Writing, Boxing, Surfing, Music, Poetry, Fiction, Comics, Religion, History and Cross-Cultural Parallels (As Outlined By The Infamous Joseph Campbell), Toys and Stupid People.
I'd like to meet:
Damn...umm...Phil Anselmo, although he's gotta be a dick. I'm sure we'd rumble. I mean, I guess it'd be cool to meet some people that're "famous"; but what have they really done? Made interesting characters on a movie screen? Not enough I'm afraid. And politicians? Please. Maybe some religious figures, I don't know. That would require time travel. Better yet...I'd like to meet:Donatello and the rest of the Turtles, Thor, The Hulk, Spiderman, Wolverine, Conan The Barbarian, He-Man, The Thundercats, Captain America, The Transformers, G.I. Joe, Voltron, and King Diamond (cuz what the fuck?).
Music:
Pantera,
Municipal Waste,
Bad Religion,
GWAR, Black Flag, Cro-Mags, Circle Jerks, Stormtroopers of Death, Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, Iron Maiden, Madball, Misfits (Old & New), Agnostic Front, Pro-Pain, NOFX, Pennywise,The Bouncing Souls,
In Flames, Snot, Rage Against The Machine (old), Refused, Tool, Elvenking, Iced Earth, Blind Guardian, Demons & Wizards, Ensiferum, Finntroll, Amon Amarth, Children of Bodom, Norther, Chaos Theory, The Movie Life, Jewel, Enya, Loreena McKennitt, Frank Sinatra, Open Hand, Dropkick Murphys, Rancid, Flogging Molly,oldschool KoRn,and New Kids On The Block, ('cuz they rock my socks off!)
Movies:
Braveheart, Beowulf & Grendel, 300, A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints, No Country For Old Men, TMNT, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Shakespeare in Love, 13th Warrior, Donnie Darko, Batman Begins, Alexander, Good Will Hunting, Boondock Saints, Conan the Barbarian, Fight Club, Garden State, Rocky I-IV, Scarface, Snatch, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Ninja Scroll, Fist of the Northstar, The Notebook, King Arthur, Kingdom of Heaven, The Ewoks, The Crow, The Big Lebowski, Vampire Hunter D, Sin City, Death to Smoochie, Troy, Basketball Diaries, Trainspotting, The Neverending Story, Legend, The Sandlot, SLC Punk, American History X, Ray, Elephant, The Last Samurai, The Last Unicorn, The Hobbit, The Secret of Nimh
Television:
Rome, Dungeons & Dragons, Captain N the Game Master, Silverhawks, Conan the Adventurer (As Short Lived As It Was), Thundercats, He-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Old & New), Transformers, G.I. Joe, Legend of Zelda, Bravestarr, Voltron, Gummi Bears, Duck Tales, Tale-Spin, X-Men, Spider Man, Recess, The Weekenders, UFC, That 70's Show, Metal Asylum, Uranium, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Family Guy, HBO Boxing.
Books:
Beowulf, John Gardner (Particularly Grendel), Cormac McCarthy, Jim Shepard, Alan Moore, Michael Chabon, all Shakespeare (Troilus & Cressida), Robert E. Howard, Tolkein, Walter Kirn, Dave Eggers, James Kirkwood, Lars Eighner, Dave Shaw, John Balaban (my professor, but so very prolific)...many, many more.
Heroes:
Beowulf, Hrothgar, The Mighty Thor, Captain America, Batman, Spider Man, Gambit, Hawkeye, Donatello Turtle, Starscream the Decepticon, Conan the Barbarian, Sir Gawain, King Arthur, William Wallace, Achilles. I tend to hold fast to ideals rather than personalities. Hero worship is merely the product of disinformation, since nothing can be more flawed than the human condition.
