COLLECTING CONTEMPORARY ART, ANTHROPOLOGY, LANDSCAPE DESIGN, BOXING, BIKING, MOUNTAIN CLIMBING, PHOTOGRAPHY, MY TWO BOXERS, FILM, WHITE WATER RAFTING, ARCHITECTURE, OVERSEAS TRAVEL, VOLUNTEERING WITH HOMELESS AND AIDS RELATED CHARITIES
I'd like to meet:
I'D LIKE TO MEET ENERGIZED, FUN, UPBEAT PEOPLE WHO SHARE INTERESTS SIMILAR TO MINE. INTERESTS SUCH AS WORKING OUT, HANGING OUT, TRAVELING, GOING TO CONCERTS, ART OPENINGS AND CHECKING OUT NEW BARS, CLUBS AND RESTAURANTS. I'M ALSO LOOKING TO MEET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN HIKING, BIKING AND MOUNTAIN CLIMBING. EXTRA POINTS IF YOU DON'T MIND MY TWO BOXERS COMING ALONG ON THE HIKES AND CLIMBS. BUT PLEASE, SAINTS AND PREACHERS STAY AWAY. NOTHING SAYS BUZZKILL LOUDER THAN SOMEONE YOU'VE JUST MET ALREADY TELLING YOU WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR LIFE AND THE WAY YOU'RE LIVING IT. QUITE FRANKLY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE AT LEAST ONE APPRECIABLE VICE, I DOUBT WE WOULD GET ALONG VERY WELL. I CAN BE A BIT OF A PERFECTIONIST AT TIMES BUT PERFECTION ITSELF ISN'T VERY INTERESTING. WE SHOULD ALL STRIVE TO ENJOY OUR LIVES TO THE FULLEST, HAVE FUN AND NEVER FORGET THE OLD ADAGE: "LIFE IS WHAT MOST PEOPLE MISSED WHILE THEY WERE BUSY PREPARING FOR IT." NOW THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY TRAGIC THING TO MISS.
Music:
I LIKE ALL TYPES OF MUSIC FROM THE DANCE REMIXES OF CALDERONE AND RAUHOFER TO THE BAROQUE CLASSICS OF MOZART AND BACH. THE RAP OF TUPAC AND 50 CENTS TO THE ADRENALIN RUSH OF PANTERA AND ROB ZOMBIE AND THE TWANG OF SHANIA AND KENNY TO THE POP OF GWEN AND CHRISTINA. SOME STANDOUTS: BILLIE HOLIDAY, LOUIE ARMSTRONG, WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART, SADE, ELLA FITZGERALD, STYLE COUNCIL, LL COOL J, TALKING HEADS, DAVID BYRNE, FRANK SINATRA, LOU REED, CHARLIE PARKER, MILES DAVIS, JOHN COLTRANE, SANTANA, LED ZEPPLIN, AEROSMITH, 50 CENTS, THE ROLLING STONES, SARAH VAUGHN, CASSANDRA WILSON, ABBEY LINCOLN, OSCAR PETERSON, XZIBIT, KIRI TE KANAWA, CECILIA BARTOLI, REM, CHRISSIE HYNDE, THE PRETENDERS, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, JOSHUA REDMAN, EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL, PANTERA, SHANIA TWAIN, U2, JOHNNY CASH, ANNIE LENNOX, THE HUMAN LEAGUE, GLENN MILLER, CHRISTINA AGUILERA,CARLOS JOBIM, DINAH WASHINGTON, ROXY MUSIC, MADONNA, PETULA CLARK, SIMON AND GARFUNKEL, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, JAY Z, FRANCOISE HARDY, BLONDIE, ARETHA FRANKLIN, LUTHER VANDROSS, MARVIN GAYE, JULIE LONDON, DIANA ROSS AND THE SUPREMES, NINA SIMONE
Movies:
I STRONGLY PREFER QUIRKY INDIE FILMS OR FOREIGN FILMS TO AMERICAN BLOCKBUSTERS. HERE'S A FEW OF MY FAVORITES: INTERIORS, LA DOLCE VITA, CRIES AND WHISPERS, PERSONA, ORLANDO, THE BIG LEBOWSKI, AUNTIE MAME, BLOWUP, THE CHILDREN'S HOUR, ROPE, JULES AND JIM, MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL, THE HOUSE OF YES, GOSFORD PARK, MY DINNER WITH ANDRE, SPELLBOUND, MONSTERS BALL, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, CHARADE, THE LETTER, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, FARGO, GOOD FELLAS, INDISCREET, THE BEST IN SHOW, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE, DANGEROUS LIASIONS, INDOCHINE, THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, THE LAST METRO, ROOM WITH A VIEW, MEANSTREETS, GANDHI, MALCOLM X, WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS, HOWARDS END, FANNY AND ALEXANDER, WILD STRAWBERRIES, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, TAXIDRIVER, THE WOMEN, ALL ABOUT EVE, POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, HOWARD'S END, ROBERT ALTMAN'S SHORTCUTS, JULIET OF THE SPIRITS, AMARCORD, THE TIN DRUM, 8 1/2, VANYA ON 42ND STREET, THE THIN RED LINE, RAGING BULL, A PASSAGE TO INDIA, RAISING ARIZONA, MAGNOLIA, DEAD MAN WALKING, THE QUEEN, THE FRENCH CONNECTION, SILKWOOD, NAPOLEAN DYNAMITE, THE MAGIC FLUTE, FACE TO FACE, MILLER'S CROSSING, NOW VOYAGER, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
Television:
I'M NOT A HUGE TELEVISION FAN, BUT GREY'S ANATOMY AND STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP ARE COOL, SOUTH PARK IS STILL FUNNY AS HELL AND MAD TV CRACKS ME UP. I LIKE RERUNS OF SOME OF THE OLDER SITCOMS LIKE THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, THE MUNSTERS, GREEN ACRES AND A LITTLE MORE RECENTLY, SEINFELD AND MURPHY BROWN. AND OF COURSE HBO CLASSICS LIKE SIX FEET UNDER, THE SOPRANOS AND SEX AND THE CITY.
Books:
SOME FAVORITES: THE RAZOR'S EDGE, LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL, THE STRANGER, JUDE THE OBSCURE, THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, THE AENEID OF VIRGIL, HEART OF DARKNESS, A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN, THE PRINCE, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, THE SUN ALSO RISES, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, LADY CHATTERLEYS LOVER, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, OF HUMAN BONDAGE, ABSALOM ABSALOM, DAISY MILLER, THE GRAPES OF WRATH, DEATH IN VENICE, THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY, OF TIME AND THE RIVER, THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, A FAREWELL TO ARMS, ANNA KARENINA, FAUST, DAVID COPPERFIELD, THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY, LES MISERABLES, TAR BABY, INVISIBLE MAN, CATCH 22, THE TURN OF THE SCREW, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST, SWANN'S WAY, WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD, LORD OF THE FLIES, MADAME BOVARY, THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, TO THE LIGHTHOUSE, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, DRACULA, THE HEART OF DARKNESS, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST, NAKED LUNCH, THE MOON AND SIXPENCE, THE COLOR PURPLE, THE CANTERBURY TALES, OF MICE AND MEN, DANTE'S INFERNO, BELOVED
Heroes:
OUR SOLDIERS STATIONED IN IRAQ WHO RISK THEIR LIVES DAILY IN A TRAGIC, SENSELESS WAR. ..
