Dustin

of course, like most people, i'm interested in countless things. one problem is that i've never been interested in something to the extent that i become an "expert" with regards to that particular thing. thus my constant frustration with mediocrity. anyways, some of the main things that interest me:
all things pertaining to music - listening to, playing, recording, etc. i play guitar and have a simple knowledge of some other instruments. i am very happy and lucky to be in a band called slings with my best friend/brother in law david. i am also very lucky to help out as a live band member of my good friend jon's project called old war shirt . music has long been a very important element in my life. it has brought happiness and has also really helped me cope with certain unfortunate events of the past. it's not a stretch to say that my emotional state is often directly related to how music is involved in my life.
all things pertaining to film and photography - cameras, lenses, still, video, digital, film, shooting, watching, etc. sometime back in high school the desire was planted in my head to one day make movies. i think i still want to do that. for a lot of reasons i won't go into here, filmmaking and the industry of it has brought a lot of grief into my life. i've thought of dropping my dreams altogether many times, but i think i still want to try. as far as still photography goes, i try to take as many photos as possible, of any subject. these days, i mostly use the digital but i still have my slr with me at all times.
i also like art. how vague is that? i like new, old, fine, graphic, painting, drawing, sculpting, fabric, stencil, scribbling, collage, found object, ceramics, printwork, etc. most art has at least some value to me, even that shitty stuff like hotel art. although i'm usually an observer rather than a participant, due to laziness and lack of free time, i sometimes enjoy painting and drawing myself.
i also have to say that skateboarding has been a huge influence on my identity as a person over the past 10 years or so. a skateboard has accompanied me through countless meaningful experiences and has been the catalyst in many great friendships i've formed. for me, skateboarding has almost always related to all of the interests mentioned above.
i guess it's safe to say that i'm interested in pretty much everything. here's a short list: collecting things (salt and pepper shakers, cool/weird lamps, nightmare before christmas stuff, antiques, figurines, clown stuff, nativity scenes, etc.), cooking (though i'll admit i'm not very good at it and don't do it nearly as much as i'd like to), travelling (i have this absurd plan that before i die, i'll set foot in every country in the world!), animals...especially dogs...especially small dogs with flat faces, writing (mainly bad poetry), holidays (emphasis on halloween and christmas), childhood nostalgia, religion, philosophy, history, playing sports (ping pong, soccer, tennis, badminton, golf...you know, all the manly stuff), building things (large scale construction to small projects), both the tragic and beautiful ways in which human beings interact with eachother and of course, ETC.