I'm just your average Joe (although my name is Gavin), going through life, trying to get as much enjoyment out of the experience as possible.  You might very well find me as exciting as watching paint dry.
Oh yeah...I'm Gay.

Some stats on me:
Age: 39 (born in March, 1967)
Height: 6'
Hair: Brown
Eyes: 2 (Damn I'm funny!), Hazel
Hometown: Temple City, California
Where I live now: Salem, Massachusetts
Single or Involved: Single
My "Type": I'm not sure...wit and a dark sense of humor helps
Favorite color: Hunter Green / Cobalt Blue(such manly colors)

While working for a company owned by The Evil Empire (Clear Channel):

• Dallas, Texas (several times...I keep hearing rumors of a nightlife there, but have yet to see it)
  
  
• Midland-Odessa, Texas (What a piece of crap...thank God I was there with Jennifer and Melissa)
  
  
• Abilene, Texas (at least it wasn't Midland-Odessa)
  
  
• Victoria, Texas (at least it wasn't Abilene)
  
  
• Portland, Oregon (I LOVE that town! The weather was beautiful, and I walked everywhere in the city)
  
  
• Baton Rouge, Louisiana (so fucking hot and humid)
  
  
• Texarkana, Arkansas (Doc's Diner is the greatest!)
  
  
• San Antonio, Texas (Ate at Papadeaux...great restaurant)
  
  
• Utica, New York (9-25-01 thru 10-03-01)(Beautiful time of year)
  
  
• McAllen, Texas (10-23-01 thru 11-02-01)(Got stuck on South Padre Island for about 6 hours while there)
  
  
• Charleston, South Carolina (12-02-01 thru 12-05-01)
  
  
• Norfolk, Virginia (01-07-02 thru 01-09-02 and 1-22-02 thru 02-01-02)
  
  
• Louisville, Kentucky (02-19-02 thru 03-01-02 and 04-23-02 thru 04-30-02)(Very nice people...had a good time there)
  
  
• Philadelphia, Pensylvania (05-01-02 thru 05-03-02)(what a horrible, ugly, crap-hole! I hated it there! Thank God Wendy, Derrick, Dawn, and Jaimie were there...it made it somewhat bearable)
  
• Miami, Florida (05-20-02 thru 05-31-02) (Was able to meet up with friends to drive down to Key West...lots of fun).
  
• Melbourne, Florida (06-25-02 thru 07-05-02)(Met up with a bunch of friends and co-workers to go to Universal Studios Islands of Adventure...WOOHOO!)
  
• Frederick, Maryland (07-23-02 thru 08-02-02)
  
• Boston, Massachusetts (08-20-02 thru 08-30-02)Great city! Horrible, backstabbing, two-faced radio personell I would run over with my rental car, if only I had the chance!!
  
  
• Indianapolis, Indiana (09-24-02 thru 10-04-02)
  
  
• Memphis, Tennessee (10-22-02 thru 11-01-02)(stayed at a fantastic boutique hotel...the Talbot Heirs)
  
  
• Detroit, Michigan (01-21-03 thru 01-31-03) (It was so cooooold! I met my favorite Traffic Manager and Continuity person there)
  
  
• Johnstown, Pennsylvania (02-19-03 thru 03-01-03)(The best conversion I've been involved in so far...and of course there's the Johnstown Flood Museum)
  
  
• Wilmington, Deleware (close enough to New York City to take a daytrip to...had fun!(03-25-03 thru 04-04-03)
  
• Laurel-Hattiesburg, Mississippi (04-22-03 thru 05-02-03) (taking a side vacation to New Orleans 05-02-03 thru 05-06-03 for Jazz Fest and more after the conversion!)
  
• Poughkeepsie, New York (05-20-03 thru 05-30-03)(Will be in New York City on May 24, 25, and 26...oh yeah!)
  
• Dayton, Ohio (06-24-03 thru 07-03-03)(Oh MY GOD...what vile hateful people they were!)
  
• Modesto, California (07-22-03 thru 08-01-03) (just a short 90 mile jaunt from San Francisco...guess where I'll be spending the weekend!)
  
• Portsmouth, New Hampshire (08-26-03 thru 09-05-03) (I met up with LJ friends Rob and Duncan while I was out there)
  
• Des Moines, Iowa (01-20-04 thru 01-30-04) (nice people...and a cute nerdy boy)
  
• San Diego, California (02-24-04 thru 03-05-04) (Beautiful city...good thing I live so close)
  
• Minot, North Dakota (03-23-04 thru 04-02-04) (Nice enough people, but boring town, boring city, and no cell phone service!)
  
• San Luis Obispo (04-25-04 thru 05-04) (beautiful area, lots of wineries, the worst allergy attacks I have ever had!)
  
• Somerset, Kentucky (06-22-04 thru 07-02-04)
  
• Cookeville, Tenessee (07-20-04 thru 07-30-04)
  
• Alexandria, Louisiana (08-24-04 thru 09-03-04)


• Albuquerque, New Mexico (09-20-04 thru 09-24-04)

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While working for the latest company (in the Television/Radio industry):

• San Francisco, California (11-01-04 thru 11-19-04 and 11-28-04 thru 12-03-04) for training at the new job...got to explore the city during the evenings and weekends, and my friend Greg drove up from L.A. and spent the weekend with me.  Awesome, amazing city!  Definitely a city I could live in


• Cleveland, Ohio (12-05-04 thru 12-10-04, 01-16-05 thru 1-28-05 and 02-06-05 thru 02-11-05) My first actual site with the new company, and overall a stressful experience, during which time I realized how poorly I was trained in the use of the software I was supposed to be installing / training new users on


• Sacramento, California (02-01-05 thru 02-04-05, 03-13-05 thru 03-25-04 and 04-03-05 thru 04-08-05)  so far my favorite TV Station conversion...nice people, and everyone at the station had a good attitude about the conversion


• Atlanta, Georgia (02-13-05 thru 03-04-05)  A nice enough city, and I worked with a coworker from my Evil Empire Days, Terry.  We also met up with our friend and former coworker Tracy for dinner at a tasty Brazilian Barbecue place


• Milwaukee, Wisconsin (04-17-05 thru 04-29-05)  I was surprised by this city...I'm not sure why, but I was expecting it to be more of a factory town...I was wrong.  Beautiful architecture, nice restaurants, and the station conversion to new software was probably the most stress-free conversion I have been involved in


• Columbia, South Carolina (06-19-05 thru 06-24-05, 07-17-05 thru 07-30-05 and 08-07-05 thru 08-12-05)  Nice little town, not much to do, but my friend Sara was with me for part of the trip, so at least I wasn't bored


• Corpus Christi, Texas (08-14-05 thru 08-20-05, 09-11-05 thru 09-22-05, and 10-16-05 thru 10-20-05)  Nice people on site, good food, and a few sidetrips to spend some time with my friends Jesse and Trevor and Mikey in Houston (although I only saw Mikey a little bit)...not to mention the fact that I had to leave the site a few days early due to a hurricane threat...fun!


• Lewiston, Idaho (11-27-05 thru 12-02-05 and 12-18-05 thru 01-06-06); Nice little town, not much to do though...the people at the station were very nice, and even supplied me with a huge amount of Deer jerky. Yes, Deer jerky.


• Watertown, New York (02-12-06 thru 02-24-06, 03-05-06 thru 03-10-06, and 04-02-06 thru 04-07-06); Extremely nice ladies in the Traffic Dept.


• Duluth, Minnesota (coming 04-16-06 thru 04-21-06, 05-14-06 thru 05-26-06);  Fantastic conversion!  The employees on site really knew their stuff, and were more than prepared for the conversion process.  Also, a nice town with some beautiful scenery - I took lots and lots of photos.


• Albany, NY (06-11-06 thru 06-16-06, 6-18-06 thru 06-23-06, 06-25-06 thru 06-27-06, and 07-04-06 thru 07-07-06);  The nice thing about Albany is that it is only a 3 Hour drive from my house, so I was able to go home for the weekends - and I was able to spend 4th of July (most of it anyway) at home in Salem, MA.
• Boston/Brighton, MA (07-17-06 thru 08-11-06 and 9-11-06 thru 9-15-06);  OK, this really shouldn't be considered "travel", since I live in Salem, which is only about 24 miles away...but still.
• Colorado Springs, CO (11-27-06 thru 12-1-06 and {upcoming} 12-17-06 thru 1-5-07)
• Upcoming:  Spokane, WA (1-14-07 thru 1-19-07 and 2-11-07 thru 3-2-07)
• Upcoming:  Buffalo, NY (1-28-07 thru 2-9-07 and 3-11-07 thru 3-30-07)
  

Places I've gone for fun
in no particular order...

• Provincetown, Massachusetts (two weeks, sooo much fun)
  
  
• Santa Barbara, California (hands down, the best place for a romantic getaway)
  
  
• Las Vegas, Nevada (as often as possible, of course)
  
  
• Lauglin, Nevada (won a shitload of cash there...royal flush on a video poker machine)
  
  
• Manhattan, New York (so many people, so much fun)
  
  
• San Francisco, California (lots of fun every time I go there)
  
  
• New Orleans, Louisiana (had the best meal of my life there...so far)
  
  
• Shreveport, Louisiana (doubled my money at the craps tables!)
  
  
• Key West, Florida (I was there for only one day...and I wish I had stayed longer...I'll just have to go back)
  
  
• Salem, Massachusetts, several times... (on my first trip, I met up with LJ friends Rob, Phil, Duncan, and Duncan's non LJ using significant other, Peter...since then, Peter has started his own LiveJournal, and I have fallen in love with the city of Salem...so much so that I moved there from Mission Viejo (the OC), California on June 12, 2005)
  
• Chicago, Illinois (a daytrip, driving from Milwaukee on Saturday, 04-23-05, to meet up with long time LiveJournal friend Christian, also known as LJ user "new_improved"...got drunk on too strong margaritas, saw the movie Kung Fu Hustle, had a great time!)
  
  
• Maine...not sure which city, but it was a day trip with friends Duncan and Peter to the L.L. Bean outlet up there. I spent a lot of money that day on cold weather clothing...a lot of money.


• Many more, I just can't remember them all right now...