the world. I want to win big at the Casino and pay off my car. But mostly I want you to realize this is only the surface and if you think you can judge me from this then you're not worth my limited time. I am also engaged to wonderful girl, and no, no date set yet, we decided to have a baby, and Natalie Brynn Miller came into our lives on May 14th. :-D

My Interests

My daughter, Winterguard, Fishing, Camping, Hiking, Biking, Watching Movies, Driving to places, Reading, Wine Tasting, Walking on the Beach, Spending time with my friends and family, Trivia nights, Rogue Ales, But I am also interested in how snoring works cause I hate it, and want to cure it!

I'd like to meet:

This is the ONP Winterguards 2008 show at Circuit Championships.

Music:

Alter Bridge,Dierks Bentley, Eve6, Nelly Furtado, Harvey Danger, Gary Allan, Blaine Larsen, Metallica, Foo Fighters, Sara Evans, Garth Brooks, Blake Shelton, Bruce Springstein, Jackson Brown, Pure Praire League, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Eagles, John Cougar Mellencamp, Our Lady Peace, Suzy Boguss, Bonnie Raitt, Green Day, Los Lonely Boys, Gin Blossoms, Tim McGraw, Poe, Velvet Revolver, Live, Michael Martin Murphy, Seether, The Rembrandts, so country, alternative and rock.

Movies:

Love Actually, RENT, Memoirs of a Geisha, Garden State, Closer, V for Vendetta, Boondock Saints, Closer, The Last Samauri, LOTR, White Squall, Life As A House, Kindergarten Cop, Donnie Darko, Jersey Girl, Mallrats, South Park, Shrek, Underworld, One Fine Summer, Better Off Dead, Titan A.E., Enemy At The Gate, Joe Dirt, Backdraft, Walking Tall, , Office Space, Bandits, When Harry Met Sally, Frailty, Spanglish, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Saved, The Incredibles, Pushing Tin, Super Troopers, Nausica and The Valley of the Wind, Castle In the Sky, Girl Next Door, A River Runs Through It,Mean Creek, Must Love Dogs, Thank You For Smoking, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Little Miss Sunshine,

Television:

The L Word, Weeds, Dexter, (yes, I like Showtime Shows)Calfifornication, The Unit, The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, Distraction, South Park, That 70's Show, Shorties Watchin' Shorties, Wild on Discovery, National Geographic Explorer. And whats the deal with the Discovery Channel ONLY playing home improvement shows?!

Books:

Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer), Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer), Under The Banner of Heaven (Jon Krakauer) *can you tell I like Krakauer?*, Brave new World (Aldous Huxley), Wilderness and the American Mind (Roderick Nash), Salmon Without Rivers (Jim Lichatowitch) Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris), Naked (David Sedaris)

Heroes:

Jon Stewart, Jon Krakauer, Lance Armstrong, Mia Michaels and some other people who I quietly admire.

My Blog

Cowboy

A couple of weeks ago I found myself walking into that hole of consumerism that is Wal-Mart. Sadly the particular item I was seeking for my wee little one was only available there. Forever when I cros...
Posted by KRIS on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:31:00 PST

You Might Be A Dispatcher If....

You Might Be a Dispatcher If...   You can carry on more than 4 conversations simultaneously. You have a bladder capacity of a tanker. You can resume a conversation with co-workers 4 hours later, ...
Posted by KRIS on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:59:00 PST

Damage to Car

OKAY... if you did not see the bulletin here goes. Some a-hole tried to break into my car last night. He did rummage through the neighbors that was unlocked, but there wasn't anything to steal. Around...
Posted by KRIS on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:23:00 PST

Yet Another Thing to Put Off Important Stuff

LAYER ONE:-- Name: Kristopher Miller-- Birth date: November 6th, 1981-- Nickname: Kris-- Current Location: Corvallis, Or.-- Eye Color: Hazel-- Hair Color: Brown-- Righty or Lefty: Righty-- Zodiac Sign...
Posted by KRIS on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

For The Love of Food...

Okay, so most of you read my rant about my dislikes of the Food Network cooks. This has nothing to do with that. I was in Seattle this last weekend and ate some great food. Every place big and small h...
Posted by KRIS on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:41:00 PST

New Job...

After having spent the early part of last week in Portland I was thinking "Oh crap, this isn't going to be any fun!". Some of the people I was introduced to just weren't the type of people I would wan...
Posted by KRIS on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:36:00 PST

Daytime Television (A.k.a., Who Writes That Crap?)

We all know that daytime television pretty much sucks. Comedy Central plays re-runs of the Daily Show and Colbert Report in between showings of Mad TV. And although I am a huge advocate of Jon and Ste...
Posted by KRIS on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:26:00 PST

Trickling Down

The trickle down effect. Most easily observed in a small gossip driven community moderately isolated from the "mainland". One thing said, ten things heard. I am guilty as the next for saying something...
Posted by KRIS on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:16:00 PST

Cheese, Formaggio, Fromage.....

I have not blogged in awhile, and I am sitting here at work, instead of being at what could be an excellent game of football over in Corvallis. So, here I be. Why did I call this one cheese in 3 langu...
Posted by KRIS on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 01:06:00 PST

Friends....

For the last few years I have moved, a lot. Everyone should know this by now. Track me down? Good effing luck. But I have kind of leveled out. The bad has fallen out of my life. If you've been ignored...
Posted by KRIS on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:40:00 PST