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Rico

Putting Smiles on Faces of All Creeds and Races.

About Me

I'm a discreetly wrapped package of fun.

Right Click On the Movie and Select "Play" to Watch:

According the quizilla, I am:
Morpheus. (But what the fuck does a quizilla know?)

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My Interests

Some of my interests:
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Art- Traditional and Digital Imagery
Sports Cars and Driving
Clubbing
Concerts
Exploration/Traveling
Game Design & Development
Movies
Music Writing
Photography (A new hobby)
...and a few things I didn't (or can't) mention here.

I'd like to meet:

Cool people who live happily fully and voraciously, love to have fun, and have great stories to tell.

Music:

A few bands I like:
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ABC
Aerosmith
Audioslave
The B-52s
Boyz II Men
Chemical Bros
Chicane
Coldplay
Crystal Method
Depeche Mode
Duran Duran
Enigma
Erasure
Evanescence (Shut up! Amy Lee rox!)
Garbage
Gravity Kills
Hooverphonic
KMFDM (Yes, one CAN like DM and KMFDM)
Lords of Acid
Massive Attack
Morrissey/The Smiths
New Order
Nine Inch Nails
Oasis
Oingo Boingo
A Perfect Circle
The Police
Portishead
Praga Khan
Prodigy
Radiohead
Sneaker Pimps
Spandau Ballet
Stray Cats
Switchblade Symphony
Tenacious D
Thievery Corporation
U2
Robbie Williams (oh come on, stop laughing)
Yaz
Rob Zombie/White Zombie
...and anything 80s that I forgot.

Movies:

I am a HUGE movie geek.

Television:

Ghost Hunters, South Park, The Daily Show

Books:

Brave New World, Catcher In the Rye, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The Fountainhead, Rules of Play...

Heroes:

The Dalai Lama, Lance Armstrong, Bruce Lee, Shigeru Miyamoto, Ron Jeremy

My Blog

Being Thankful

This has been a revolutionary year for me. There were more transitions in my life in these 365 days than can be crammed into a crack-addicted music video editor's 3-minute dream gig. Two things I am e...
Posted by Rico on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:53:00 PST

Through Hell and Back... Dodging Bloody Tampons... TENACIOUS D!

A picture is worth 1000 words... so let's get started. 19:15 +- 10 minutes: Our team assembled in front of the Gibson Amphitheatre: I was armed with my trusty resurrected Canon, ready to capture the ...
Posted by Rico on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:22:00 PST

Reflection

I think it's good to do unto others as you would have them done unto you, and I also think it's fair to reflect what one gets. I respect those who respect me, love those who love me, care for those wh...
Posted by Rico on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:02:00 PST

Poetry B.S., Volume IV: Parallel Universe Edition

*HAHA!* This is how I'm feeling. Please keep from reeling from these rhymes I'm dealing: ---- RIGHT TO ROCK My name is Rico. I've a right to rock.If you disagree with me, I'll whip you 'round the bloc...
Posted by Rico on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:30:00 PST

Purple Rain...

I never meant to cause you any sorrow..I never meant to cause you any pain. I only wanted one time to see you laughing...I only want to see you laughing in the purple rain. purple rain, purple rain.....
Posted by Rico on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:40:00 PST

Scientific Proof...

...that I may not be totally ugly as I had first theorized... in fact, it's worse: ...
Posted by Rico on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:53:00 PST

Reciprocity

"Love your neighbor as yourself."  Moses (ca. 1525-1405 BCE) in the Torah, Leviticus 19:18 "What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others."  Confucius (ca. 551479 BCE) "What is hateful...
Posted by Rico on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:44:00 PST

Goodnight, Gracie. I will always love you.

The most bittersweet part of having a dog as a family member is that they can only bring us join for a small number of years. Sixteen years for a dog is a very long time. I am happy that my family wa...
Posted by Rico on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:08:00 PST

Poetry BS Vol .3

A happy rhyme for a change... To cure emotional mange. ---- Love is a Fire Love can be a fire all consuming,Or a simmering flame, subtle but blooming.It starts with simple sparks or embers,When things...
Posted by Rico on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:37:00 PST

Homeland Insecurity

On the way home today I heard a public announcement out of nowhere urging Los Angeles residents to prepare the following: 1. A contact or family outside of the state.2. Food and water for 3 days. At t...
Posted by Rico on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:28:00 PST