Music (see below) - listening to it and playing it (guitar, bass... bagpipes!), reading (sci-fi, fantasy, travel writing, science, history, philosophy), languages (Ich kann Deutsch gut lesen, aber nur ein bischen sprechen; Je parle un peu du français parce que ma familie a habité à Paris quand j'étais jeune; I'd like to learn more!), travel, history, hiking, camping, trail biking, skiing, fitness, weightlifting, technology, law, aviation, space, progress, the future.
Metalheads. Those who love life and love to live it. Those who work to improve, not destroy, themselves. Those who feel the fire within and can't sit still. Those who realize that it's not about what you do for a living - it's what makes you feel alive that counts.
HEAVY METAL
Now just to clarify, that means:
Iron Maiden (boo Ozzfest!), MANOWAR!!!!@$%!!@&! , Judas Priest, Accept/UDO, Running Wild (arrgh matey!), Metallica (remember them?), Megadeth , Slayer, Overkill , Testament, Anthrax, Death Angel, Exodus, Celtic Frost, Kreator , Destruction , Voivod (RIP Piggy!), Coroner, Motorhead , Grave Digger, Primal Fear, Helloween, Saxon , Rhapsody, Blind Guardian, Dragonforce , Sonata Arctica , Hammerfall, Stormwarrior , Paragon, Hibria , Stratovarius , Tad Morose, Twisted Tower Dire , Raven , Savatage, Nightwish, Edguy , Dream Theater, Fates Warning, Queensryche, Amon Amarth (Vikings kill!), In Flames, Dark Tranquility, At the Gates, Bathory (RIP), Naglfar, ...on and on and on and on!
Highlander, Braveheart, Mad Max/Road Warrior, Top Gun,
TV wastes your time.
Go outside.
The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan. No dogma or "unexplained phenomenon" is safe. Science and skepticism for a world that desperately needs it.
The Dirt by Motley Crue. Now THIS is rock and roll.
Those of you who inspired me to become someone greater than I was. to be stronger, to think smarter, to work harder; who encouraged me to achieve and prevail, never to surrender; who would not let me slip into the abyss of failed possibilities nor let the icy grip of weariness and complacency hold me still.
You know who you are, and I thank you.