Living life...and seeing what happens. I love music, art, photography, etc. I got an early start in martial arts, so its in my nature, but I am a peaceful person. Zen Buddhism is an interest...along with other teachings and philosophies with similarities...including Tao Te Merry Prankster, and any positive life motivationisms. Jiddu Krishnamurti, Eckhart Tolle, and Alan Watts are a few of my favorite reads and/or listens. Also Rinzai,Bassui, and Taizan Maezumi writings along with the many other zen and nonzen folks. The "samurai" are a big interest.
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Well, I'd like to meet Andrew Bird, Dave Matthews, Les Claypool, and many many others....including people on my friends list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The below quote is from a letter I received from management of Andrew Bird. I sorta ratted out someone because I'm a big fan of Andrew Bird, and sometimes it does work out well. She told me that it would be almost impossible for her to track down every illegal file and contact the people. She was cool. I appreciate her "outing" Cataracts on AB's page, "as a thanks"...because it made my week that week.
"....As a thanks, I’ll out cataracts up on Andrew’s myspace today, so you can link to it from your myspace – how’s that ?
Best regards, Andrea
Andrew Bird andrewbird.net
Ekonomisk Mgmt...."
John Prine, Dave Matthews Band,
TOOL, a Perfect Circle, Primus/Anything w/ Les Claypool, Webb Wilder, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads/Talking Headds/Talking Heads/David Burne, Andrew Bird, Chris Thile, Damien Rice, Neko Case, Martin Sexton, Leo Kottke, Michael Hedges, Willie Nelson, Tony Bennett, Adrian Belew, Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan, SRV, Led ZeppElin, King Crimson, Tuck & Patti, David Gray, Jaco Pastorius, Coldplay, Merle Haggard, Victor Wooten, Bela, Morphine, Firehose, The Rev.HH, Stanley Clarke, Robert Johnson, Richard Bona, Pat Metheny Group, White Zombie, Peter Gabriel, MINNIE DRIVER, Bruce Hornsby, Mike Stern, Mark Egan, Ralph Towner, John Patitucci, Keller Williams, String Cheese Incident, ...Anything blues, Steve Miller Band, Any "Jam Band" Anywhere, and many many more.....I also like what my friends and I play while we jam around. Spurgie Hankins, Ron Sowell, the Mojos, Pistol Whippers, and well, I like just about all the live music around the area. I'm a music fan, just give it to me...I'll put it in the pile of cd's and EVENTUALLY I'll get around to listening to it...and Bob Dylan one mo' time..
Shawshank Redemption, The Last Samurai, American Beauty, O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Green Mile, Pleasantville, Death to Smoochie, Being John Malkovich, As Good As It Gets, The Big Lebowski, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Snatch, Fight Club, Pay It Forward, Crash, The Hurricane(1999), The Butterfly Effect, Unforgiven, Any Clint Eastwood movie(acting or directing), No Country For Old Men, Raising Arizona, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Sin City, Any Bruce Lee movie, 300, Matrix movies, ALL of the Star Wars movies, Constantine, Gandhi(1982), Police Academy movies, Young Frankenstein(any Gene Wilder movie), Big Trouble In Little China, SLINGBLADE, Kung Fu Hustle, Spawn, Berry Gordy's--The Last Dragon (Sho Nuff) ....ANYTHING COMEDY...or has something you can learn something from..
Andy Griffith. Sanford and Son. House. Charlie Rose. Tavis Smiley. Anything Educational. Bob Ross & Joy of Painting. The Daily Show. The Colbert Report. Family Guy. South Park. MONK!!! Benny "Freaking" Hillll....Anything funny or silly/slapstick silly.
philosophy, books on zen/taoism/etc., educational books you can learn something from.....
All of my grandparents. My parents, my whole family, my friends. Anyone I've met who keeps on keeping on. Anyone who's existed. The universe. Existence and nonexistence... ..