Tobie Jay Valin # T-49640
High Desert State Prison
A2-238
Susanville, CA 96127-3030

Anticipated Release Date: 2017
DOB: 2-11-1983

   I'm from Yreka, California....a small town out in the sticks.  I like fishing, camping and swimming in lakes and rivers.  I hunt deer with my bow and I've had run ins with bears, cougars and a bobcat.  It was exciting.  I like wrestling with my little brother and annoying my 2 sisters.  My little brother is only 14 years old and is already 5'9".  He's sprouting like a weed!  He swears up and down that he'll grown taller than me;  he wishes!! I call him a little bug fart and tell him that he didn't even come from Mom, that we just found him under a rock somewhere.  (He knows better.) 

     I love music!  Rock, Pop and Country.  I like to dance too, but I must admit, I'm not very good.  I probably look like someone with a bumble be flying around in their shirt.  Some TV shows I like are:  House, Ghost Whisperer, Simpsons, South Park, Super Natural, Reaper, Big Brother, Survivor, NFL games, King of Queens, That 70's Show, Seinfeld, Funniest Home videos. I draw on plain white hanks and do bead work.  I bead anything from necklaces to earrings and dream catchers to lighter cases.  I sell a lot of my work.  I'm financially stable.  I write poems and stuff, sometimes I just get a poetic itch that needs to be scratched.  I like BBQ's, gambling, playing horseshoes, video games.  I play on local softball teams and in all Indian tournaments down river.  One day I'd like to bungi jump, sky dive, hang glide, and visit other countries.  I'm about to start some college courses.  I want to be a smoke jumper and fight forest fires when I get out and also help young teens in Juvenile Hall (Jail) get their lives back on track.

     ISO a pen pal.  Age, race, sex, not important.  I'm just looking for a friend.

                              Sincerely,   

                   Tobie Valin

A poem for a friend
this friend of mine,
So special and sweet
so loving and kind.
     A friend I haven't met yet
     but hope will someday soon,
     Cause I have a lot to offer
     and hopefully you do to.

I may be in prison
for making big mistakes,
But I'm the simple kinda guy
you see fishing at a lake.
     A poem for this friend
     wherever you are,
     You could be at church
     or sitting at a bar.

Either way
I don't mind,
A really good friend
is always hard to find.
     So pick up that pen
     If you've got the time,
     Don't be shy
     Just drop me a line.