I was born in Kalispel, Montana on new year’s eve in a snow storm.  That winter saw 12 feet of snow in Montana and the most my parents saw in their 16 years living there.  I ended living in our home that bordered the rocky mountains for six and a half years of my life.  The place of my birth still influences my character greatly.  Im realistic, honest, hardy and love the outdoors just like all people that live within 50 miles of Canada’s border.  If you listen you can hear my problem with words like beg, or dragon.  The “a” sound alludes me normally and if I do figure it out I have trouble repeating my success.  Deep down I’m still very much the little boy that left his birthplace years ago.