I was born and raised in Texas. In some ways I miss it, but it was getting a little too crowded there. I grew up in little hick towns in east and northwest Texas. Ended up in Houston due to my dad and got stuck there. I was looking at grad school and Oregon State sent me an application. Figured what the hell, all the earthquakes shake California!!! That and I miss trees from when I was a kid. I like it up here, reminds me so much of my childhood. Nice, quiet, little towns with eclectic people like me. But walking out my front door in the morning is still a little unnerving, i haven't gotten used to mountains all around yet. And Houston just wasn't getting safer, and with my little boy, I wanted someplace safer to raise him, and that just wasnt my home state anymore. I will help when and where I can!

Jax