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Lex

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About Me


I'm 44 years old and still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
I don't want to grow up.
My wife is a smokin' hot, tattooed rollergirl with a heart of gold. I learn something new from her nearly every day.
My sons Corbin and River kick ass...they are my pride and joy.
I'm a very lucky man.
I have a big mouth...and it's gotten me into and out of trouble more times than I can remember.
Sometimes I dance with my cats.
Not so trivial childhood trivia: As soon as I was old enough to walk, my parents fitted me with a harness and a leash, as it was all they could do to keep me from wandering off. (They'd learn soon enough that this was one free spirit that could not be tied down.)
I'm afflicted with an incurable case of acute wanderlust. I've traveled to every continent except Antarctica, but have still barely scratched the surface. I was born a travel-junkie. When I was three years old, I flew from San Francisco to Brussels alone. After kissing my mom and dad goodbye, I walked to the jetway without looking back once. I could feel the energy of "new adventure" buzzing through my whole body. This is my earliest memory. I've had itchy feet ever since.
I'm obsessed with zombies and dream of the day when the dead rise and we're all forced to make-do with nothing more than our wits. Weapons of choice: Beretta M92, kodachi samurai sword, and a Louisville Slugger with a titanium spike sticking out the tip.
Yes, I'm that guy who was on "Survivor".
I'm an ordained minister (a.k.a man-of-the-cloth) for the Universal Life Church...church "lite" for us lost souls. I've officiated somewhere around 40 weddings in the last decade or so.
Over the years my wife has taught me to appreciate the simple wonder of a day spent entirely in bed.
I've been enjoying a torrid love affair with music ever since I can remember.
I play drums and sing for THE MAIDS OF HONOR. We rock. On our "to-do" list: World Domination.
WE LOVE MEXICAN BEER, MAKING ROCK AND KICKING ASS.
We love you and we're beautiful...

My Interests

my smokin' hot wife and my bad-ass sons, rocking with The Maids of Honor, dive bars, gravy, Santa Cruz Roller Girls, playing music, zombies, traveling to sketchy exotic places, my motorcycle, my cats and dogs, tattoos, old bakelite tube radios, vinyl (33's, 45's, 78's), vintage ukuleles, surfing, fishing, roadtrips, cold beer, sneakers, cool sunglasses, bubble tea, my rocky & bullwinkle pinball machine that used to live in the arcade at the santa cruz beach boardwalk, slim jims, corned beef hash, behaving like a total jackass, the smell of a good used bookstore, my shovel crew (you know who you are)...

I'd like to meet:

Jamie Oliver

Music:

all over the map and way too much to list...
love my iPod, but love my collection of vinyl even more

Movies:

ALL zombie movies (from the gems to the turds) especially the Romero 3 (Night, Dawn, & Day)
All the Wes Andersen/Owen Wilson flicks (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Royal Tennenbaums and Life Aquatic)
James Bond (all of 'em...but Sean Connery will always be THE man)
To be honest though, just about anything'll do. My idea of a perfect day: staying in bed with my hottie wife (snacks 'n drinks within arm's reach) and watchin' movies all day.

Television:

Jamie at Home, Dexter, Friday Night Lights, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Lost, Meadowlands, Project Runway, Freaks & Geeks, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Creature Features (with Bob Wilkins)

Books:

Anything by Kurt Vonnegut, King Dork, Catcher in the Rye, My Uncle Oswald, Battle Royale, World War Z, The Walking Dead, The Road

Heroes:

my grandpa and my wife