Pushing the limits, climbing buildings, white russians, the World Cup, Home Remodeling for Dummies, Vanilla Granola, thumb wrestling, lawn chairs, and the usual...running, training, hiking, music, nap time, camping, dates, and the seldom seen scenery
People that smile a lot, someone who knows someone who knows a guy named DJ Rondelli, Craig Mottram, Jaime Pressly, the drunken ghost of Hunter S. Thompson, Miranda Lambert, Theodore from the chimpmunks, My Ma in English class in high school, the writers of Family Guy, Adam or Eve...I got some questions, a kiwi, Travis Barker, Bob Barker, Bob Uecher, the band OK Go, and a gorgeous Brazilian girl with an alabama accent.
Modest Mouse, Willie Nelson, Built to Spill, Outkast, the killers, The Shins, the late great "Cash", Ryan Adams, Death Cab for Cutie, Ani Difranco, Garrison Star, Tv on the Radio, Amy Winehouse, Manu Chao, Tyrone Wells, The New Pornographers, Rage, GNR, Highwaymen, Chris Ledoux, Weezer, The Black Keys, Straylight Run, Sara Evans, Miranda Lambert, Reckless Kelly, Bad Religion, the cure, Jim Morrison, Earth Wind and Fire, Prince, Dandy Warhols... All other weird bands that make Portland and Austin cool and bands that you think are cool which makes you weird...such as Hoptow, Wolf Parade, JD Kindle, Southerly, Ok GO, Stars of Track and Field, My Morning Jacket, Clap! Clap!, Man Man, Tegan and Sara, March 4th Marching Band, The Wanteds, The Two Timing Three, Wax Fang, San Saba County...
In track house style i will be viewing Christmas Vacation weekly during the holiday season. But I do care for other beauties such as Where the Buffalo Roam, Tombstone, Caddyshack, Lebowski, Snatch, Fear and loathing, Dumb and Dumber, Goonies, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Mallrats, Dogma, Clerks, Snatch, Indiana Jones Series, Back to the Future, Princess Bride, Jerk, and maybe Fletch. Can't wait to get Clerks 2 for Xmas...looking out for Fragile Rock the movie coming this spring
PBS - News Hour w/ Jim Leher, Austin City Limits, Travel Channel - Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations, Discovery Channel, Seinfeld, mid 90's SNL, Robot Chicken and other wild stuff on Adult Swim, Dukes of Hazard reruns, and sadly VHI's I love the 70's/80's...I know...but to counter Family Guy and a little G.I. Joe is always a learning experience
any Gonzo material, most dictionaries, the book of Job, The great gatsby, Various Lonely planets, The Sun also Rises, To kill a Mockingbird, Bill Bowerman and The Men of Oregon, Ghost Riders, Bringing down the House, For Whom the Bell tolls, Journey to Ixactlan, and spoonful amounts of Bukowski
Raw Dawg..."the beat goes on..." - Hunter S. Thompson, Ani Difranco, Milton Freidman, the drummer from def leppard, Scottie Pippen, all my uncles, a boy named Sue, Jimmy Carter, Via Sikahema, anyone who has swam the enligsh channel, Pre, a couple of alaskans, Bruce Colwell, and Crocadile Dundee.