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I'm 5'8", 180 lbs., look about 28-34 and people have told me that I resemble Matt Damon and Kevin Bacon. I enjoy a lot of things... such as writing poetry (I've been a poet since I was 8), singing, dancing, drummming (love drum circles, world music type stuff), etc. I have lived- a LOT... through MANY things. I have lived in relationships- having family, distant family, lovers, friends, sports, politics, faiths, religions, SPIRITUALITY, music {oldies, disco, rock, pop, new wave, punk, house, grunge, ELECTRONICA [Goa Trance, PsyTrance, Psybient, Drum-N-Bass, Jungle, etc.]}, parties, beliefs, controversies, protests, wars, births, deaths, enlightments, etc. I'm Dutch and German from my dad's side and Irish and Cherokee from my mom's side. Although I was born in Louisiana and lived there for about 10-12 years, I'm more of a Pacific Northwesterner because I have lived in Washington for about 30+ years and now I'm living in Tigard, Oregon (just southwest of Portland).

I have been singing and playing the drums since I was 4. I play the djembe and have played the drum set a few times. I don't like set-playing, but much rather play using my hands and sometimes sticks on percussion instruments. I sing 3 & 1/2 octaves- I'm mainly a tenor. I was in the musical "Grease" my senior year in high-school (1984). I went to Barbizon School of Modeling in September of 1985 (graduated in March of 1986). Then went to college and graduated in March of 1988. About a month later I was in a coma and almost died when I had bacterial/spinal meningitus. I moved up from Olympia to Seattle in 1992 and never looked back to that "backwards" place in Thurston county (Washington). I have basically been working my butt off, and then I got involved in Electronica in 1998. I went to several outdoor events and when I saw "Twisted in the Forest" in September of 1999 (Hallucinogen {Simon Posford}, Tristan, Muschi {Erik} and Julian}... that event just blew me away and was probably the best event I've ever been to. I threw my first event called "MooNFesT 2000" in June of 2000, and then saw Goa Gil for the first time in June of 2000 for "The Grand Alignment". I then got involved with promoting a local Seattle DJ and being a part of the Phoenix Festival II and III and then the Oracle Gatherings for awhile... while co-promoting events with other promoters. I've been to many spectacular events... Burning Man in 2001, as well as Gathering of the Tribes (same year or 2002), and many outdoor events. There's a sense of spirituality there that people know about. Others don't know that it exists and they may think it's all fake, or they may not know what to "feel" and some go to the events for the wrong reasons. My spirituality in Electronica (especially Goa Trance and PsyTrance) has shaped me to someone "BETTER" than I was years ago. In April of 2008, I moved down to Portland from Seattle due to my job. So, here I am. Those are my "General" interests: In not in any particular order... Working, Singing, Dancing, Playing the Drums, Writing Poetry, and as my life is like a galaxy of oceanic tears, Spirituality through beautiful Trance music and meditation, GOOD friends, great vibes, PRAYER to our God above... makes me heal and makes me whole.