Traveling, Merlot (a really good low-cost one is Concha e Toro), Europe, computers, architecture-especially old churches, geography, engineering, Stonehenge, Big Ben, reminiscing, coffee shops, loud music, foreigners, Tanqueray, driving slow when everyone is trying to go fast and vice versa, Koln, history, The Swiss Alps, metastability, people of different cultures, Guinness, pitting Liberal against Conservative, Jericho, Quantum physics, German.....
UK: BBC NewsUK: The SunQatar: Al JazeeraIL: Jerusalem PostIL: Haaretz DailyDE: Frankfurter RundschauCH: Neue Zurcher Zeitung
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I'd like to meet:
Anyone who would want someone to meet them. Also Ho Chi Minh and the elephant man! I think I would also like to meet Lou Dobbs and chat with him over a couple of beers because he looks like a serious bad ass.
Music:
Rammstein, Static X, Sevendust, Spineshank, Orgy, Ladytron, Stabbing Westward, Coldplay, UB40, Powerman 5000, The Cult, NIN, Classical, House, Progressive and Goa trance, Radiohead, Everything but the Girl, Chevelle, NPRadio, Benjamin Britten...
Movies:
Cry Freedom, Scarface, JFK, Der Untergang, SLC Punk, Monty Python, Snatch, LS&2SB, The Deer Hunter, The Rock - as in Sean Connery/Nicholas Cage, Bruce Almighty-any movie that has Jim Carrey in it, Blackhawk Down, Full Metal Jacket, Godfather, to name a few.
Television:
News, Charlie Rose, BBC World, History Channel, Discovery Channel, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, The Late Show, Late Night with Conan O'brien (Yes I know you're thinking "God, what a nerd," but that's the truth). Also Nova, CSI, King of Queens and My name is Earl.
Books:
Growing up I enjoyed Noddy, Roald Dahl's books, Frog n' Toad, THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS!. I read all of Louis L'Amour's books. Now: I like world atlases (atlasi?), physics books, National Geographic, Da Vinci Code, Time magazine, John Grisham, "Who's afraid of Schroedinger's Cat?", Newsweek, Popular Mechanics, reading the news, autobiograhies, fiction and many more.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Alan
Birthday: January 30
Birthplace: Hastings - St. Leonards on Sea, United Kingdom
Current Location: Cincinnati, USA
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Height: 6' 1"
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right
Your Heritage: Swiss/Italian/Belgian
The Shoes You Wore Today: Sandals
Your Weakness: Swiss chocolate
Your Fears: That one day I'll get that dreaded phone call that no one wants to get...
Your Perfect Pizza: Pomodori's/Adriatico's
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Learn something new
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: Fuck that!
Thoughts First Waking Up: Should I get up now and feel great, or sleep in and feel shitty all day?
Your Best Physical Feature: My eyes, maybe...
Your Bedtime: around 1AM
Your Most Missed Memory: Holidays with family intact
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: My metabolism is so high that it wouldn't matter
Single or Group Dates: Both, but it also depends where and who...
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee: Both, you can't be serious...do I have to choose only one?
Do you Smoke: Occasionally
Do you Swear: Yes
Do you Sing: Yes, when I'm alone
Do you Shower Daily: Of course - it would be barbarian not to
Have you Been in Love: Yes
Do you want to go to College: Yes and am
Do you want to get Married: Eventually
Do you belive in yourself: What is this?
Do you get Motion Sickness: No
Do you think you are Attractive: Yes
Are you a Health Freak: Somewhat, but that can be contradicted easily if I eat McDonald's or Burger King
Do you get along with your Parents: No...I would say we have a conflict of ideologies, but I still love them to death. How is it possible that after beating something into the ground for years, it doesn't die, but always is there...trying to catch up with you?
Do you like Thunderstorms: Yes, I love watching them
Do you play an Instrument: No, but I used to play the clarinet and the piano
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: Oh yes
In the past month have you Smoked: Yes
In the past month have you been on Drugs: No
In the past month have you gone on a Date: No
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: No
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: No, but I do like Sushi
In the past month have you been on Stage: No
In the past month have you been Dumped: No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: Yes
Ever been called a Tease: Yes
Ever been Beaten up: Yes
Ever Shoplifted: Is it considered shoplifting if you were 3 years old and there was all this candy right next to the check-out?
How do you want to Die: Peacefully and fast.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I want to be me.
What country would you most like to Visit: Australia and New Zealand
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Brown or Blue
Favourite Hair Color: Dark or Light
Short or Long Hair: Either
Height: It doesn't matter
Weight: Similar to my structure
Best Clothing Style: The cutting edge of their own choice of fashion
Number of Drugs I have taken: 1
Number of CDs I own: ~100...How many bytes of music do I technically own? GIGABYTES upon GIGABYTES
Number of Piercings: Zero
Number of Tattoos: One
Number of things in my Past I Regret: Many things....
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Heroes:
Main Entry: he·ro
Pronunciation: 'hir-(")O, 'hE-(")rO
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural heroesEtymology: Latin heros, from Greek hErOs
1 a : a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability
b : an illustrious warrior
c : a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities
d : one that shows great courage
2 a : the principal male character in a literary or dramatic work
b : the central figure in an event, period, or movement
3 : plural usually heros : SUBMARINE
4 : an object of extreme admiration and devotionMain Entry: Hero
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from Greek HErO : a legendary priestess of Aphrodite loved by Leander
