Martial arts training, fitness, testing my comfort zone
If you have 56 pics in your photo album and 51 of them are you and 8 of your friends scrunched together at the bar, doing shots and just acting drunk and stupid, you need to find better ways to spend your time. Likewise for anyone who puts shit like, "Live Life to the fullest," or "Love as if it was your last day," or my personal favorite, "Always Have the Courage to Live your Dreams!" but all you do is sit at the bar throwing beanbags, hang out or go clubbing. I have to smirk because if you had the courage and drive you say you do, you'd be skydiving or rock climbing instead of doing jager bombs and singing along to Nickelback at O'Mc'Flannery's Irish Pub. If these describe you, then see above-SURVEY SAYS: Get a life. Enough said on that issue. Now, back to the question at hand-who would I like to meet??? Hmmm...Anyone who shares my affinity for vile humor (hey, I think pedophile jokes are hilarious-if you don't, then you need to expand your parameters as to what constitutes funny-tell me one joke that doesn't poke fun at somebody and see if I laugh), and who does not wear polo shirts with the collar flipped up (there is a direct correlation I've noticed between fliped up collars and a hard-ass mentality), shell necklaces, Birkenstock sandals with frayed baseball hats, underwear hanging 8 inches out of your pants, and straight brim neon White Sox hats cocked precisely 45 degrees to the side. Also, don't even think about wearing those foam trucker hats cocked to the side, along with some emo lip ring. Adhere to those general rules and we'll get along just fine. I laugh a lot, I mean what I say, and I always put a smile on my face first.
Anything-it all depends on what mood I'm in!
"Rocky," "Rocky Balboa", "Babel," "The Secret,", any kung fu flick, damn near any horror or suspense flick, comedy, drama, 80's movies-pretty much any mobvie that is not a remake of a classic one-I must admit that much of what is one video store shelves today is garbage. If a movie can inspire me, make me laugh or make me think, it's OK in my book-if it's just mindless pop-culture crap I'll pass.
The Biggest Loser (a GREAT show), Human Weapon, Family Guy, Man v. Wild, Survivorman, any type of bible archaeology show on the History Channel-hey, I grew up on Indiana Jones movies...
Thick Face Black Heart, The Secret, Excuse Me Your Life is Waiting, The Four Agreements, The A-Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers (macabre I know but hey, don't knock it till you read it!), Chicago Haunts Vol. I & II (I'm a fiend for this stuff)Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way
The best definition of a hero I have ever heard is "one who is progressively working towards a worthy goal and who does not let past failures derail him from achieving his end result." Wow....pretty profound stuff there. To put it bluntly, if you are a genuine person and you make everyone around you feel good, you are someone I want to spend time with. If you aren't take a stool at the local Irish pub with the rest of the talkers and pour yourself a glass of mediocrity and wasted potential, 'cause I know where I'm going in life and it ain't backwards.